Learning nonadjacent dependencies: No need for algebraic-like computations. Perruchet, P., Tyler, M. D, Galland, N., & Peereman, R. J Exp Psychol Gen, 133(4):573-83, 2004.
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Is it possible to learn the relation between 2 nonadjacent events? M. Pena, L. L. Bonatti, M. Nespor, and J. Mehler (2002) claimed this to be possible, but only in conditions suggesting the involvement of algebraic-like computations. The present article reports simulation studies and experimental data showing that the observations on which Pena et al. grounded their reasoning were flawed by deep methodological inadequacies. When the invalid data are set aside, the available evidence fits exactly with the predictions of a theory relying on ubiquitous associative mechanisms. Because nonadjacent dependencies are frequent in natural language, this reappraisal has far-reaching implications for the current debate on the need for rule-based computations in human adaptation to complex structures.
@Article{Perruchet2004,
  author   = {Pierre Perruchet and Michael D Tyler and Nadine Galland and Ronald Peereman},
  journal  = {J Exp Psychol Gen},
  title    = {Learning nonadjacent dependencies: {N}o need for algebraic-like computations.},
  year     = {2004},
  number   = {4},
  pages    = {573-83},
  volume   = {133},
  abstract = {Is it possible to learn the relation between 2 nonadjacent events?
	M. Pena, L. L. Bonatti, M. Nespor, and J. Mehler (2002) claimed this
	to be possible, but only in conditions suggesting the involvement
	of algebraic-like computations. The present article reports simulation
	studies and experimental data showing that the observations on which
	Pena et al. grounded their reasoning were flawed by deep methodological
	inadequacies. When the invalid data are set aside, the available
	evidence fits exactly with the predictions of a theory relying on
	ubiquitous associative mechanisms. Because nonadjacent dependencies
	are frequent in natural language, this reappraisal has far-reaching
	implications for the current debate on the need for rule-based computations
	in human adaptation to complex structures.},
  doi      = {10.1037/0096-3445.133.4.573},
  keywords = {15584807},
}

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