Kóbor, Andrea, Janacsek, Karolina ORCID: 0000-0001-7829-8220, Takacs, Adam and Nemeth, Dezso (2017) Statistical learning leads to persistent memory: evidence for one-year consolidation. Scientific Reports, 7 (1):760. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00807-3)

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Abstract

Statistical learning is a robust mechanism of the brain that enables the extraction of environmental patterns, which is crucial in perceptual and cognitive domains. However, the dynamical change of processes underlying long-term statistical memory formation has not been tested in an appropriately controlled design. Here we show that a memory trace acquired by statistical learning is resistant to inference as well as to forgetting after one year. Participants performed a statistical learning task and were retested one year later without further practice. The acquired statistical knowledge was resistant to interference, since after one year, participants showed similar memory performance on the previously practiced statistical structure after being tested with a new statistical structure. These results could be key to understand the stability of long-term statistical knowledge.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	implicit learning, interference, long-term memory, predictive processing, statistical learning
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2021 11:12
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/25725

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