IMPLICIT LEARNING IN AMNESIC SUBJECTS - A COMPARISON WITH A LARGE GROUP OF NORMAL CONTROL SUBJECTS

We assessed 136 normal control subjects and between 12 and 16 amnesic subjects on three tests of indirect memory. The three tests were a per ceptual priming test (fragmented pictures), an auditory priming test t o determine preference for novel or previously heard melodies (Korean melodies), and a motor skill learning test (mirror tracing). We have e stablished normative data for these tasks and demonstrated that amnesi c subjects tend to be poorer than controls in general but show a simil ar pattern of learning over time.