Abstract
This article reports three experiments that investigated the relation between perceptual fluency and non-analytic processing in artificial grammar learning classification. Non-analytic processing was manipulated by invoking response time restrictions. In Experiment 1 there were no response time restrictions for classification decisions (response time: M = 5950 ms), Experiment 2 invoked a response deadline of 2 seconds (response time: M = 1310 ms), and Experiment 3 used a within-subjects response-signal procedure comparing classification after a 500 ms delay (response time: M = 838 ms) with a 2000 ms delay (response time: M = 2280 ms) The results showed that fluency created by masked priming affects classification in artificial grammar learning under conditions of relatively non-analytic processing (Experiment 2 and the short condition of Experiment 3). The results are discussed in relation to different heuristics that participants can use in artificial grammar classification, the fluency heuristic being one of them. The experiments also provided some evidence that metaknowledge of grammaticality in artificial grammar learning may under some circumstances be enhanced by non-analytic processing during testing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-160 |
Journal | European Journal of Cognitive Psychology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Psychology
Free keywords
- non-analytic processing
- fluency
- Implicit learning
- heuristics
- confidence.
- artificial grammar learning