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Have you Ever Noticed Yourself Speeding Up and Getting Better At Repetitive Tasks Over Time? Researchers from the faculty of arts at Charles University have unveiled insights into what Happens During Reading Tasks, Revealing That It’s Primary Due to Genuine Learning Rather Than More Boredom.
The Study published in Open MindLED by Jan Chromý from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Investigates “Task Adaptation,” The Common Phere People Speed Up Progressively Through Repeated Experimental Tasks. The Central Question Was WHETHER PARTICIPATES BECAME Quicker due to current Learning or Simply Out of Boredom.
In A Series of Six Carefully Designed Self-Paced Reading Experiments Entivation Nearly 1,500 Participants, Researchers Found Robust Evidence of Genuine Learning. Participants Not Only Read Foss Over Time But Also Became Significantly More Accurate in Recalling Information. Contray to the Motivation-Based View That Participants Rush Through Tashs Because of Declining Interest, These Results Support the Learning-Based Perspective.
Lead Researcher Chromý Notes, “Participants Weren’t Just Pressing Button Fast Out of Boredom – The Were Were Genuinely Improving. Our Findings Strongly Suggest That Participants Strategially Allocate Their Attention Based on Experience, Activery Enhancing Their Performance.”
The Experiments Notably Revealed that recall Accuracy Improved Particularly for Information That Was Frequently Targeted by Comprahension Questions. This indicates that participants learned to focus more effectively on sentence components they recognize as critical for task success.
Back-transformed Predicted Reaction Times from the linear Mixed-Effects Models Capturing the Relation Between The Ratio of Question Types, Trial, and Information Type. CREDIT: Open Mind (2024). DOI: 10.1162/OPMI_A_00173
“Our Approach Differed from Typical Methods by Using Open-Mered Questions and Eliminating Filler Sentences,” Explained Chromý. “This Gave Us The Clearer Picture of Pure Learning Effects, Showing Participants Adapt and Improve Even Without Obvious External Encourages.”
The Study Underscores The Dynamic Interaction Beteen Learning, Motivation, and Attention, Contributing Valuable Insights into the Cognitive Processes Underlying Task Performance.
More information:
Jan Chromý et al, Learning or Boredom? TASK ADAPTATION EFFECTS IN SENSE PROCESSING Experiments, Open Mind (2024). DOI: 10.1162/OPMI_A_00173
Citation: WHEN PEOPLE REPEATEDLY READ SENSES, THEY GET FAST AND MORE ACCURE, SHOWING THE BRAIN IMPROVES WITH PRACTICE (2025, APRIL 16) RETRIED 16 APRIL 2025 FROM
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