Hebb repetition learning in adolescents with intellectual disabilities
Autor: | Lucy A. Henry, Sebastian Poloczek, David J. Messer, Rachel Dennan, Elisa Mattiauda, Henrik Danielsson |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2022 |
Předmět: |
Adolescent
LC Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Serial Learning Clinical Psychology Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Memory Short-Term Hebb repetition learning Intellectual disability Adolescents Mental-age matching Child Preschool Intellectual Disability Mental Recall Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Learning Child RA |
ISSN: | 0891-4222 1873-3379 |
Popis: | Background Hebb repetition learning is a form of long-term serial order learning that can occur when sequences of items in an immediate serial recall task are repeated. Repetition improves performance because of the gradual integration of serial order information from short-term memory into a more stable long-term memory trace. Aims The current study assessed whether adolescents with non-specific intellectual disabilities showed Hebb repetition effects, and if their magnitude was equivalent to those of children with typical development, matched for mental age. Methods Two immediate serial recall Hebb repetition learning tasks using verbal and visuospatial materials were presented to 47 adolescents with intellectual disabilities (11–15 years) and 47 individually mental age-matched children with typical development (4–10 years). Results Both groups showed Hebb repetition learning effects of similar magnitude, albeit with some reservations. Evidence for Hebb repetition learning was found for both verbal and visuospatial materials; for our measure of Hebb learning the effects were larger for verbal than visuospatial materials. Conclusions The findings suggested that adolescents with intellectual disabilities may show implicit long-term serial-order learning broadly commensurate with mental age level. The benefits of using repetition in educational contexts for adolescents with intellectual disabilities are considered. Funding agencies: Baily Thomas Charitable Fund [4768-7692]; Mencap |
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