What is Implicit About Implicit Category Learning?

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... iv
LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................... v
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1
Neuroimaging in Categorization Research ................................................................................. 2
Consciousness of Learning in an Implicit Categorization Task ................................................. 4
Linking BOLD Response to Implicit Knowledge ...................................................................... 5
The fNIRs System ....................................................................................................................... 6
METHODS ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Participants ................................................................................................................................ 11
Procedure .................................................................................................................................. 11
RESULTS ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Behavioral Results .................................................................................................................... 13
Accuracy ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 
Attributions................................................................................................................................................. 15 
Neuroimaging Results ............................................................................................................... 17
DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................... 19
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 22
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 23