Perceptual or motor learning in SRT tasks with complex sequence structures
- 21 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychological Research
- Vol. 70 (2) , 88-102
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-004-0196-3
Abstract
We investigated under which conditions sequence learning in a serial reaction time task can be based on perceptual learning. A replication of the study of Mayr (1996) confirmed perceptual and motor learning when sequences were learned concurrently. However, between-participants manipulations of the motor and perceptual sequences only supported motor learning in cases of more complex deterministic and probabilistic sequence structures. Perceptual learning using a between-participants design could only be established with a simple deterministic sequence structure. The results seem to imply that perceptual learning can be facilitated by a concurrently learned motor sequence. Possibly, concurrent learning releases necessary attentional resources or induces a structured learning condition under which perceptual learning can take place. Alternatively, the underlying mechanism may rely on binding between the perceptual and motor sequences.Keywords
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