title: Automatic mode of acquisition of spatial sequences in a serial reaction time paradigm.
abstract: In this study, the acquisition of spatial sequences was investigated. It was found that the acquisition of spatial sequence order could be acquired under strictly automatic conditions, namely, when not being part of the task requirement nor when being beneficial to purposive behavior. The results are discussed from the perspective of the difference between spatial versus non-spatial sequence learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, 84105, Beer Sheva, Israel. amotz@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Amotz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tzelgov
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D011939:Mental Recall; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D012691:Serial Learning; D013028:Space Perception