Learning or Boredom? Task Adaptation Effects in Sentence Processing Experiments
Open Mind,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8, P. 1447 - 1468
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
Task
adaptation,
characterized
by
a
progressive
increase
in
speed
throughout
experimental
trials,
has
been
extensively
observed
across
various
paradigms.
Yet,
the
underlying
mechanisms
driving
this
phenomenon
remain
unclear.
According
to
learning-based
explanation,
participants
are
implicitly
learning,
becoming
more
proficient
over
time.
Conversely,
motivation-based
view
suggests
that
participants’
drive
wanes
gradually,
prompting
quicker
pace
and
reduced
task
engagement.
These
explanations
offer
distinct
predictions.
The
anticipates
not
only
accelerated
but
also
improved
response
accuracy.
In
contrast,
assumes
lose
their
focus,
increases,
accuracy
tends
decline.
present
study
tests
these
implications
series
of
six
self-paced
reading
experiments
investigating
interplay
between
reaction
times,
immediate
recall,
trial
order.
Robust
learning
effects
documented.
Participants
read
progressively
faster
during
experiments,
they
get
better
responding.
Moreover,
an
analysis
recall
reveals
systematic
differences
different
types
information,
with
nouns
yielding
substantially
higher
than
adjectives.
findings
explained
through
attentional
mechanisms:
prolonged
processing
specific
words
correlates
recall.
Furthermore,
differential
patterns
modulated
task’s
question
structure,
adjectives
recalled
effectively
proportion
adjective-targeting
questions.
This
underscores
strategic
allocation
attention
sentence
components
deemed
crucial
for
performance,
highlighting
dynamic
motivation,
adaptation.
Language: Английский
How predictability and individual alpha frequency shape memory: Insights from an event-related potential investigation
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 108006 - 108006
Published: Nov. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
How predictability and individual alpha frequency shape memory: insights from the N400
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 27, 2023
Abstract
Prediction
and
memory
are
strongly
intertwined,
with
predictions
relying
on
retrieval,
whilst
also
influencing
encoding.
However,
it
is
unclear
how
predictability
influences
explicit
performance,
individual
neural
factors
may
modulate
this
relationship.
The
current
study
sought
to
investigate
the
effect
of
processing
an
analysis
N400
event-related
potential
in
a
context
extending
beyond
language.
Participants
(
N
=
48,
females
33)
completed
study-test
paradigm
where
they
first
viewed
predictable
unpredictable
four-item
‘ABCD’
sequences
outdoor
scene
images,
their
brain
activity
was
recorded
using
electroencephalography
(EEG).
Subsequently,
for
images
tested,
patterns
during
learning
were
compared
outcomes.
Behavioural
results
revealed
better
contrast
sequences.
Memory
strongest
‘B’
position,
suggesting
that
when
longer
sequences,
prioritise
data
deemed
most
informative.
Strikingly,
greater
amplitudes
associated
enhanced
at
test
individuals
low
versus
high
alpha
frequencies
(IAFs).
In
light
relationship
between
stimulus
predictability,
finding
imply
predictive
differs
influence
extent
Finally,
exploratory
analyses
provided
evidence
later
positivity
subsequent
performance.
Ultimately,
highlight
complex
interconnected
memory,
shedding
accumulation
across
Language: Английский