Dorfman J
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 1994 Sep;20(5):1108-25. doi: 10.1037//0278-7393.20.5.1108.
Five experiments investigated the role of sublexical components in implicit memory for novel words. Priming on an implicit word judgement task occurred consistently for nonwords formed out of familiar linguistic components (morphemes and syllables) but minimally for nonwords formed out of unfamiliar pseudosyllabic components. This effect was dissociable from explicit memory and insensitive to changes in the surface features of the stimuli. Moreover, it depended on unitization of stimulus components as opposed to priming of individual components. Results are interpreted in terms of the activation and integration of prior linguistic knowledge and as evidence against the role of new (perceptual or episodic) representations in implicit memory for new information.
五项实验研究了次词汇成分在新单词内隐记忆中的作用。对于由熟悉的语言成分（语素和音节）构成的非单词，在一项内隐单词判断任务中会持续出现启动效应，但对于由不熟悉的假音节成分构成的非单词，启动效应则微乎其微。这种效应与外显记忆可分离，且对刺激表面特征的变化不敏感。此外，它依赖于刺激成分的单元化，而非单个成分的启动。研究结果是根据先前语言知识的激活和整合来解释的，并且作为反对新（感知或情景）表征在新信息内隐记忆中起作用的证据。
