After three prior training sessions, implicit learning of sequences compatible in movement transitions (both Compatible and Incompatible groups) is faster than learning a completely new sequence in experiment 1.¶

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q3 i? At the start of session 4 in experiment 1, the New group performed significantly worse than all other groups. → Susanne Dyck & Christian Klaes 2025 q3 i? At the end of session 4 in experiment 1, the New group had the lowest Δ compound performance across groups. → Susanne Dyck & Christian Klaes 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Susanne Dyck & Christian Klaes 2025¶

Susanne Dyck & Christian Klaes. (2025). Faster implicit motor sequence learning of new sequences compatible in terms of movement transitions. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00296-4

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Post hoc tests at the start of session 4 in experiment 1 (n = 71 after exclusions), showing "a decreased performance in the New group compared to the other groups" (all p < 0.001). No effect size printed.

"Post hoc tests revealed a significant difference in the performance of the New group with all other groups (all p < 0.001), i.e. a decreased performance in the New group compared to the other groups."

Susanne Dyck & Christian Klaes 2025 (2)¶

Susanne Dyck & Christian Klaes. (2025). Faster implicit motor sequence learning of new sequences compatible in terms of movement transitions. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00296-4

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Group comparisons at the end of session 4 in experiment 1: the New group differed significantly from Same, Incompatible, and Compatible groups and had "the lowest performance across groups". No effect size printed.

"As previously, the comparison between the New and all other groups showed significant differences inΔ compound measures (new and same:p < 0.001, new and incompatible: p < 0.001, new and compatible: p =0 . 0 0 8 ), with the New group having the lowest performance across groups."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Compatible and Incompatible groups performed comparably across learning, indicating that the basis of compatibility in implicit MSL is shared movement transitions rather than ordinal positions. — related
• By the end of the final training session, Compatible and Incompatible groups reach the performance level of the Same group, whereas the New group does not, in both experiments. — related
• In experiment 1, novel movement transitions were performed better in the Compatible and Incompatible groups than in the New group, while initially learned transitions were retained better in the Same group. — related
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