Implicit learning in problem solving: the role of working memory capacity.

Participants solving the Balls and Boxes puzzle for the first time were slowed in proportion to the level of working memory (WM) reduction resulting from a concurrent secondary task. On a second and still challenging solution of the same puzzle, performance was greatly improved, and the same WM loa...

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Published in:	Journal of Experimental Psychology. General Vol. 126; pp. 178 - 204
Main Authors:	Reber, Paul J., Kotovsky, Kenneth
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association June 1997
Subjects:	Incidental learning Short-term memory Problem solving
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost