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implicit learning

A chessboard with black pieces arranged in a line, including a king at the center, set against a gradient background with a glowing light source, symbolizing the concept of implicit learning.

The acquisition of complex skills without explicit awareness of the rules being learned. First named by the psychologist Arthur Reber in the 1960s, the concept covers grammar in small children, radiologists' pattern recognition, and chess intuition. Implicit knowledge is typically robust, fast, and resistant to verbal report; teaching it requires exposure and feedback rather than instruction.

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