Term

lexical decision task

Definition

(Rubenstein, Garfield and Millikan) >present string of letters >some are words, some are non-sense strings of letters >press button to indicate whether letters are a word or non-sense

Term

using LDT to explore concepts

Definition

>development and learning >emotions >acquired impairments >personality

Term

lexical decision task hypotheses

Definition

>speed of identification dependent on word frequency >dependent on age of learning e.g. later AoA linked to slower identification