What do we rely on: our hands or our eyes? - Perceptual and motor factors of implicit skill learning

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Event Abstract Back to Event What do we rely on: our hands or our eyes? - Perceptual and motor factors of implicit skill learning Emese Hallgato1, Karolina Janacsek1, Tímea Sándor1, Zsuzsa Londe2 and Dezso Németh1* 1 University of Szeged, Institute of Psychology, Hungary 2 University of Southern California, American Language Institute, United States Implicit skill learning is crucial for adapting to the environment and to evaluate events; therefore represents an important aspect of life from infancy to old age. Implicit sequence learning has been investigated for decades, but there is no agreement about how this kind of learning relies on motor and perceptual factors, and what their proportions are. The goals of the present study were to determine whether motor or perceptual cues provide better prompts to sequence learning and to remove the possibility of oculomotor learning during the task. We used a modified version of the probabilistic ASRT (Alternating Serial Reaction Time) task, the AS-RT Race, which allowed the separation of motor and perceptual factors. Our results demonstrated that motor and perceptual factors influenced skill learning to a similar extent. Using the AS-RT Race task, more detailed studies can be conducted in cognitive neuroscience for various pathologies affecting implicit skill learning and the underlying mechanisms of motor and perceptual learning. Conference: IBRO International Workshop 2010, Pécs, Hungary, 21 Jan - 23 Jan, 2010. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Sensory and motor systems Citation: Hallgato E, Janacsek K, Sándor T, Londe Z and Németh D (2010). What do we rely on: our hands or our eyes? - Perceptual and motor factors of implicit skill learning. Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: IBRO International Workshop 2010. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.10.00252 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 05 May 2010; Published Online: 05 May 2010. * Correspondence: Dezso Németh, University of Szeged, Institute of Psychology, Szeged, Hungary, nemethd@gmail.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Emese Hallgato Karolina Janacsek Tímea Sándor Zsuzsa Londe Dezso Németh Google Emese Hallgato Karolina Janacsek Tímea Sándor Zsuzsa Londe Dezso Németh Google Scholar Emese Hallgato Karolina Janacsek Tímea Sándor Zsuzsa Londe Dezso Németh PubMed Emese Hallgato Karolina Janacsek Tímea Sándor Zsuzsa Londe Dezso Németh Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.