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The learnability of Auditory Center-embedded Recursion
A growing body of research investigates how humans learn
complex hierarchical structures with center-embedded
recursion (Bahlmann, Schubotz, & Friderici, 2008; Poletiek &
Lai, 2012). Increasing evidence indicates that properties of the
learning input have an impact on learning this type of
recursion. For instance, recent studies found that staged input,
fewer unique exemplars and unequal repetition facilitate
learning (e.g. Lai, Krahmer, & Sprenger, 2014; Lai &
Poletiek, 2011, 2013). Most of these studies investigated
learning center-embedded recursion through visual input,
whereas few studies examined the processing of auditory
input. In the current study, we test: 1) whether participants are
able to learn center-embedded recursive structure from
exclusively auditory input; 2) whether the facilitative cues
(ordering and frequency distribution) are attuned to the
auditory modality. Our results successfully demonstrate the
learning of auditory sequences with center-embedded
recursion, and replicated the effect with visual input in the
previous study (Lai et al., 2014)
The learnability of Auditory Center-embedded Recursion
A growing body of research investigates how humans learn
complex hierarchical structures with center-embedded
recursion (Bahlmann, Schubotz, & Friderici, 2008; Poletiek &
Lai, 2012). Increasing evidence indicates that properties of the
learning input have an impact on learning this type of
recursion. For instance, recent studies found that staged input,
fewer unique exemplars and unequal repetition facilitate
learning (e.g. Lai, Krahmer, & Sprenger, 2014; Lai &
Poletiek, 2011, 2013). Most of these studies investigated
learning center-embedded recursion through visual input,
whereas few studies examined the processing of auditory
input. In the current study, we test: 1) whether participants are
able to learn center-embedded recursive structure from
exclusively auditory input; 2) whether the facilitative cues
(ordering and frequency distribution) are attuned to the
auditory modality. Our results successfully demonstrate the
learning of auditory sequences with center-embedded
recursion, and replicated the effect with visual input in the
previous study (Lai et al., 2014)