Implicit learning of a repeated segment in continuous tracking: A reappraisal
Category
Journal Article
Authors
Chambaron, S., Ginhac, D., Ferrel-Chapus, C., Perruchet, P.
Year
2006
Title
Implicit learning of a repeated segment in continuous tracking: A reappraisal
Journal / book / conference
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Abstract
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.
Issue
5
Volume
59
Pages
845-854