A New Method for Studying Statistical Learning in Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Kavakci, Mariam; Dollaghan, Christine
Titel	A New Method for Studying Statistical Learning in Young Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62 (2019) 7, S.2483-2490 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Eye Movements; Reaction Time; Preschool Children; Auditory Stimuli; Visual Stimuli; Scores; Sequential Learning; Cartoons; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Augenbewegung; Reaktionsvermögen; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Auditive Stimulation; Didaktische Sequenzierung; Lernsequenz; Zeichentrickfilm; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a new oculomotor serial reaction time (RT) task revealed statistical sequence learning in young children. Method: We used eye tracking to measure typically developing children's oculomotor RTs in response to cartoon-like creatures that appeared successively in quadrants of a monitor during 200 trials--an initial patterned phase (120 trials) in which the creature's location reflected 15 repetitions of an 8-element sequence, a pseudorandom phase (40 trials) in which the location was not predictable, and a final patterned phase (40 trials). In an auditory-visual version of the task, spoken nonwords linked to quadrants preceded the creature's appearance. In Study 1, we administered either the visual or the auditory-visual version to 5- and 6-year-old children; in Study 2, we examined the performance of 4-year-olds on the auditory-visual version. Results: In both studies, group mean RT z scores were significantly shorter (p < 0.05) during patterned than pseudorandom phases, with large effect sizes (Cohen's dz values = 1.17-1.79). Conclusion: The new oculomotor serial RT task detected statistical sequence learning in typically developing children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01