Learning simple and complex artificial grammars in the presence of a semantic reference field: Effects on performance and awareness

This study investigated whether the negative effect of complexity on artificial grammar learning could be compensated by adding semantics. Participants were exposed to exemplars from a simple or a complex finite state grammar presented with or without a semantic reference field. As expected, perform...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Esther eVan den Bos, Fenna ePoletiek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00158/full