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

• Published in: Journal of memory and language Vol. 81; pp. 105 - 120
• Main Authors: Siegelman, Noam, Frost, Ram
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2015; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Cognitive ability; Individual Differences; Linguistics; Memory; Predicting linguistic abilities; Short Term Memory; Statistical learning; Stimuli; Verbal Stimuli; Statistical learning; Individual differences; Predicting linguistic abilities; predicting linguistic abilities; individual differences

•We provide a theoretical discussion and analysis of SL as an individual capacity.•We show that SL, when measured by appropriate tasks, is a reliable and stable capacity of an individual.•We show that SL is not nested within higher-order cognitive capacities.•We show that SL is a componential rather...