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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Age-related differences in sequence learning: findings from two visuo-motor sequence learning tasks |
Author: | Urry, K. Burns, N. Baetu, I. |
Citation: | British Journal of Psychology, 2018; 109(4):830-849 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 0007-1269 2044-8295 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kristi Urry, Nicholas R. Burns and Irina Baetu |
Abstract: | 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. |
Keywords: | ageing implicit learning reaction time sequence learning serial reaction time |
Rights: | © 2018 The British Psychological Society |
DOI: | 10.1111/bjop.12299 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12299 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Psychology publications |
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