Two Forms of Sequential Implicit Learning

Consciousness and Cognition 6 (1):108-131 (1997)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

A serial reaction time experiment tested the hypothesis that there are two independent forms of implicit learning: learning that is linked to making judgments about stimuli, and learning that is linked to motor processing. Participants performed 2, 6, or 12 blocks of single task SRT, dual task SRT, or observation with one of five sequences; each sequence had the same underlying structure. Participants then performed two implicit tests, SRT and pattern judgment, as well as a generation test and an explicit knowledge test. There was a double dissociation of the effect of sequence surface structure on SRT and pattern judgment. SRT and pattern judgment competence developed independently of each other across length of acquisition task. Performance on both implicit tasks did not depend on explicit knowledge. These results indicate that the SRT and pattern judgment measures tap independent forms of implicit learning, which is consistent with the modular nature of memory and cognition

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 103,449

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

On the neural mechanisms of sequence learning.Tim Curran - 1995 - PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research On Consciousness 2.

Analytics

Added to PP
2011-11-01

Downloads
34 (#698,174)

6 months
7 (#469,699)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

References found in this work

Implicit learning and tacit knowledge.Arthur S. Reber - 1989 - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 118 (3):219-235.
Characteristics of dissociable human learning systems.David R. Shanks & Mark F. St John - 1994 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17 (3):367-447.
Implicit learning and tacit knowledge.Arthur S. Reber - 1989 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 118:219-35.
The cognitive unconscious: An evolutionary perspective.Arthur S. Reber - 1992 - Consciousness and Cognition 1 (2):93-133.
Transfer of syntactic structure in synthetic languages.Arthur S. Reber - 1969 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 81 (1):115.

View all 13 references / Add more references