Implicit learning and statistical learning: One phenomenon, two approaches

Category

Journal Article

Authors

Perruchet, P., Pacton, S.

Year

2006

Title

Implicit learning and statistical learning: One phenomenon, two approaches

Journal / book / conference

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Abstract

The domain-general learning mechanisms elicited in incidental learning situations are of potential interest in many research fields, including language acquisition, object knowledge formation and motor learning. They have been the focus of studies on implicit learning for nearly 40 years. Stemming from a different research tradition, studies on statistical learning carried out in the past 10 years after the seminal studies by Saffran and collaborators, appear to be closely related, and the similarity between the two approaches is strengthened further by their recent evolution. However, implicit learning and statistical learning research favor different interpretations, focusing on the formation of chunks and statistical computations, respectively. We examine these differing approaches and suggest that this divergence opens up a major theoretical challenge for future studies.

Issue

5

Volume

10

Pages

233-238

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