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Age-at-acquisition and word recognition

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Recent investigations have shown that the latency in object naming is affected by when in life the naming word is learned—the age-at-acquisition of the naming word. The present study investigated the effect of age-at-acquisition in the recognition of tachistoscopically presented words. It was found that, with word frequency controlled, words judged to be of early acquisition had a significantly lower recognition threshold than words judged to be of later acquisition.

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  1. Psychology Department, Moravian College, 18018, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

    Arthur W. Lyons

  2. 9115 Palm Street, 85224, Williams, Arizona

    Pallas Teer

  3. Department of Human Development, Lehigh University, 18015, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

    Herbert Rubenstein

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Lyons, A.W., Teer, P. & Rubenstein, H. Age-at-acquisition and word recognition. J Psycholinguist Res 7, 179–187 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067041

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