Implicit statistical learning is negatively correlated with a latent executive-function factor comprising verbal fluency and complex working memory in Study 1¶

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q3 i1 In Study 1, EF factor 1 scores significantly negatively correlated with average implicit SL learning scores (r = -0.156, p = 0.034). → Pedraza 2024

Evidence¶

Pedraza 2024¶

Pedraza, F., Farkas, B. C., Vékony, T., Haesebaert, F., Phelipon, R., Mihalecz, I., Janacsek, K., Anders, R., Tillmann, B., Plancher, G. & Németh, D. (2024). Evidence for a competitive relationship between executive functions and statistical learning. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00243-9

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Mixed-model and correlational analysis of the 186-participant French sample measured with the ASRT task and an EF battery. The quote's printed statistics show the negative association: "Pearson's r = −0.156, 95% CI = [-0.293, -0.012], p = 0.034". Bayes factor BF-0 = 1.683 indicated anecdotal evidence.

"EF factor 1 scores significantly negatively correlated with average implicit SL learning scores (Fig. 4a, Pearson's r = −0.156, 95% CI = [-0.293, -0.012], p = 0.034, Spearman's r h o = −0.154, 95% CI = [-0.292, -0.011], p = 0.036)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Participants showed robust implicit statistical learning and general skill learning on the ASRT task in both studies — related
• Executive ability affected general skill learning in Study 2 but not Study 1, and affected overall implicit SL rather than the learning trajectory — related
• Study 2 replicates the negative SL–EF factor 1 correlation while EF factor 2 (short-term memory) shows no association with implicit SL — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• At the task level, implicit SL correlates negatively with most individual executive-function measures, strongest with verbal fluency tasks — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• A fixed-effect meta-analysis pooling both studies yields a pooled negative correlation of r = -0.115 between EF factor scores and implicit SL — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Implicit learning measures from verbal reports do not correlate with aftereffects or slow-process learning rates — related