Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2000):

Age-of-acquisition effects in semantic processing tasks.

Full Abstract

In two experiments, we examined whether word age-of-acquisition (AoA) is a reliable predictor of processing times in semantic tasks. In the first task, participants were asked to say the first associate that came to mind when they saw a stimulus word; the second task involved a semantic categorisation between words with a definable meaning and first names. In both tasks, there were significantly faster responses to earlier-acquired than to later-acquired words. On the basis of these results, we argue that age-of-acquisition effects do not originate solely from the speech output system, but from the semantic system as well.

Author information

Author/s: Brysbaert, M (M); Van Wijnendaele, I (I); De Deyne, S (S);

Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Universiteit Gent, Belgium. marc.brysbaert(-atsign-)rug.ac.be

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Acta psychologica (Acta Psychol (Amst)), published in NETHERLANDS. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-May; vol 104 (issue 2) : pp 215-26

Dates: Created 2000/08/08; Completed 2000/08/08; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 10900706, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adult Age Factors Cognition Female Humans

Male Phonetics Reaction Time Semantics Word Association Tests

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