Catling Jonathan C, Dent Kevin, Johnston Robert A, Balding Richard
University of Worcester, Worcester, UK.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2010 Jul;63(7):1304-17. doi: 10.1080/17470210903380830. Epub 2010 Feb 1.
In two experiments participants named pictures superimposed with unrelated words. The age of acquisition (AoA) of the picture names was manipulated. Additionally, the word frequency (WF, Experiment 1) or AoA (Experiment 2) of the interfering distractor words was manipulated. Early-acquired pictures were named faster than their late-acquired counterparts. Both WF and AoA modulated the degree of interference from the irrelevant word; low-frequency and late-acquired words produced most interference. In neither case did the WF or AoA of the distractor word interact with the AoA of the picture. The results show that in the context of word processing both WF and AoA have similar effects.
在两项实验中，参与者为叠加有不相关单词的图片命名。对图片名称的习得年龄（AoA）进行了操控。此外，还对干扰性分心单词的词频（WF，实验1）或习得年龄（实验2）进行了操控。早期习得的图片比后期习得的图片被命名得更快。词频和习得年龄都调节了来自无关单词的干扰程度；低频和后期习得的单词产生的干扰最大。在这两种情况下，分心单词的词频或习得年龄都与图片的习得年龄没有相互作用。结果表明，在单词处理的背景下，词频和习得年龄都有类似的影响。
