Why untrained control groups provide invalid baselines: A reply to Dienes and Altmann

Catégorie

Journal Article

Auteurs

Perruchet, P., Reber, R.

Année

2003

Titre

Why untrained control groups provide invalid baselines: A reply to Dienes and Altmann

Journal / Livre / Conférence

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Résumé

Dienes and Altmann argue that an untrained control group provides a reliable baseline to measure artificial grammar learning. In this reply, we first provide a fictitious example to demonstrate that this assessment is faulty.We then analyse why this assessment is wrong, and we reiterate the solution proposed in Reber and Perruchet for a proper control. Finally, we point out the importance of these methodological principles in the context of implicit learning studies.

Issue

1

Volume

56A

Pages

125-130

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