The Effect of Age of Acquisition in Visual Word Processing: Further Evidence for the Semantic Hypothesis.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and CognitionPublished 1 January 2004Open access
Mandy Ghyselinck, Roel J.H. Custers, Marc Brysbaert
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The authors conclude that the age of acquisition is an important variable in the activation of the meaning of visually presented words.
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The authors investigated whether the meaning of visually presented words is activated faster for early-acquired words than for late-acquired words. They addressed the issue using the semantic Simon paradigm. In this paradigm, participants are instructed to decide whether a stimulus word is printed in uppercase or lowercase letters. However, they have to respond with a verbal label ("living" or "nonliving") that is either congruent with the meaning of the word (e.g., saying "living" to the stimulus DOG) or incongruent (e.g., saying "nonliving" to the stimulus dog). Results showed a significant congruency effect that was stronger for early-acquired words than for late-acquired words. The authors conclude that the age of acquisition is an important variable in the activation of the meaning of visually presented words.
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