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  • Cognitive Science
  • Comparative Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Sequence learning is fundamental to human and animal cognition.
  • Understanding how ordinal and relational structures are acquired is key to cognitive development and evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the acquisition of ordinal and relational structures in sequence learning across human adults, children, and macaque monkeys.
  • To identify species- and age-related differences in sequence encoding strategies.

Main Methods:

  • A common sequence reproduction task was employed.
  • Behavioral data from human adults, children, and macaque monkeys were analyzed.
  • Computational models (conjunctive coding and chunk-based conjunctive coding) were used to capture behavioral patterns.

Main Results:

  • Humans, regardless of age, spontaneously extracted relational structures and employed chunking for sequence compression.
  • Monkeys showed lower precision in spatial and temporal information and focused on the first item, failing to detect relational structures.
  • Human behavior was better explained by a chunk-based conjunctive model, while monkeys' behavior fit a conjunctive coding model.

Conclusions:

  • Humans possess a unique capacity for spontaneously extracting relational structures in sequences, likely supported by an internal language for chunking.
  • Significant age- and species-related differences in sequence encoding mechanisms were observed, offering insights into developmental and evolutionary pathways.
  • These findings underscore the unique cognitive abilities of humans, particularly in sequence processing and language.