Implicit Memory: A Double Dissociation
According to the essay, a double dissociation is that certain factors influence explicit memory but not implicit memory; this is a dissociation. What makes this into a double dissociation is the presence of other factors that influence implicit memory but not explicit memory; this is a dissociation in the opposite direction of the first, making a double dissociation. That said, the essay defines a qualitative difference as equivalent to claiming that the two are different “species” of memory. A quantitative difference is saying that the two are fundamentally similar. Taking this into consideration and from what I understand, this means that a double dissociation is more similar to a qualitative difference. Double dissociation is basically the