Acquisition and retention of perceptual learning and the horizontal-vertical illusion.
The present study examined procedure-specific differences in the acquisition and retention of perceptual learning using four forms of the Horizontal-Vertical illusion. Training to criterion was conducted using intertrial feedback, continued visual inspection, or yoked-control procedures. Retention of perceptual learning was assessed at posttraining intervals ranging from 1 minute to 1 month. Subjects trained with feedback achieved criterion in fewer trials and showed greater accuracy and short-term retention of perceptual learning on the inverted-T figure and the 1-in. vertical line-production task. The present results show that the correction of inaccurate strategic factors most likely represents the temporary acquisition of compensatory strategies that facilitate performance on simple perceptual-motor skills tasks.
Brosvic
G M
GM
Department of Psychology, Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099.
Rowe-Boyer
M M
MM
Dihoff
R E
RE
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012153:Retention, Psychology