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Developmental Invariance in Implicit Sequence Learning
Lejeune, Caroline; Wansard, Murielle; Meulemans, Thierry
201421 st Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society
 

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Keywords :
implicit learning; development; memory
Abstract :
[en] This study was intended to test the age invariance hypothesis on implicit learning abilities using the serial reaction time paradigm and focusing on the comparison of second-order conditional (SOC) sequences of two different lengths (8 and 12 elements). A total of 128 participants from 4 age groups (4 years, 7 years, 10 years, and adults) were tested. The results showed significant and similar learning effects in 4-, 7-, and 10-year-old children, as well as adults. The learning effect was more pronounced for the 8-element sequence than for the 12-element sequence for all age groups, suggesting that the shorter sequence was better learned than the longer one. In addition, the degree of explicit sequence awareness was comparable between age groups and sequence lengths. These results, showing that 4-year-old children are able to learn 8- and 12-element-long SOC sequences as well as adults, provide further support for the hypothesis that implicit learning abilities are developmentally invariant.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Lejeune, Caroline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Neuropsychologie
Wansard, Murielle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Neuropsychologie
Meulemans, Thierry ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doyen de la Faculté de Psychologie et des sc. de l'éducation
Language :
English
Title :
Developmental Invariance in Implicit Sequence Learning
Publication date :
05 April 2014
Event name :
21 st Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Event place :
Boston, United States
Event date :
April 5-8
Audience :
International
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