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Prior familiarity with components enhances unconscious learning of relations
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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:34 authored by Ryan ScottRyan Scott, Zoltan DienesZoltan DienesThe influence of prior familiarity with components on the implicit learning of relations was examined using artificial grammar learning. Prior to training on grammar strings, participants were familiarised with either the novel Symbols used to construct the strings or with irrelevant geometric shapes Participants familiarised with the relevant symbols showed greater accuracy when judging the correctness of new grammar strings Familiarity with elemental components did not increase conscious awareness of the basis for discriminations (structural knowledge) but increased accuracy even in its absence The subjective familiarity of test strings predicted grammaticality judgments However, prior exposure to relevant symbols did not increase overall test string familiarity or reliance oil familiarity when making grammaticality judgments Familiarity with the symbols increased the learning of relations between them (bigrams and trigrams) thus resulting ill greater familiarity for grammatical versus ungrammatical strings The results have important implications for models of implicit learning.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Consciousness and CognitionISSN
1053-8100Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
19Page range
413-418Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
Full text available
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Peer reviewed?
- Yes