Impaired executive functioning mediates the association between aging and deterministic sequence learning

Petok, Jessica R.; Dang, Layla; Hammel, Beatrice

doi:10.1080/13825585.2022.2153789

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“…However, several studies have indicated that working memory is independent from statistical learning (reviewed in . Furthermore, some recent studies have found positive associations between statistical learning and EF ability (Park et al, 2020;Petok et al, 2022). Therefore, it would appear that the relationship between SL and PFC-supported cognitive functions needs further examination in order to disentangle the still somewhat puzzling relation between the two neurocognitive mechanisms (Janacsek & Németh, 2015).…”

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Evidence for a competitive relationship between executive functions and statistical learning

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Vékony

et al. 2023

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The ability of the brain to extract patterns from the environment and predict future events, known as statistical learning, has been proposed to interact in a competitive manner with prefrontal lobe related networks and their characteristic cognitive or executive functions. However, it remains unclear whether these cognitive functions also show competitive relationship with implicit statistical learning across individuals and at the level of latent executive function components. In order to address this currently unknown aspect, we investigated, in two independent experiments (NStudy1 = 186, NStudy2 = 180), the relationship between implicit statistical learning, measured by the Alternating Serial Reaction Time task, and executive functions, measured by multiple neuropsychological tests. In both studies, a modest, but consistent negative correlation between implicit statistical learning and most executive function measures was observed. Factor analysis further revealed that a factor representing the latent updating component of executive functions seemed to drive these negative correlations. Thus, an antagonism between implicit statistical learning and executive functions might specifically be mediated by updating.

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confidence: 99%