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The effects of age of acquisition on an object classification task.

Catling, Jonathan C., Johnston, Robert A. (2006) The effects of age of acquisition on an object classification task. Visual Cognition, 13 (7-8). pp. 968-980. ISSN 1350-6285. (doi:10.1080/13506280544000138) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4168)

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Abstract

The age at which an item is acquired (age of acquisition; AoA) affects naming latencies for words, objects, and faces. Ellis and Lambon Ralph (2000) proposed an account of AoA that predicts its effect in any task requiring access to stored information. AoA effects have been found in non-naming tasks for faces (e. g., Lewis, 1999) and words (e. g., Brysbaert, van Wijnendaele, & de Deyne, 2000) but not for pictures (e. g., Morrison, Ellis,& Quinlan, 1992). The current study explored the effect of AoA on a manmade/natural picture classification task, but extended previous work by implementing a matched groups design. Early acquired objects were classified significantly more quickly than later acquired objects. Experiment 2 collected naming latencies for the same picture stimuli to allow a comparison of the magnitude of the AoA effect for semantic classification and naming. The AoA effect was significantly greater for the naming task. The implications of these findings in relation to accounts of AoA and its locus of effect are discussed

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/13506280544000138
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Rosalind Beeching
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2008 17:31 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4168 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Johnston, Robert A..

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