implicit learning; serial reaction time; child; apprentissage implicite; temps de réaction sériel; enfant -- Développement
Abstract :
[en] The main purpose of the present study was to examine whether implicit learning abilities, assessed by means of a serial reaction time task, are present to the same extent in 6- and 10-year-old children as in adults. We also wondered whether the knowledge acquired after one learning session is retained after a one-week delay. And finally, we studied the explicit knowledge developed by the children in this task. Our results show no age-related difference in the serial reaction time performance, which is consistent with the idea that implicit learning abilities may be efficient early in development.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Meulemans, Thierry ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Neuropsychologie
Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Perruchet, Pierre
Language :
English
Title :
Implicit sequence learning in children
Publication date :
June 1998
Journal title :
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
ISSN :
0022-0965
eISSN :
1096-0457
Publisher :
Academic Press, New York, United States - New York
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