How does the brain learn environmental structure? Ten core principles for understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms of statistical learning

CM Conway - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite a growing body of research devoted to the study of how humans encode
environmental patterns, there is still no clear consensus about the nature of the …

Statistical learning as an individual ability: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence

N Siegelman, R Frost - Journal of memory and language, 2015 - Elsevier
Although the power of statistical learning (SL) in explaining a wide range of linguistic
functions is gaining increasing support, relatively little research has focused on this …

Can explicit instruction boost statistical learning? A meta-analytical review.

J Ren, M Wang, CM Conway - Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
This meta-analysis investigated whether and to what extent explicit instruction improves
statistical learning (SL). While some previous studies individually demonstrated significant …

What sticks after statistical learning: The persistence of implicit versus explicit memory traces

H Liu, TA Forest, K Duncan, AS Finn - Cognition, 2023 - Elsevier
Statistical learning is a powerful mechanism that extracts even subtle regularities from our
information-dense worlds. Recent theories argue that statistical learning can occur through …

Hearing matters more than seeing: A cross-modality study of statistical learning and reading ability

Z Qi, Y Sanchez Araujo, WC Georgan… - Scientific Studies of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There is growing interest in the link between implicit statistical learning (SL) and reading
ability. Although learning to read involves both auditory and visual modalities, it is not known …

Modality-specific and modality-independent neural representations work in concert in predictive processes during sequence learning

T Vékony, Á Takács, F Pedraza, F Haesebaert… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Probabilistic sequence learning supports the development of skills and enables predictive
processing. It remains contentious whether visuomotor sequence learning is driven by the …

ERPs differentiate the sensitivity to statistical probabilities and the learning of sequential structures during procedural learning

A Kóbor, Á Takács, Z Kardos, K Janacsek, V Csépe… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Procedural learning facilitates the efficient processing of complex environmental stimuli and
contributes to the acquisition of automatic behaviors. Although earlier findings suggest …

Statistical learning abilities and their relation to language

N Siegelman - Language and Linguistics Compass, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies on statistical learning (SL) have demonstrated humans' sensitivity to
complex statistical properties in their sensory environment. These observations have had a …

The promise—and challenge—of statistical learning for elucidating atypical language development

J Arciuli, CM Conway - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Statistical learning plays an important role in the acquisition of spoken and written language.
It has been proposed that impaired or atypical statistical learning may be linked with …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling beat perception from sequential learning and examining the influence of attention and musical abilities on ERP responses to rhythm

FL Bouwer, CM Werner, M Knetemann, H Honing - Neuropsychologia, 2016 - Elsevier
Beat perception is the ability to perceive temporal regularity in musical rhythm. When a beat
is perceived, predictions about upcoming events can be generated. These predictions can …