A Review of Research on Implicit Knowledge

Implicit knowledge is in contrast to explicit knowledge.It has individuality,priority,automaticity and situatedness.The method of subjective measurement is often adopted to make a research on implicit knowledge,that is,to test and grasp the structure of implicit knowledge by guessing or judging the unconscious state of implicit knowledge by zero correlation.ACT and dyads of triads are considered to be effective ways to decide the existence and properties of implicit knowledge.Then the nature of implicit knowledge is discussed.In terms of consciousness,implicit knowledge is lack of meta-knowledge;in terms of behavior,the use of implicit knowledge is separated from the control;in terms of understanding,implicit knowledge is difficult,even impossible to express.At last,the further development direction of implicit knowledge is pointed out from the view of epistemology and enhancing implicit cognition.