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Published online 27 July 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050725-6
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Humans learn without explicit thought
Amnesiacs show how we pick up new tricks from force of habit.
Humans can learn skills without remembering what they have done, according to a study of patients with severe amnesia. Such learning is seen in monkeys, but experts were unsure whether humans retained this ability, because of our tendency to think consciously about whatever we are learning.
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