{"pk":25773,"title":"Adaptive Perceptual Learning in Electrocardiography:\nThe Synergy of Passive and Active Classification","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Recent research suggests that combining adaptive learning\nalgorithms with perceptual learning (PL) methods can\naccelerate perceptual classification learning in complex\ndomains (e.g., Mettler & Kellman, 2014). We hypothesized\nthat passive presentation of category exemplars might act\nsynergistically with active adaptive learning to further\nenhance PL. Passive presentation and active adaptive methods\nwere applied to PL and transfer in a complex real-world\ndomain. Undergraduates learned to interpret real\nelectrocardiogram (ECG) tracings by either: (1) making active\nclassifications and receiving feedback, (2) studying passive\npresentations of correct classifications, or (3) learning with a\ncombination of initial passive presentations followed by\nactive classification. All conditions showed strong transfer to\nnovel ECGs at posttest and after a one-week delay. Most\nnotably, the combined passive-active condition proved the\nmost effective, efficient, and enjoyable. These results help\nilluminate the processes by which PL advances and have\ndirect implications for perceptual and adaptive learning\ntechnology.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"perceptual learning; educational technology;\nactive learning; passive learning; medical education"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1vh9w02k","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Khanh-Phuong","middle_name":"","last_name":"Thai","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Los Angeles","department":""},{"first_name":"Sally","middle_name":"","last_name":"Krasne","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Los Angeles","department":""},{"first_name":"Philip","middle_name":"J","last_name":"Kellman","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Los Angeles","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25773/galley/15397/download/"}]}