Procedural Interference in Perceptual Classification: Implicit Learning or Cognitive Complexity?

Overview

Journal Mem Cognit

Specialty Psychology

Date 2006 Mar 15

PMID 16532858

Citations 15

Authors

Robert M Nosofsky

Roger D Stanton

Safa R Zaki

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Abstract

Researchers have argued that an implicit procedural-learning system underlies performance for information integration category structures, whereas a separate explicit system underlies performance for rule-based categories. One source of evidence is a dissociation in which procedural interference harms performance in information integration structures, but not in rule-based ones. The present research provides evidence that some form of overall difficulty or category complexity lies at the root of the dissociation. The authors report studies in which procedural interference is observed for even simple rule-based structures under more sensitive testing conditions. Furthermore, the magnitude of the interference is large when the nature of the rule is made more complex. By contrast, the magnitude of interference is greatly reduced for an information integration structure that is cognitively simple. These results challenge the view that a procedural-learning system mediates performance on information integration categories, but not on rule-based ones.

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