Re-assessing age of acquisition effects in recognition, free recall, and serial recall

被引:11
作者
Macmillan, Molly B. [1 ]
Neath, Ian [1 ]
Surprenant, Aimee M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Psychol, St John, NF A1B 3X9, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Age of acquisition; Memory; Recognition; Serial recall; Free recall;
D O I
10.3758/s13421-021-01137-6
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Age of acquisition (AoA) refers to the age at which a person learns a word. Research has converged on the conclusion that early AoA words are processed more efficiently than late AoA words on a number of perceptual and reading tasks. However, only a few studies have investigated whether AoA affects memory on recognition, serial recall, and free recall tests, and the results are equivocal. We took advantage of the recent increase in the number of high-quality norms and databases to construct a pool of early and late AoA words that were equated on numerous other dimensions. There was a late AoA advantage in recognition using both pure (Experiment 1) and mixed (Experiment 2) lists, no effect of AoA on serial recall of either pure (Experiment 3) or mixed (Experiment 4) lists, and no effect of AoA on free recall of either pure (Experiment 5) or mixed lists (Experiment 6). We conclude that AoA does reliably affect memory on some memory tasks (recognition), but not others (serial recall, free recall), and that no current account of AoA can explain the findings.
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页码:939 / 954
页数:16
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