Implicit Cognition:A New Window of Exploring Human Cognition and Learning

Implicit cognition has been recognized as the important component of human cognition. A research and its new findings on implicit cognition provide a new perspective on the multi-system of human cognition and the underlying process of cognitive development. The relevant research has revealed the diversity and complexity of implicit cognition by exploring various aspects of the psychological process including perception, memory, language, abstraction of rules, motor skill and emotional reaction. The findings indicate that implicit cognition is playing vital roles in both ethnic and individual development, suggesting that it would be hopeful to improve the efficiency of cognitive activities and facilitate cognitive development as well as to prompt the recovering of cognitive impairment through implicit processes. Further research on the connection and facilitation effects between implicit and explicit cognition will broaden our understanding of the nature of human cognition and will be insightful for prompting cognitive development and rehabilitation.