Aprendizaje implícito e explícito: ¿dos procesos diferentes o dos niveles de abstracción?

Abstract

Regarding the differences between implicit and explicit learning reported in the literature, the definitions frequently relate these two kinds of learning with two different processes: conscious and unconscious information processing. In this paper we focus on the distinction bettveen explicit and implicit from the point of view of different levels of rule abstraction. We think that evidence from experiments and connectionist models permits us to relate the explicit-implicit distinction to the differences between specific representations based on covariations or exemplars and those based on more abstract rules. Both experimental results and connectionist simulations have made it possible to identify certain features associated with these levels of abstraction.