Successive or simultaneous presentation of information from the same or different categories can impact the learning outcome to various degrees. 


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The time gap between which a piece of information is repeated can affect the result of inductive category learning. 

Longer periods of delay can benefit category learning. 


Temporal Spacing in Inductive Category Learning


Carvalho PF and Goldstone RL (2015) What you learn is more than what you see: what can sequencing effects tell us about inductive category learning? Front. Psychol. 6:505. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00505

What you learn is more than what you see: what can sequencing effects tell us about inductive category learning? 

Items representing different categories will be represented alternately to the learner. 

More effective learning strategy because of greater temporal spacing. 


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Items representing the same category will be represented together to the learner. 



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