title: Role of selective attention in artificial grammar learning.
abstract: To investigate the role of selective attention in artificial grammar (AG) learning, participants were presented with "GLOCAL" strings-that is, chains of compound global and local letters. The global and local levels instantiated different grammars. The results of this experiment revealed that participants learned only the grammar for the level to which they attended. The participants were not even able to choose presented but unattended strings themselves. These results show that selective attention plays a critical role in AG learning.
authors.affiliation: University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. dtanaka@ristex.jst.go.jp
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiyokawa
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dienes
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigemasu
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time; D012660:Semantics; D012858:Size Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning