语义干扰和促进对词汇检索的影响:健康衰老的进化
Sarah Gilis1, Laurent Lefebvre1, Isabelle Simoes Loureiro1
1Department of Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium.
Experimental aging research
|November 8, 2025
概括
词汇检索受到语义链接的影响,分类关系比主题关系造成更多干扰,无论年龄如何. 老化主要影响处理速度和准确性,而不是语义网络结构.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 语言的神经科学语言的神经科学
- 老龄化研究研究.
背景情况:
- 词汇检索困难,如贫血症,与衰老是常见的.
- 词汇检索随着年龄的增长而下降,这是由于处理速度较慢和抑制减少.
- 图片-词干扰 (PWI) 范式评估了词汇访问.
研究的目的:
- 研究语义链接如何影响词汇检索.
- 确定年龄是否会影响词汇检索的语义影响.
- 检查分类学和主题关系在跨年龄组的词汇访问中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用PWI范式与55名法语成年人 (30名年轻人,25名老年人).
- 采用了四个分心条件:分类学,主题,无关和中立.
- 测量反应时间和准确性.
主要成果:
- 老年人总体来说更慢,更不准确.
- 在这两个年龄组中,分类学干扰因素造成了最多的干扰 (更长的RT,更低的准确性).
- 与中性相比,主题和无关的分心因子显示出中度干扰.
结论:
- 语义关系显著影响词汇检索,不论年龄.
- 词汇检索的年龄相关差异主要是由于处理速度和抑制控制.
- 衰老影响的处理速度比语义干扰的结构更大,保留的语义知识可能提供补偿作用.
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