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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 Dienes
The 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.

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  • Published

Journal

Consciousness and Cognition

ISSN

1053-8100

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

1

Volume

19

Page range

413-418

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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