Inbal Arnon
Do current statistical learning tasks capture stable individual differences in children? An investigation of task reliability across modality
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
commonly used statisticallearning tasks capture stable individual differences children infants children adults capable using statistical learning sl extract information environment although studies looked grouplevel performance growing literature examines individual differences sl relation languagelearning outcomes individuals better sl expected show better linguistic abilities accordingly studies shown positive correlations sl performance language outcomes children adults however studies often used tasks designed explore grouplevel performance without modifying resulting psychometric shortcomings impact reliability adults siegelman bogaerts christiansen frost transactions royal society b 372 20160059 2017a siegelman bogaerts frost behavior research methods 49 418432 2017b even though similar measures used assess individual differences children study date examined reliability measures development study examined reliability common sl measures children adults assessed reliability three sl tasks two auditory one visual twice two months apart adults children mean age 8 years although tasks showed moderate reliability adults capture stable individual variation children none tasks reliable across sessions showed internal consistency measures well psychometric standards findings raise significant concerns use current sl measures predict explain individual differences development article ends discussion possible explanations difference reliability children adults