Patients with a specific form of amnesia have been found to have poor explicit memory for newly presented material compared to a matched control group of participants with no memory disorders, but show implicit memory for the material that is comparable to that of the control group. Based on this finding, which of the following would be expected?
A) The patients will do as well as the control group on a test of free recall.
B) The patients will do better than the control group on a yes/no recognition test.
C) The patients will do as well as the control group on a word stem completion test.
D) The patients will do worse than the control group on a word stem completion test.

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Implicit memory tasks, such as word stem completion, do not require conscious recollection of previous experiences. Patients with amnesia, despite having poor explicit memory, can perform similarly to controls on such tasks because implicit memory remains intact.

Patients with a Specific Form of Amnesia Have Been Found