The next talk in the CDC seminar series will be given by:<br><br>Balazs Aczel, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary<br>Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2011, 5 PM<br>Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor<br>


<br><b><span lang="HU">Is there such a
thing as implicit learning?</span></b><br><br>Abstract: Consistent with the basic dichotomous propensity of human
thinking, binary descriptions of memory and learning processes (e.g., conscious
– unconscious; declarative – procedural; short-term – long-term etc.) became
principles of our understanding of human cognition. The crucial question,
however, remains as to whether we have sufficient empirical evidence to sustain
such distinctions. While recent theories started to postulate the existence of
more than two memory systems (e.g., McDonald,
Devan, &amp; Hong, 2004),
other researchers argue that the empirical data can be explained in a single-model
view (e.g., Berry, Shanks, &amp; Henson, 2008). I will start my talk from a
single-process learning viewpoint and discuss whether there is enough contradictory
empirical evidence to abandon this position. <br>