Speed and accuracy instructions affect two aspects of skill learning differently.

ABSTRACT: Procedural learning is key to optimal skill learning and is essential for functioning in everyday life. The findings of previous studies are contradictory regarding whether procedural learning can be modified by prioritizing speed or accuracy during learning. The conflicting results may be due to the fact that procedural learning is a multifaceted cognitive function. The purpose of our study is to determine whether and how speed and accuracy instructions affect two aspects of procedural learning: the learning of probability-based and serial-order-based regularities. Two groups of healthy individuals were instructed to practice on a cued probabilistic sequence learning task: one group focused on being fast and the other on being accurate during the learning phase. The speed instruction resu

SUBMITTER: Vekony T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature