Oliveira, Catia Margarida, Hayiou-Thomas, Emma orcid.org/0000-0003-1163-2671 and Henderson, Lisa M orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-2481 (2024) Express:Reliability of the Serial Reaction Time task: If at first you don't succeed, try try try again. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006). ISSN 1747-0226
Abstract
Procedural memory is involved in the acquisition and control of skills and habits that underlie rule and procedural learning, including the acquisition of grammar and phonology. The Serial Reaction Time task (SRTT), commonly used to assess procedural learning, has been shown to have poor stability (test-retest reliability). We investigated factors that may affect the stability of the SRTT in adults. Experiment 1 examined whether the similarity of sequences learned in two sessions would impact stability: test-retest correlations were low regardless of sequence similarity (r < .31). Experiment 2 added a third session to examine whether individual differences in learning would stabilise with further training. There was a small (but nonsignificant) improvement in stability for later sessions (session 1-2: r = .42; session 2-3: r = .60). Stability of procedural learning on the SRTT remained suboptimal in all conditions, posing a serious obstacle to the use of this task as a sensitive predictor of individual differences and ultimately theoretical advance.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Experimental Psychology Society 2024 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2024 17:10 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 19:46 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241232347 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/17470218241232347 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:208865 |
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