Translating visual information into action predictions: Statistical learning in action and nonaction contexts

• Published in: Memory & cognition Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 600 - 613
• Main Authors: Monroy, Claire D., Gerson, Sarah A., Hunnius, Sabine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Anticipation, Psychological - physiology; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Between-subjects design; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive Psychology; Educational objectives; Explicit knowledge; Eye; Eye movements; Eye Movements - physiology; Female; Humans; Learning - physiology; Male; Motor Activity - physiology; Neurosciences; Observational learning; Psychology; Research methodology; Statistical prediction; Statistics; Trends; Visual Perception - physiology; Young Adult; Action sequences; Action prediction; Implicit and explicit learning; Eyetracking; Statistical learning

Humans are sensitive to the statistical regularities in action sequences carried out by others. In the present eyetracking study, we investigated whether this sensitivity can support the prediction of upcoming actions when observing unfamiliar action sequences. In two between-subjects conditions, we...