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Implicit learning of a repeated segment in continuous tracking: A reappraisal
Carole Ferrel-chapusStéphanie ChambaronDominique GinhacPierre Perruchetsubject
MaleSerial reaction timeTime Factors[ INFO.INFO-TS ] Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image ProcessingPhysiologySpeech recognition[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology050109 social psychologyExperimental and Cognitive Psychology[ SPI.SIGNAL ] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processingTracking (particle physics)050105 experimental psychologyRandom Allocation[ SHS.PSY ] Humanities and Social Sciences/PsychologyAcceleration[INFO.INFO-TS]Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image ProcessingPhysiology (medical)Reaction TimeHumansLearningTraitement du signal et de l'imagePsychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesStudentsGeneral PsychologyAnalysis of VarianceCommunicationbusiness.industry05 social sciencesSignal and Image processingRetention PsychologyRecognition PsychologyGeneral MedicineImplicit learningNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyPsychologieFemalebusinessPsychology[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processingPsychomotor PerformanceTraitement du signal et de l'image (Informatique)description
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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-01 |