Retrieval of a well-established skill is resistant to distraction: Evidence from an implicit probabilistic sequence learning task.

ABSTRACT: The characteristics of acquiring new sequence information under dual-task situations have been extensively studied. A concurrent task has often been found to affect performance. In real life, however, we mostly perform a secondary task when the primary task is already well acquired. The effect of a secondary task on the ability to retrieve well-established sequence representations remains elusive. The present study investigates whether accessing well-acquired probabilistic sequence knowledge is affected by a concurrent task. Participants acquired non-adjacent regularities in an implicit probabilistic sequence learning task. After a 24-hour offline period, participants were tested on the same probabilistic sequence learning task under dual-task or single-task conditions. Here, we show that

SUBMITTER: Vekony T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728172 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature