Abstract
What determines individuals’ efficacy in detecting regularities in visual statistical learning? Our theoretical starting point assumes that the variance in performance of statistical learning (SL) can be split into the variance related to efficiency in encoding representations within a modality and the variance related to the relative computational efficiency of detecting the distributional properties of the encoded representations. Using a novel methodology, we dissociated encoding from higher-order learning factors, by independently manipulating exposure duration and transitional probabilities in a stream of visual shapes. Our results show that the encoding of shapes and the retrieving of their transitional probabilities are not independent and additive processes, but interact to jointly determine SL performance. The theoretical implications of these findings for a mechanistic explanation of SL are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1250-1256 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Psychonomic Bulletin and Review |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Individual differences
- Sequence learning
- Visual statistical learning
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology