Development of Embodied Word Meanings: Sensorimotor Effects in Children’s Lexical Processing
Previous research showed an effect of words’ rated body-object interaction (BOI) in children’s visual word naming performance, but only in children 8 years of age or older (Wellsby & Pexman, 2014a). In that study, however, BOI was established using adult ratings. Here we collected ratings from a...
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doaj-7be25972754b4f9381693ac17be177cb2020-11-24T22:17:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-03-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00317181610Development of Embodied Word Meanings: Sensorimotor Effects in Children’s Lexical ProcessingMichelle eInkster0Michele eWellsby1Ellen eLloyd2Penny M Pexman3University of CalgaryUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of CalgaryPrevious research showed an effect of words’ rated body-object interaction (BOI) in children’s visual word naming performance, but only in children 8 years of age or older (Wellsby & Pexman, 2014a). In that study, however, BOI was established using adult ratings. Here we collected ratings from a group of parents for children’s body-object interaction experience (child-BOI). We examined effects of words’ child-BOI and also words’ imageability on children’s responses in an auditory word naming task, which is suited to the lexical processing skills of younger children. We tested a group of 54 children aged 6-7 years and a comparison group of 25 adults. Results showed significant effects of both imageability and child-BOI on children’s auditory naming latencies. These results provide evidence that children younger than 8 years of age have richer semantic representations for high imageability and high child-BOI words, consistent with an embodied account of word meaning.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00317/fulllanguage developmentsensorimotorSemantic Processingauditory namingBody-object interactionImageability |
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Michelle eInkster Michele eWellsby Ellen eLloyd Penny M Pexman Development of Embodied Word Meanings: Sensorimotor Effects in Children’s Lexical Processing Frontiers in Psychology language development sensorimotor Semantic Processing auditory naming Body-object interaction Imageability |
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Michelle eInkster Michele eWellsby Ellen eLloyd Penny M Pexman |
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Development of Embodied Word Meanings: Sensorimotor Effects in Children’s Lexical Processing |
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Development of Embodied Word Meanings: Sensorimotor Effects in Children’s Lexical Processing |
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Development of Embodied Word Meanings: Sensorimotor Effects in Children’s Lexical Processing |
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development of embodied word meanings: sensorimotor effects in children’s lexical processing |
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Previous research showed an effect of words’ rated body-object interaction (BOI) in children’s visual word naming performance, but only in children 8 years of age or older (Wellsby & Pexman, 2014a). In that study, however, BOI was established using adult ratings. Here we collected ratings from a group of parents for children’s body-object interaction experience (child-BOI). We examined effects of words’ child-BOI and also words’ imageability on children’s responses in an auditory word naming task, which is suited to the lexical processing skills of younger children. We tested a group of 54 children aged 6-7 years and a comparison group of 25 adults. Results showed significant effects of both imageability and child-BOI on children’s auditory naming latencies. These results provide evidence that children younger than 8 years of age have richer semantic representations for high imageability and high child-BOI words, consistent with an embodied account of word meaning. |
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language development sensorimotor Semantic Processing auditory naming Body-object interaction Imageability |
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