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Age of acquisition effects on an object-name verification task.

Catling, Jonathan C., Johnston, Robert A. (2006) Age of acquisition effects on an object-name verification task. British Journal of Psychology, 97 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 0007-1269. (doi:10.1348/000712605X53515) (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:4169)

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Abstract

Naming latencies for words, objects and faces have been shown to be affected by the age at which an item is acquired (AoA). Originally, this effect was explained in terms of differential access to name representations. However, a number of recent studies have found AoA effects in tasks which do not require access to names (e.g. Brysbaert, Van Wiinendaele, & De Deynes, 2000; Lewis, 1999; Moore, Smith Spark, & Valentine, 2004; Moore & Valentine, 1999). Ellis and Lambon Ralph (2000) propose an alternative account of AoA, predicting that the effect should arise in any task where previously stored information is retrieved. The current study explored the effect of AoA on an object-name verification task. Experiments I and 2 demonstrated that early acquired objects were verified significantly faster than later acquired objects. A third experiment collected naming latencies for the same picture stimuli in order to allow a comparison of the magnitude of the AoA effect for object verification and naming. The implications of these findings for accounts of AoA and its locus of effect are discussed

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1348/000712605X53515
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 17:40 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4169 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Johnston, Robert A..

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