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Finding Hierarchical Structure in Binary Sequences: Evidence from Lindenmayer Grammar Learning
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Schmid, Samuel; Saddy, Douglas; Franck, Julie – Cognitive Science, 2023
In this article, we explore the extraction of recursive nested structure in the processing of binary sequences. Our aim was to determine whether humans learn the higher-order regularities of a highly simplified input where only sequential-order information marks the hierarchical structure. To this end, we implemented a sequence generated by the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Sequential Learning, Grammar, Language Processing
Coping with Complexity: Characterizing High and Low Learning during On-Line Acquisition of a Seminatural Micro Language
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Amy Jean Konyn – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Natural language is highly complex and can be challenging for some learners, yet the contribution of complexity to individual differences in language learning remains poorly understood. This poor understanding appears due to both a lack of consensus among researchers regarding what complexity is, and to on-line language research often employing…
Descriptors: Phonology, Natural Language Processing, Native Language, English
No Solid Empirical Evidence for the SOLID (Serial Order Learning Impairment) Hypothesis of Dyslexia
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Staels, Eva; Van den Broeck, Wim – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
This article reports on 2 studies that attempted to replicate the findings of a study by Szmalec, Loncke, Page, and Duyck (2011) on Hebb repetition learning in dyslexic individuals, from which these authors concluded that dyslexics suffer from a deficit in long-term learning of serial order information. In 2 experiments, 1 on adolescents (N = 59)…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Repetition, Sequential Learning, Neurological Impairments
Visual Sequence Learning in Infancy: Domain-General and Domain-Specific Associations with Language
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Shafto, Carissa L.; Conway, Christopher M.; Field, Suzanne L.; Houston, Derek M. – Infancy, 2012
Research suggests that nonlinguistic sequence learning abilities are an important contributor to language development (Conway, Bauernschmidt, Huang, & Pisoni, 2010). The current study investigated visual sequence learning (VSL) as a possible predictor of vocabulary development in infants. Fifty-eight 8.5-month-old infants were presented with a…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Language Research, Language Skills, Language Acquisition
Order or Disorder? Impaired Hebb Learning in Dyslexia
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Szmalec, Arnaud; Loncke, Maaike; Page, Mike P. A.; Duyck, Wouter – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
The present study offers an integrative account proposing that dyslexia and its various associated cognitive impairments reflect an underlying deficit in the long-term learning of serial-order information, here operationalized as Hebb repetition learning. In nondyslexic individuals, improved immediate serial recall is typically observed when one…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Recall (Psychology), Language Acquisition, Reading Difficulties
Implicit Learning of Semantic Category Sequences: Response-Independent Acquisition of Abstract Sequential Regularities
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Goschke, Thomas; Bolte, Annette – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2007
Through the use of a new serial naming task, the authors investigated implicit learning of repeating sequences of abstract semantic categories. Participants named objects (e.g., table, shirt) appearing in random order. Unbeknownst to them, the semantic categories of the objects (e.g., furniture, clothing) followed a repeating sequence.…
Descriptors: Semantics, Learning Processes, Language Processing, Experiments