Positive-blank versus negative-blank feedback learning in children and adults.

ABSTRACT: In positive-blank feedback learning, positive feedback is given to a correct response whereas blank feedback is given to an incorrect response. Conversely, in negative-blank feedback learning, blank feedback is given to a correct response and negative feedback to an incorrect response. As blank feedback might be subjectively interpreted as signalling a correct response, negative-blank feedback might be more informative than positive-blank feedback, and thus may result in better performance. However, positive-blank feedback might also be superior as it motivates the learner in lengthy tasks. These "information" and "motivation" accounts were tested in a two-block feedback learning paradigm. In the first block, that is, when the task duration was still short, children but not adults profited

SUBMITTER: Verburg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6431777 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature