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Verbal Working Memory, Long-Term Knowledge, and Statistical Learning.
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Current Directions in Psychological Science . Aug2020, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p340-345. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Evidence supporting the idea that serial-order verbal working memory is underpinned by long-term knowledge has accumulated over more than half a century. Recent studies using natural-language statistics, artificial statistical-learning techniques, and the Hebb repetition paradigm have revealed multiple types of long-term knowledge underlying serial-order verbal working memory performance. These include (a) element-to-element association knowledge, which slowly accumulates through extensive exposure to an exemplar; (b) position–element knowledge, which is acquired through several encounters with an exemplar; and (c) whole-sequence knowledge, which is captured by the Hebb repetition paradigm and acquired rapidly with a few repetitions. Arguably, the first two are a basis for fluent and efficient language usage, and the third is a basis for vocabulary learning. Thus, statistical-learning mechanisms (and possibly episodic-learning mechanisms) may form the foundation of language acquisition and language processing, which characterize linguistic long-term knowledge for verbal working memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09637214
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144916758
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420920383