Trial-level reactive inhibition (progressively larger sequence RTs within trials) emerges during training and dissipates across rest breaks in the FTT¶

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q3 i2 Experiment 1 showed strong trial-level RI effects starting around trial 3 (vowel group d = -.48; cued-recall group d = -.35); Experiment 2 replicated this for the vowel group (d = -.74) but not the cued-recall group (d = -0.01). → Mohan W. Gupta and Timothy C. Rickard 2025

Evidence¶

Mohan W. Gupta and Timothy C. Rickard 2025¶

Mohan W. Gupta and Timothy C. Rickard. (2025). The Effects of Declarative Learning on Early and Late Motor Skill Learning. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00386-3

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Experiment 1: last-sequence minus second-sequence RT difference averaged over the last two training trials confirmed RI "visually evident in Figure 2a, starting at about trial 3": vowel group t(47) = -3.29, d = -.48; cued-recall group t(49) = -2.44, d = -.35.

"Strong trial -level RI effects (i.e., progressively larger sequence RTs across sequences within trial) are visually evident in Figure 2a, starting at about trial 3."

Discussion¶

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