The effects of learning through replications of a simple serial task

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. === An experiment was performed to ascertain if there existed a learning process through replication in a simple serial task. Further, it was of interest to investigate the presents of a hysteresis phenomenon with decreasing demand after a chan...

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Main Author: Stevens, John Bradford
Other Authors: Neil, D.E.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/16982
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Summary:Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. === An experiment was performed to ascertain if there existed a learning process through replication in a simple serial task. Further, it was of interest to investigate the presents of a hysteresis phenomenon with decreasing demand after a channel capacity overload. This study did not support previous conclusions concerning these processes. Specifically, learning through replications did not significantly enhance performance, nor was a hysteresis phenomenon evident. This research did, in some measure, support the psychological activation theory.