Visual word recognition across the adult lifespan.

ABSTRACT: The current study examines visual word recognition in a large sample (N = 148) across the adult life span and across a large set of stimuli (N = 1,187) in three different lexical processing tasks (pronunciation, lexical decision, and animacy judgment). Although the focus of the present study is on the influence of word frequency, a diverse set of other variables are examined as the word recognition system ages and acquires more experience with language. Computational models and conceptual theories of visual word recognition and aging make differing predictions for age-related changes in the system. However, these have been difficult to assess because prior studies have produced inconsistent results, possibly because of sample differences, analytic procedures, and/or task-specific processes

SUBMITTER: Cohen-Shikora ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980241 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature