ArticleQuarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)2025
The development of lexical processing: Real-time phonological competition and semantic activation in school age children.
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- Continuous developmental changes in word recognition and language learning across early childhood.eLife · 2026Article
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- Fundamental dimensions of real-time word recognition in challenging listening conditions exhibit within-subject stability and link to outcomes.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2025Article
- Unlearning Incorrect Associations in Word Learning: Evidence From Eye-Tracking.Cognitive science · 2025Article
- The development of real-time spoken and word recognition derives from changes in ability, not maturation.Cognition · 2024Article
- Underlying dimensions of real-time word recognition in cochlear implant users.Nature communications · 2024Article
- The role of inhibitory control in spoken word recognition: Evidence from cochlear implant users.Language, cognition and neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
Prior research suggests that the development of speech perception and word recognition stabilises in early childhood. However, recent work suggests that development of these processes continues throughout adolescence. This study aimed to investigate whether these developmental changes are based solely within the lexical system or are due to domain general changes, and to extend this investigation to lexical-semantic processing. We used two Visual World Paradigm tasks: one to examine phonological and semantic processing, one to capture non-linguistic domain-general skills. We tested 43 seven- to nine-year-olds, 42 ten- to thirteen-year-olds, and 30 sixteen- to seventeen-year-olds. Older children were quicker to fixate the target word and exhibited earlier onset and offset of fixations to both semantic and phonological competitors. Visual/cognitive skills explained significant, but not all, variance in the development of these effects. Developmental changes in semantic activation were largely attributable to changes in upstream phonological processing. These results suggest that the concurrent development of linguistic processes and broader visual/cognitive skills lead to developmental changes in real-time phonological competition, while semantic activation is more stable across these ages.
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