Early learned words are recognized and produced faster than later learned words. The
authors showed that such age of acquisition effects are a natural property of connectionist …

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 …

In this study we present a self‐organizing connectionist model of early lexical development.
We call this model DevLex‐II, based on the earlier DevLex model. DevLex‐II can simulate a …

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 …

Several studies have reported that the age at which a word is learned affects skilled reading.
This age-of-acquisition effect is potentially important for theories of reading and learning …

Previous research on the effects of age of acquisition on lexical processing has relied on
adult estimates of the age at which children learn words. The authors report 2 experiments in …

Natural reading development gradually builds up to the adult vocabulary over a period of
years. This has an effect on lexical processing: early-acquired words are processed more …

Analyses of adult semantic networks suggest a learning mechanism involving preferential
attachment: A word is more likely to enter the lexicon the more connected the known words …

Abstract Words are often seen as the core representational units of language use, and the
basic building blocks of language learning. Here, we provide novel empirical evidence for …

Two studies, involving a total of nearly 500 Ss, were conducted to determine the
mechanisms by which processing speech contributes to the relations between adult age and …