Journal Club on Statistical Learning - de Hoz

Question 1

According to Reber 1965, what two critical features characterize implicit learning?

Answer 1

1) It is an unconscious process - as in it imposes the constraint that it must be complex in order to not be detected by conscious processes.
2) it yields abstract knowledge

Question 2

What is the Dual Hippocampal Network?

Answer 2

It is comprised of the tri-synaptic pathway (CA3 to CA1) and the monosynaptic pathway (CA1).
The tri-synaptic pathway is comprised of separated episodic memories characterized by sparse connections, high recurrence and high learning rate. The monosynpatic pathway is comprised of overlapping representations characterized by dense connections, a slow learning rate and more neurons driven per event.