What to expect where and when: How statistical learning drives visual selection

J Theeuwes, L Bogaerts, D van Moorselaar - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
While the visual environment contains massive amounts of information, we should not and
cannot pay attention to all events. Instead, we need to direct attention to those events that …

Understanding the neural bases of implicit and statistical learning

LJ Batterink, KA Paller, PJ Reber - Topics in cognitive science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Both implicit learning and statistical learning focus on the ability of learners to pick up on
patterns in the environment. It has been suggested that these two lines of research may be …

Statistical learning of language: A meta‐analysis into 25 years of research

ES Isbilen, MH Christiansen - Cognitive Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Statistical learning is a key concept in our understanding of language acquisition. Ample
work has highlighted its role in numerous linguistic functions—yet statistical learning is not a …

Redefining “learning” in statistical learning: What does an online measure reveal about the assimilation of visual regularities?

N Siegelman, L Bogaerts, O Kronenfeld… - Cognitive …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
From a theoretical perspective, most discussions of statistical learning (SL) have focused on
the possible “statistical” properties that are the object of learning. Much less attention has …

Do current statistical learning tasks capture stable individual differences in children? An investigation of task reliability across modality

I Arnon - Behavior research methods, 2020 - Springer
Do commonly used statistical-learning tasks capture stable individual differences in
children? Infants, children, and adults are capable of using statistical learning (SL) to extract …

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 …

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 …

Rhythmically modulating neural entrainment during exposure to regularities influences statistical learning

LJ Batterink, J Mulgrew… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to discover regularities in the environment, such as syllable patterns in speech, is
known as statistical learning. Previous studies have shown that statistical learning is …

Simple statistical regularities presented during sleep are detected but not retained

LJ Batterink, S Zhang - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been growing interest and excitement over the newly discovered
cognitive capacities of the sleeping brain, including its ability to form novel associations …

Attention shifts to more complex structures with experience

TA Forest, N Siegelman, AS Finn - Psychological Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Our environments are saturated with learnable information. What determines which of this
information is prioritized for limited attentional resources? Although previous studies suggest …