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Age of acquisition affects object recognition: Evidence from visual duration thresholds

Dent, Kevin, Catling, Jonathan C., Johnston, Robert A. (2007) Age of acquisition affects object recognition: Evidence from visual duration thresholds. Acta Psychologica, 125 (3). pp. 301-318. ISSN 0001-6918. (doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.08.004) (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:2324)

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Abstract

The impact of age of acquisition (AoA) on object recognition was explored in three experiments measuring visual duration threshold (VDT) for the identification of pictures labelled with early and late acquired names. Participants viewed briefly displayed images preceded and followed by a pattern mask. The minimum display duration required for correct identification was shorter for pictures labelled with early names than for those labelled with late names. In Experiments 2 and 3 we explored the effects of two forms of visual degradation on VDT for pictures with early and late acquired names. Both degradation by superimposed visual elements, and degradation by contrast reduction extended VDT, but only the former interacted with AoA. We conclude that both AoA and degradation by superimposed visual elements affect the efficiency of visual object recognition, but only degradation by contrast and not AoA affects the efficiency of earlier pre-recognition processes. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.08.004
Uncontrolled keywords: age of acquisition; object recognition; visual duration threshold
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Louise Dorman
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2008 08:59 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:41 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2324 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Johnston, Robert A..

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