Differences Between Young and Old University Students on a Lexical Decision Task
Evidence Through an Ex-Gaussian Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10123108 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Esperanza Navarro‐Pardo (0000-0002-9355-2909, corresponding author), Ana Belén Navarro Prados (0000-0003-1931-4619, Universidad de Salamanca), Ana Belén Navarro-Prados, D Gamermann (0000-0002-3492-264X, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr), Carmen Moret-Tatay (0000-0002-2867-9399, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 251-268 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221309.2013.817964 |
| PMID | 24837819 |
| OpenAlex | W2043285773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
This work compared two common variants of a lexical decision task (LDT) through two different analysis procedures: first, the classical ANOVA method, and second, by fitting the data to an ex-Gaussian distribution function. Two groups of participants (old and young university students) had to perform, blocks of go/no-go and yes/no tasks. Reaction times and error rates were much lower in the go/no-go task than in the yes/no task. Changes in the ex-Gaussian parameter related to attention were found with word frequency but not with the type of LDT tasks. These findings suggest that word frequency shows an attentional cost that is independent of age
Biology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Function (biology · Gaussian · Lexical decision task · Natural language processing · Speech recognition · Statistics · Task (project management · Word (group theory · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Engineering · Mathematics · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |