Testing Serial Reccurent Neural Networks and Instance Theory models of learning using skilled musicians and non-musicians
Major
Psychology
Anticipated Graduation Year
2022
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Open Access
Abstract
Two computational models (Instance theory and Serial recurrent neural networks) make different predictions about whether lower-order knowledge representations are spared or overwritten as people acquire higher-order representations as a function of learning. We tested these predictions by using a k-means clustering algorithm to quantify the number of unique improvisational jazz performances produced by expert and novice pianists. While expert jazz piano players produced the most unique performances, expert classical piano players produced more unique performances than the novices. These findings suggest that lower-order representations are not overwritten and can be accessed when task demands are high.
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Testing Serial Reccurent Neural Networks and Instance Theory models of learning using skilled musicians and non-musicians
Two computational models (Instance theory and Serial recurrent neural networks) make different predictions about whether lower-order knowledge representations are spared or overwritten as people acquire higher-order representations as a function of learning. We tested these predictions by using a k-means clustering algorithm to quantify the number of unique improvisational jazz performances produced by expert and novice pianists. While expert jazz piano players produced the most unique performances, expert classical piano players produced more unique performances than the novices. These findings suggest that lower-order representations are not overwritten and can be accessed when task demands are high.