Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Watkins, III, Thomas Earl
Author's Email Address	twatki2@lsu.edu
URN	etd-04042007-121040
Title	The Relation between Episodic Memory and Artificial Grammar Learning
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Psychology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Robert C Mathews Committee Chair Janet McDonald Committee Member Sean M. Lane Committee Member
Keywords	Semantic Episodic Artificial Grammar Memory Cognit
Date of Defense	2006-12-12
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Two artificial grammar learning experiments were conducted to study the acquisition of episodic and grammar knowledge with manipulations designed to enhance one or the other type of knowledge. The first experiment trained subjects to recognize specific exemplars (episodic emphasis) or to identify patterns of family resemblance (semantic focus), and then participants were given both an episodic (specific exemplar recognition) and grammar (valid string identification) test. The episodic emphasis training led to better episodic knowledge and equivalent grammar knowledge. The second experiment investigated the same training types over a longer training period and under presence or absence of interference from different study lists. The results confirmed that the two types of knowledge can be independently manipulated and that both types of knowledge are used together whether it is beneficial or not for overall performance. The results are not consistent with current exemplar models or single system abstraction models.
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