Acquisition vs. memorization trade-offs are modulated by walking distance and pattern complexity in a large-scale copying paradigm.

In a "block-copying paradigm", subjects were required to copy a configuration of colored blocks from a model area to a distant work area, using additional blocks provided at an equally distant resource area. Experimental conditions varied between the inter-area separation (walking distance...

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Main Authors: Gregor Hardiess, Kai Basten, Hanspeter A Mallot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3072986?pdf=render