Mr. Nydam suffers from amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course,the more his game improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between

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Mr. Nydam's improvement in golf on the particular course despite his inability to remember playing it suggests that he is utilizing implicit memory (unconscious memory) rather than explicit memory (conscious memory). This demonstrates the need to distinguish between these two types of memory. Short-term memory and long-term memory, iconic memory and explicit memory, and recognition and recall are not directly relevant to Mr. Nydam's situation.

Mr Nydam Suffers from Amnesia and Is Unable to Remember