Abstract: Whether processing capacity or resources influence implicit learning is one of the major debates in the area of implicit cognition This study used serial reaction time (SRT) paradigm to explore the relationship between implicit learning and processing capacity Ss were 60 university students in South China Normal University, China Load conditions included three types: no load learning, digits memory load learning, and inversion response learning The results indicated that the subjects' implicit learning performance of inversion response load group was almost the same with that of no load group, but differentiated significantly with that of the digits memory load group Such results suggested that implicit sequence learning in SRT paradigm is invulnerable to manipulation of processing capacity or cognitive resources

Key words: implicit learning, serial reaction time (SRT) task, digits memory load task, inversion response load task, processing capacity