{"pk":27955,"title":"Construct Validity of Procedural Memory Tasks Used in Adult-Learned Language","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Research has examined the role of domain-general cognitive\nfactors in second language (L2) acquisition, with emerging\nevidence implicating a role for procedural memory, a long-\nterm memory system (e.g., Morgan-Short et al., 2014). Strong\nconclusions regarding the role of procedural memory are\nhindered by the lack of knowledge regarding the reliability\nand validity of procedural memory assessments. In this study,\nparticipants completed three assessments of procedural\nmemory that have previously been used to study L2 learning,\nalong with assessments of declarative memory, working\nmemory, and an artificial L2 learning task. Results indicated\nthat the procedural memory assessments generally showed\nevidence of reliability and discriminant validity, but,\nsomewhat surprisingly, evidence for convergent validity was\nlacking. Finally, one procedural memory assessment showed\npredictive validity for the L2 learning task. Implications for\nfuture research on the role of procedural memory in L2\nacquisition will be considered in light of these results.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"procedural memory; second language acquisition; reliability; construct validity"}],"section":"Publication-based-Talks","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/18h9b8wp","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Joshua","middle_name":"","last_name":"Buffington","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Illinois at Chicago","department":""},{"first_name":"Kara","middle_name":"","last_name":"Morgan-Short","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Illinois at Chicago","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2018-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/27955/galley/17593/download/"}]}