Early-acquired words are processed faster than late-acquired words. This is a well-accepted
effect within the word recognition literature. Different explanations have been proposed …

This paper reports four experiments on the effects of word age of acquisition in verbal tasks.
In all cases, multiple-regression analysis was used to assess the relative effects of age as …

Early acquired words are processed faster than later acquired words in lexical and semantic
tasks. Demonstrating such age of acquisition (AoA) effects beyond reasonable doubt, and …

Three experiments investigated word frequency and age of acquisition (AoA) effects in
recognition and recall. Experiments 1 and 2 used the “remember–know” procedure …

This paper reports two experiments concerning the effects of word age-of-acquisition on
word naming speed and auditory recognition of words presented at a low volume. The first …

An important determinant of picture and word naming speed is the age at which the names
were learned (age of acquisition). Two related interpretations of these effects are that they …

The time it takes to read or produce a word is influenced by the word's age of acquisition
(AoA) and its frequency (eg Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 12 (1973) 85) …

This paper concerns the influence of age of acquisition (AoA) in word reading and other
tasks, and attempts to develop a number of issues raised by Zevin and Seidenberg (2002) …

Three hypotheses for effects of age of acquisition (AoA) in lexical processing are compared:
the cumulative frequency hypothesis (frequency and AoA both influence the number of …

This paper reviews research concerned with word age-of-acquisition (AOA) effects in adult
word recognition and production. Methodological issues, including the use of multiple …