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Adult age differences in letter-level and word-level processing.

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Allen, PA; Madden, DJ; Crozier, LC
Published in: Psychol Aging
June 1991

Older and young adults' letter detection and lexical decision performance were examined as word frequency varied to determine whether there were age differences in word recognition. Allen and Madden (1989) found that older adults' pattern of reaction time (RT) across word frequency categories was different from young adults' pattern for a letter detection task. In this study, for both letter detection and lexical decision tasks, older adults exhibited a monotonically decreasing RT function as word frequency increased. However, young adults exhibited a nonmonotonic RT function across word frequency for the letter detection task but a monotonically decreasing RT function as word frequency increased for the lexical decision task. An expanded parallel input serial analysis model of word processing was hypothesized.

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Psychol Aging

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ISSN

0882-7974

Publication Date

June 1991

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

261 / 271

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Verbal Learning
  • Semantics
  • Reading
  • Reaction Time
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Recall
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Allen, P. A., Madden, D. J., & Crozier, L. C. (1991). Adult age differences in letter-level and word-level processing. Psychol Aging, 6(2), 261–271. https://doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.6.2.261
Allen, P. A., D. J. Madden, and L. C. Crozier. “Adult age differences in letter-level and word-level processing.Psychol Aging 6, no. 2 (June 1991): 261–71. https://doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.6.2.261.
Allen PA, Madden DJ, Crozier LC. Adult age differences in letter-level and word-level processing. Psychol Aging. 1991 Jun;6(2):261–71.
Allen, P. A., et al. “Adult age differences in letter-level and word-level processing.Psychol Aging, vol. 6, no. 2, June 1991, pp. 261–71. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0882-7974.6.2.261.
Allen PA, Madden DJ, Crozier LC. Adult age differences in letter-level and word-level processing. Psychol Aging. 1991 Jun;6(2):261–271.

Published In

Psychol Aging

DOI

ISSN

0882-7974

Publication Date

June 1991

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

261 / 271

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Verbal Learning
  • Semantics
  • Reading
  • Reaction Time
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Recall
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female