Implicit Learning of Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Order Adjacent and Nonadjacent Sequential Dependencies

2008 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Remillard
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Implicit Learning ◽  
Fourth Order ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Serial Reaction Time ◽  
Sequential Dependencies ◽  
Serial Reaction ◽  
Nonadjacent Dependencies ◽  
Probabilistic Sequences ◽  
Target Locations

Serial reaction time (SRT) task studies have established that people can implicitly learn first- and second-order adjacent dependencies. Sequential confounds have made it impossible to draw conclusions regarding learning of nonadjacent dependencies and learning of third- and fourth-order adjacent dependencies. Addressing the confounds, the present study shows that people can implicitly learn second-, third-, and fourth-order adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies embedded in probabilistic sequences of target locations.

scholarly journals Implicit learning of a repeated segment in continuous tracking: A reappraisal

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 845-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Chambaron ◽  
Dominique Ginhac ◽  
Carole Ferrel-Chapus ◽  
Pierre Perruchet
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Implicit Learning ◽  
Repeated Sequence ◽  
Serial Reaction Time ◽  
Tracking Tasks ◽  
Serial Reaction ◽  
Repeated Segment

Several prior studies (e.g., Shea, Wulf, Whitacre, & Park, 2001; Wulf & Schmidt, 1997) have apparently demonstrated implicit learning of a repeated segment in continuous-tracking tasks. In two conceptual replications of these studies, we failed to reproduce the original findings. However, these findings were reproduced in a third experiment, in which we used the same repeated segment as that used in the Wulf et al. studies. Analyses of the velocity and the acceleration of the target suggests that this repeated segment could be easier to track than the random segments serving as control, accounting for the results of Wulf and collaborators. Overall these experiments suggest that learning a repeated segment in continuous-tracking tasks may be much more difficult than learning from a repeated sequence in conventional serial reaction time tasks. A possible explanation for this difference is outlined.

Demonstrating Implicit Learning With a Novel Serial Reaction Time Task

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayme Yeates ◽  
Fergal W. Jones ◽  
Andy J. Wills ◽  
Mike Aitken ◽  
Ian P. Mclaren
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Implicit Learning ◽  
Reaction Time Task ◽  
Serial Reaction Time Task ◽  
Serial Reaction Time ◽  
Time Task ◽  
Serial Reaction
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