Age-of-Acquisition Effects: A Literature Review

Autor/inn/en	Elsherif, M. M.; Preece, E.; Catling, J. C.
Titel	Age-of-Acquisition Effects: A Literature Review
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49 (2023) 5, S.812-847 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Elsherif, M. M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0001215
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Correlation; Word Frequency; Word Recognition; Learning Theories; Psycholinguistics; Vocabulary Development; Naming; Second Language Learning; Speech Communication; Language Acquisition; Decision Making; Task Analysis; Eye Movements; Human Body; Recognition (Psychology); Cognitive Mapping; Written Language; Linguistic Theory; Language Research; Computational Linguistics; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Diagnostic Tests; Language Processing; Evidence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Worterkennung; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Psycholinguistik; Wortschatzarbeit; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Aufgabenanalyse; Augenbewegung; Menschlicher Körper; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Geschriebene Sprache; Linguistische Theorie; Sprachforschung; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Sprachverarbeitung; Evidenz
Abstract	Age of acquisition (AoA) refers to the age at which people learn a particular item and the AoA effect refers to the phenomenon that early-acquired items are processed more quickly and accurately than those acquired later. Over several decades, the AoA effect has been investigated using neuroscientific, behavioral, corpus and computational techniques. We review the current evidence for the AoA effect stemming from a range of methodologies and paradigms and apply these findings to current explanations of how and where the AoA effect occurs. We conclude that the AoA effect can be found both in the connections between levels of representations and within these representations themselves, and that the effect itself occurs through the process of the distinct coding of early and late items, together with the nature of the connections between levels of representation. This approach strongly suggests that the AoA effect results from the construction of perceptual-semantic representations and the mappings between representations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01