Abstract

ARISMENDI, Mariana et al. Transference in artificial grammar: effects of training procedures. Anu. investig. [online]. 2011, vol.18, pp.319-325. ISSN 1851-1686.

In this work an artificial grammar has been used, which consists in a set of rules that specifies possible orders of strings of letters, to evaluate subjects ability to transfer the extracted rules and implement these to patterns of novel letters. 57 subjects were randomly assigned to two learning procedures: a standard one in which they had to memorize and transcribe the correct (grammatical) sequences, and one in which they had to discriminate between correct and incorrect (ungrammatical) sequences by use of a feedback procedure. Subjects trained with the feedback procedure had a significantly better performance than subjects trained with the standard one. These results are discussed in the context of the implementation of artificial grammar as an experimental paradigm for studying processes underlying language acquisition.

Keywords : Artificial Grammar; Human language; Transference; Training procedures.

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