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Constituent priming effects: Evidence for preserved morphological processing in healthy old readers

Jon Andoni DuñabeitiaAlberto AvilésManuel PereaManuel CarreirasAlejandro Marín

subject

Morphological processingAgeingCompoundLexical decision taskExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitionYoung adultPsychologyPriming (psychology)Word (group theory)Developmental psychology

description

How elderly adults process morphologically complex words is still a matter of controversy. The present study explored whether compound word recognition is affected by ageing. A group of young adults and a group of older healthy adults were tested on a lexical decision task. Compound words were presented primed by their first constituent (book-BOOKSHOP), their second constituent (shop-BOOKSHOP), or by an unrelated word (house-BOOKSHOP). Results revealed that morphological processing is fully preserved in advanced age and that the magnitude of the constituent priming effect was similar for young and older adults.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2009-03-01European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440802281142