Age-Specific Effects of Lexical-Semantic Networks on Word Production.

ABSTRACT: The lexical-semantic organization of the mental lexicon is bound to change across the lifespan. Nevertheless, the effects of lexical-semantic factors on word processing are usually based on studies enrolling young adult cohorts. The current study aims to investigate to what extent age-specific semantic organization predicts performance in referential word production over the lifespan, from school-age children to older adults. In Study 1, we conducted a free semantic association task with participants from six age-groups (ranging from 10 to 80 years old) to compute measures that capture age-specific properties of the mental lexicon across the lifespan. These measures relate to lifespan changes in the Available Richness of the mental lexicon and in the lexical-semantic Network Prototypicalit

SUBMITTER: Krethlow G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685158 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature