Concurrent Learning of Temporal and Spatial Sequences

@article{citeulike:1379109, abstract = {In a serial reaction time task, stimulus events simultaneously defined spatial and temporal sequences. Responses were based on the spatial dimension. The temporal sequence was incidental to the task, defined by the response-to-stimulus intervals in Experiment 1 and stimulus onset asynchronies in Experiment 2. The two sequences were either of equal length and correlated or of unequal length. In both experiments, spatial learning occurred regardless of sequence length condition. In contrast, temporal learning occurred only in the correlated condition. These results suggest that timing is an integrated part of action representations and that incidental learning for a temporal pattern does not occur independently from the action. Interestingly, sequence learning was enhanced in the correlated condition, reflecting the integration of spatial-temporal information.}, author = {Shin, Jacqueline C. and Ivry, Richard B. }, citeulike-article-id = {1379109}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition}, keywords = {timing}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {445--457}, posted-at = {2007-06-11 19:07:19}, priority = {0}, title = {Concurrent Learning of Temporal and Spatial Sequences}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X09-46C6H5Y-4/2/2e82602a60910faf0ce8398894b87824}, volume = {28}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1379109 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1379109 TI - Concurrent Learning of Temporal and Spatial Sequences JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition VL - 28 IS - 3 SP - 445 EP - 457 N2 - In a serial reaction time task, stimulus events simultaneously defined spatial and temporal sequences. Responses were based on the spatial dimension. The temporal sequence was incidental to the task, defined by the response-to-stimulus intervals in Experiment 1 and stimulus onset asynchronies in Experiment 2. The two sequences were either of equal length and correlated or of unequal length. In both experiments, spatial learning occurred regardless of sequence length condition. In contrast, temporal learning occurred only in the correlated condition. These results suggest that timing is an integrated part of action representations and that incidental learning for a temporal pattern does not occur independently from the action. Interestingly, sequence learning was enhanced in the correlated condition, reflecting the integration of spatial-temporal information. KW - timing AU - Shin, Jacqueline AU - Ivry, Richard PY - 2002/05// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X09-46C6H5Y-4/2/2e82602a60910faf0ce8398894b87824 ER -