Is there cross-format transfer in implicit invariance learning?
Three experiments investigated cross-form transfer in the invariance learning paradigm introduced by McGeorge and Burton (1990). The results suggest that the transfer observed by McGeorge and Burton depended on subjects' ability to use a response strategy discovered by Wright and Burton (1995). When that strategy was denied to subjects (Experiments 1 and 2), no cross-form transfer was observed; when the strategy was made available (Experiment 3), cross-form transfer re-emerged. These results suggest that this form of learning, like many other forms of implicit learning and memory, is hyperspecific.
Stadler
M A
MA
Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211, USA. StadlerM@missouri.edu
Warren
J L
JL
Lesch
S L
SL
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014163:Transfer, Psychology