Author
Arıkan, K., Tarakçı, Bahar, Akırmak, Ü.
Publication Date
2021-12
Publication Place
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Institute of Art and Language Studies - SADA
Subject
Age of acquisition, Norm studies, Dyslexia, Neuroscience, Second language acquisition, Age of acquisition, Norm studies, Dyslexia, Neuroscience, Second language acquisition
Type
Periodical
Language
Turkish
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Record ID
9096cd8d-c3db-446b-9f8a-f88307ba47d0
Library Location
Psychology
Date
2021-12
Sample Text
Age of acquisition refers to the age at which a word is first learned. Research shows that age of acquisition is a highly important variable in word processing tasks. The age of acquisition effect arises from how information is stored and accessed in the brain and is used to answer theoretical and practical research questions about the mind. For example, research in clinical psychology shows that the age of acquisition effect differs in participants with brain damage or neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, aphasia, semantic dementia, and dyslexia) compared to participants without these disorders. Studies in the field of neuroscience show that early and late acquired words are associated with different brain activations. Although it has a very long and rich history in the international literature, it appears that there are very few empirical studies on age of acquisition in the Turkish literature. In this review, the basic findings and theories on age of acquisition were examined, and the subjective and objective procedures of age of acquisition norms and basic findings were presented comparatively. After examining the theoretical and methodological problems in the field, the application areas of age of acquisition, including clinical psychology, neuroscience and second language acquisition, are discussed and suggestions for future research are presented.
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Age of acquisition refers to the age at which a specific word is learned for the first time. Research shows that age of acquisition is a significant variable in lexical processing tasks. The age of acquisition effect emerges from how information is stored and accessed in the brain and is used to seek answers to theoretical and practical research questions about the mind. For example, studies in the clinical psychology field show that the age of acquisition effect differs in participants with brain damage or neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, aphasia, semantic dementia, and dyslexia) compared to participants without these disorders. Research in neuroscience shows that early and late acquired words are associated with different brain activations. Although it has a long and rich history in international literature, there are very few empirical studies on the age of acquisition effect in Turkish literature. In this review, basic findings and theories are discussed, and the subjective and objective procedures of collecting age of acquisition norms are presented comparatively. After examining the theoretical and methodological issues in the field, the application areas of the age of acquisition, including clinical psychology, neuroscience, and second language acquisition, are discussed, and suggestions for future studies are presented.
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