Attention dependency in implicit learning of repeated search context.

@article{citeulike:1659695, abstract = {How much attention is needed to produce implicit learning? Previous studies have found inconsistent results, with some implicit learning tasks requiring virtually no attention while others rely on attention. In this study we examine the degree of attentional dependency in implicit learning of repeated visual search context. Observers searched for a target among distractors that were either highly similar to the target or dissimilar to the target. We found that the size of contextual cueing was comparable from repetition of the two types of distractors, even though attention dwelled much longer on distractors highly similar to the target. We suggest that beyond a minimal amount, further increase in attentional dwell time does not contribute significantly to implicit learning of repeated search context.}, address = {Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.}, author = {Rausei, V. and Makovski, T. and Jiang, Y. V. }, citeulike-article-id = {1659695}, doi = {10.1080/17470210701515744}, issn = {1747-0218}, journal = {Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester)}, keywords = {contextual\_cuing}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {1321--1328}, posted-at = {2007-09-15 04:25:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Attention dependency in implicit learning of repeated search context.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210701515744}, volume = {60}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1659695 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1659695 TI - Attention dependency in implicit learning of repeated search context. JF - Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester) VL - 60 IS - 10 SP - 1321 EP - 1328 AD - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. SN - 1747-0218 N2 - How much attention is needed to produce implicit learning? Previous studies have found inconsistent results, with some implicit learning tasks requiring virtually no attention while others rely on attention. In this study we examine the degree of attentional dependency in implicit learning of repeated visual search context. Observers searched for a target among distractors that were either highly similar to the target or dissimilar to the target. We found that the size of contextual cueing was comparable from repetition of the two types of distractors, even though attention dwelled much longer on distractors highly similar to the target. We suggest that beyond a minimal amount, further increase in attentional dwell time does not contribute significantly to implicit learning of repeated search context. KW - contextual_cuing AU - Rausei, V AU - Makovski, T AU - Jiang, YV PY - 2007/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210701515744 ER -