Verbal working memory positively and inhibitory control negatively relate to accuracy in the contrasting multiple-choice task¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Participants with better verbal working memory were more accurate throughout, while participants with less inhibitory control were more accurate during learning. → Baxter 2022

Evidence¶

Baxter 2022¶

Baxter, P.A.; Bekkering, H.; Dijkstra, A.F.J.; Droop, W.; Hurk, M.M. van den; Léoné, F.T.M. (2022). Contrasting orthographically similar words facilitates adult second language vocabulary learning. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2022.101582

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Covariate analyses in Experiment 1 (reading span and Flanker tasks as z-scored controls) showed verbal working memory positively related to learning and posttest accuracy, while lower inhibitory control predicted higher learning-phase accuracy.

"participants with less inhibitory control were more accurate during learning than those with more inhibitory control (see Fig. 8, left); and that participants with better verbal working memory were more accurate during learning (see Fig. 8, right)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Executive Function — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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