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ERIC Number: EJ1470680
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 16
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EISSN: EISSN-2056-7936
Available Date: 2025-05-09
Anterograde Interference in Multitask Perceptual Learning
Jia Yang1,2,3,4; Fang-Fang Yan1,2; Tingting Wang1,2; Zile Wang1,2; Qingshang Ma1,2; Jinmei Xiao1,2; Xianyuan Yang1,2; Zhong-Lin Lu5,6,7; Chang-Bing Huang1,2
npj Science of Learning, v10 Article 23 2025
Learning to perform multiple tasks robustly is a crucial facet of human intelligence, yet its mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we formulated four hypotheses concerning task interactions and investigated them by analyzing training sequence effects through a continual learning framework. Forty-nine subjects learned seven tasks sequentially, each of the seven groups following a distinct sequence. Results showed that subjects learning a task later in a sequence exhibited poorer performance in six tasks (Contrast, Vernier, Face, Motion, Auditory, and N-back tasks, except for the Shape task) compared to those who learned this task earlier. Interestingly, sequence position had minimal impact on forgetting. A complementary dual-task experiment corroborated these findings. Through detailed analyses of session and block learning curves, we revealed task-specific anterograde interference, but no retrograde interference. These findings support the integrated reweighting theory and shed light on the meta-plasticity mechanism governing how human brain balances plasticity and stability.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Psychology, Beijing, China; 3Peking University, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing, China; 4Peking University, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China; 5New York University Shanghai, Division of Arts and Sciences, Shanghai, China; 6New York University, Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology, New York, USA; 7New York University Shanghai, NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science, Shanghai, China