gSRT-Soft: A generic software application and some methodological guidelines to investigate implicit learning through visual-motor sequential tasks
Category
Journal Article
Authors
Chambaron, S., Ginhac, D., Perruchet, P.
Year
2008
Title
gSRT-Soft: A generic software application and some methodological guidelines to investigate implicit learning through visual-motor sequential tasks
Journal / book / conference
Behavior Research Methods
Abstract
Serial reaction time tasks and, more generally, the visual–motor sequential paradigms are increasingly popular tools in a variety of research domains, from studies on implicit learning in laboratory contexts to the assessment of residual learning capabilities of patients in clinical settings. A consequence of this success, however, is the increased variability in paradigms and the difficulty inherent in respecting the methodological principles that two decades of experimental investigations have made more and more stringent. The purpose of the present article is to address those problems. We present a user-friendly application that simplifies running classical experiments, but is flexible enough to permit a broad range of nonstandard manipulations for more specific objectives. Basic methodological guidelines are also provided, as are suggestions for using the software to explore unconventional directions of research. The most recent version of gSRT-Soft may be obtained for free by contacting the authors.
Issue
2
Volume
40
Pages
493-502