Age‐related differences in sequence learning

Findings from two visuo‐motor sequence learning tasks

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ID9620177
AutoresKristi Urry (0000-0002-8381-4354, School of Psychology University of Adelaide South Australia Australia), Nalalia Burns (0000-0003-3456-6734, The University of Adelaide), Nicholas R Burns (School of Psychology University of Adelaide South Australia Australia), Irina Baetu (0000-0002-5565-7136, School of Psychology University of Adelaide South Australia Australia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen109
Número4
Páginas830-849
Fecha de publicación2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12299
PMID29573264
OpenAlexW2789444936
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas47

The Serial Reaction Time Task ( SRTT ) is thought to assess implicit learning, which seems to be preserved with age. However, the reaction time ( RT ) measures employed on implicit‐like tasks might be too unreliable to detect individual differences. We investigated whether RT ‐based measures mask age effects by comparing the performance of 43 younger and 35 older adults on SRTT and an explicit‐like Predictive Sequence Learning Task ( PSLT ). RT ‐based measures (difference scores and a ratio) were collected for both tasks, and accuracy was additionally measured for PSLT . We also measured fluid abilities. The RT ‐difference scores indicated preserved SRTT and PSLT performance with age and did not correlate with fluid abilities, while ratio RT and the accuracy‐based measures indicated age‐related decline and correlated with fluid abilities. Therefore, RT ‐difference scores might mask individual differences, which compromises the interpretation of previous studies using SRTT

Analysis of variance · Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Machine learning · Motor Learning · Sequence (biology) · Sequence learning · Serial reaction time · Significant difference · Statistics · Task (project management) · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Medicine · Motor Control and Adaptation · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology