Opposing Timing Constraints Severely Limit the Use of Pupillometry to Investigate Visual Statistical Learning.

ABSTRACT: Majority of visual statistical learning (VSL) research uses only offline measures, collected after the familiarization phase (i.e., learning) has occurred. Offline measures have revealed a lot about the extent of statistical learning (SL) but less is known about the learning mechanisms that support VSL. Studies have shown that prediction can be a potential learning mechanism for VSL, but it is difficult to examine the role of prediction in VSL using offline measures alone. Pupil diameter is a promising online measure to index prediction in VSL because it can be collected during learning, requires no overt action or task and can be used in a wide-range of populations (e.g., infants and adults). Furthermore, pupil diameter has already been used to investigate processes that are part of predi

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6691770 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature