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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Linguistics

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  • Adult studies show morphological relations between simultaneously presented words (flankers) can facilitate target word recognition.
  • The flankers task is a common paradigm for studying word processing and cognitive development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the developmental trajectory of morphological flanker effects in primary school children.
  • To compare morphological effects with repetition effects across different age groups (8-year-olds, 10-year-olds, adults).
  • To examine the role of morphological complexity (stem vs. derived forms) in these effects.

Main Methods:

  • Participants included two groups of primary school children (mean ages 8y 6m and 10y 3m) and adults.
  • A flankers task was used, presenting central target words alongside flanker words.
  • Conditions included transparent morphological relations (stem-derivation, derivation-stem), repetition, and unrelated flankers.

Main Results:

  • No significant morphological flanker effects were observed in either child group.
  • Adults showed significant morphological effects, but only when flankers were stems and targets were derived forms.
  • Repetition effects for stem targets were present in all age groups; for derived targets, they appeared in older children and adults.

Conclusions:

  • Morphological processing within a simultaneous word context, like the flankers task, requires several years of development.
  • Morphological complexity (stem vs. derived words) significantly impacts repetition effects, particularly in younger children.
  • These findings highlight the protracted development of complex morphological cognition.