The finding that amnesic patients show normal priming effects is evidence for:
A) independence of explicit and implicit memory.
B) confabulation.
C) unreliability of findings with amnesic patients.
D) lack of retrograde amnesia.

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Normal priming effects in amnesic patients suggest that implicit memory (which is responsible for priming effects) is separate from explicit memory, providing evidence for the independence of these two memory systems.

The Finding That Amnesic Patients Show Normal Priming Effects Is