Sequence learning at optimal stimulus-response mapping : evidence from a serial reaction-time task
- We propose a new version of the serial reaction time (SRT) task in which participants merely looked at the target instead of responding manually. As response locations were identical to target locations, stimulus - response compatibility was maximal in this task. We demonstrated that saccadic response times decreased during training and increased again when a new sequence was presented. It is unlikely that this effect was caused by stimulus - response (S - R) learning because bonds between (visual) stimuli and (oculomotor) responses were already well established before the experiment started. Thus, the finding shows that the building of S - R bonds is not essential for learning in the SRT task.
| Author details: | Annette Kinder, Martin Rolfs, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND |
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| URL: | http://tandfprod.literatumonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17470210701557555 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210701557555 |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2008 |
| Publication year: | 2008 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/25 |
| Source: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. - 61 (2008), 2, S. 203 - 209 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
