In the present study a form of implicit memory performance was examined by employing the serial reaction-time paradigm with a nonclinical sample of 22 hypothetically schizotypal college students and 22 nonschizotypal college students. The formation of new associations was tested; analysis showed no difference between these two groups on this measure of implicit memory.
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