Two modes of transfer in artificial grammar learning. Tunney, R. & Altmann, G. T. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 27(3):614-39, 2001.
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Participants can transfer grammatical knowledge acquired implicitly in 1 vocabulary to new sequences instantiated in both the same and a novel vocabulary. Two principal theories have been advanced to account for these effects. One suggests that sequential dependencies form the basis for cross-domain transfer (e.g., Z. Dienes, G. T. M. Altmann, & S. J. Gao, 1999). Another argues that a form of episodic memory known as abstract analogy is sufficient (e.g., L. R. Brooks & J. R. Vokey, 1991). Three experiments reveal the contributions of the 2. In Experiment 1 sequential dependencies form the only basis for transfer. Experiment 2 demonstrates that this process is impaired by a change in the distributional properties of the language. Experiment 3 demonstrates that abstract analogy of repetition structure is relatively immune to such a change. These findings inform theories of artificial grammar learning and the transfer of grammatical knowledge.
@Article{Tunney2001,
  author   = {RJ Tunney and Gerry TM Altmann},
  journal  = {J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn},
  title    = {Two modes of transfer in artificial grammar learning.},
  year     = {2001},
  number   = {3},
  pages    = {614-39},
  volume   = {27},
  abstract = {Participants can transfer grammatical knowledge acquired implicitly
	in 1 vocabulary to new sequences instantiated in both the same and
	a novel vocabulary. Two principal theories have been advanced to
	account for these effects. One suggests that sequential dependencies
	form the basis for cross-domain transfer (e.g., Z. Dienes, G. T.
	M. Altmann, & S. J. Gao, 1999). Another argues that a form of episodic
	memory known as abstract analogy is sufficient (e.g., L. R. Brooks
	& J. R. Vokey, 1991). Three experiments reveal the contributions
	of the 2. In Experiment 1 sequential dependencies form the only basis
	for transfer. Experiment 2 demonstrates that this process is impaired
	by a change in the distributional properties of the language. Experiment
	3 demonstrates that abstract analogy of repetition structure is relatively
	immune to such a change. These findings inform theories of artificial
	grammar learning and the transfer of grammatical knowledge.},
  keywords = {Adult, Female, Human, Learning, Linguistics, Male, Models, Psychological, Serial Learning, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Transfer (Psychology), Vocabulary, 11394670},
}

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