Structural Priming Is Supported by Different Components of Nondeclarative Memory: Evidence from Priming across the Lifespan

Autor/inn/en	Heyselaar, Evelien; Wheeldon, Linda; Segaert, Katrien
Titel	Structural Priming Is Supported by Different Components of Nondeclarative Memory: Evidence from Priming across the Lifespan
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47 (2021) 5, S.820-837 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Heyselaar, Evelien) ORCID (Segaert, Katrien)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000955
Schlagwörter	Priming; Memory; Short Term Memory; Perception; Age Differences; Young Adults; Older Adults; Task Analysis; Syntax; Sentences; Language Processing; Models; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Tests; Reaction Time; Foreign Countries; Reading Tests; Verbs; Pictorial Stimuli; Verbal Ability; Morphemes; Identification; Serial Ordering; United Kingdom (Birmingham); Digit Span Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Wahrnehmung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Älterer Erwachsener; Aufgabenanalyse; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Sprachverarbeitung; Analogiemodell; Denkfähigkeit; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Reaktionsvermögen; Ausland; Lesetest; Fantasieanregung; Mündliche Leistung; Morphem; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Ordnen; Ordnungsstruktur; Ordnungssystem
Abstract	Structural priming is the tendency to repeat syntactic structure across sentences and can be divided into short-term (prime to immediately following target) and long-term (across an experimental session) components. This study investigates how nondeclarative memory could support both the transient, short-term and the persistent, long-term structural priming effects commonly seen in the literature. We propose that these characteristics are supported by different subcomponents of nondeclarative memory: Perceptual and conceptual nondeclarative memory respectively. Previous studies have suggested that these subcomponents age differently, with only conceptual memory showing age-related decline. By investigating how different components of structural priming vary across the life span, we aim to elucidate how nondeclarative memory supports 2 seemingly different components of structural priming. In 167 participants ranging between 20 and 85 years old, we find no change in short-term priming magnitude and performance on perceptual tasks, whereas both long-term priming and conceptual memory vary with age. We suggest therefore that the 2 seemingly different components of structural priming are supported by different components of nondeclarative memory. These findings have important implications for theoretical accounts of structural priming. (As Provided).
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