Navigating the Mental Lexicon: Network Structures, Lexical Search and Lexical Retrieval DOI Creative Commons
María del Pilar Agustín Llach, Julio Rubio

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53(2)

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract This paper examines the implications of association patterns in our understanding mental lexicon. By applying principles graph theory to word data, we intend explore which measures tap better into lexical knowledge. To that end, had different groups English as Foreign language learners complete a fluency task. Based on these empirical study was undertaken corresponding availability (LAG). It is observed aggregation (mentioned through human coding) all tokens given topic allows emergence some lexical-semantic patterns. The most important one existence key terms, featuring both high centrality sense network and LAG, define hub related terms. These communities words, each organized around an anchor term, or central word, are nicely apprehended by well-known metric called modularity . Interestingly enough, module seems describe conceptual class, showing collective lexicon, at least approximated LA Graphs, organised traversed semantic mechanisms associations via hyponymy hiperonymy, for instance. Another observation hubs can be appended, resulting diameters compared same-sized random graphs; even so it small-world hypothesis holds other social natural networks.

Language: Английский

Age differences in semantic network structure: Acquiring knowledge shapes semantic memory. DOI
Abigail L. Cosgrove, Roger E. Beaty, Michèle T. Diaz

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Psychology and Aging, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38(2), P. 87 - 102

Published: Jan. 23, 2023

Computational research suggests that semantic memory, operationalized as memory networks, undergoes age-related changes. Previous work concepts in older adults' networks are more separated, segregated, and less connected to each other. However, cognitive network often relies on group averages (e.g., young vs. adults), it remains unclear if individual differences influence disparities language production abilities. Here, we analyze the properties of younger participants' individual-based based their relatedness judgments. We related measures-clustering coefficient (CC; connectivity), global efficiency, modularity (structure)-to (verbal fluency) vocabulary knowledge. Similar previous findings, found significant age effects: CC efficiency were lower, was higher, for adults. Furthermore, knowledge significantly measures: corresponding with effects, had a negative relationship, while positive relationship More generally, increased age, which may reflect critical role accumulation within has its structure. These results highlight impact diverse life experiences demonstrate importance accounting aging mental lexicon. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Language: Английский

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Associative Thinking and Creative Ability in Older Adulthood DOI Creative Commons
Abigail L. Cosgrove, Michèle T. Diaz, Paul V. DiStefano

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Creativity Research Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 14

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

Successful problem-solving and enhanced creative ability may improve physical health, cognitive well-being, overall independence of older adults. In general, adults who are more creative, be better able to cope with decline navigate everyday tasks. While previous research on performance in adulthood showed age-related stability, open questions remain regarding the specific underlying basis for this invariability across lifespan. Mediation analyses that intelligence measures served as mechanisms stability thinking age. The broader implications these findings provide insight into complex relationships supporting preservation creativity.

Language: Английский

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No three productions alike: Lexical variability, situated dynamics, and path dependence in task-based corpora DOI Creative Commons
Anna Shadrova

Open Linguistics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract Situated language use is influenced by a number of dynamic phenomena that introduce lexical variability and path dependence, such as fluid discourse granularity, priming, alignment in dialogue. The empirical tradition usage-based lexicology does not account for variability. In fact, its primary theoretical approaches appear to presuppose high population convergence on particular lexemes production. This implied several key concepts phraseological constructionist models, notably entrenchment, the principle no synonymy, idiom principle, well dominance statistical paradigm field. spite relevance linguistic theory corpus methodology, this assumption appears be untested. study provides an analysis inter-individual overlap verbs nouns five task-based corpora (mostly) German. Results indicate speakers are maximally variable highly divergent their narrow communicative constraints group homogeneity. A qualitative links situational (cognitive, socio-pragmatic, discourse-level) engagement with task material, which results referential diversity, spontaneous meaning mapping, abundant word formation. degree observed raises questions respect stochastic properties functional mechanics entrenchment role repetition identical lexicalized chunks, conventionalization. It further emphasizes need better understanding distributions underlie pooled data, without validity frequential extrapolation individual behavior system status stands question. assessment other practices contrastive speaker productions, e.g., multilingualism studies.

Language: Английский

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Structural differences in the semantic networks of younger and older adults DOI Creative Commons
Dirk U. Wulff, Thomas T. Hills, Rui Mata

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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Dec. 12, 2022

Abstract Cognitive science invokes semantic networks to explain diverse phenomena, from memory retrieval creativity. Research in these areas often assumes a single underlying network that is shared across individuals. Yet, recent evidence suggests content, size, and connectivity of are experience-dependent, implying sizable individual age-related differences. Here, we investigate age differences the younger older adults by deriving both fluency similarity rating tasks. Crucially, use megastudy approach obtain thousands ratings per allow us capture characteristics networks. We find possess lexical with smaller average degree longer path lengths relative those adults, showing less interindividual agreement thus more unique representations adults. Furthermore, this shows not evenly distributed but, rather, related weakly connected, peripheral parts All all, results reveal content structure may accumulate life span as function idiosyncratic experiences.

Language: Английский

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Convergent thinking and insight problem solving relate to semantic memory network structure DOI Creative Commons
Simone Luchini, Yoed N. Kenett, Daniel C. Zeitlen

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Thinking Skills and Creativity, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 48, P. 101277 - 101277

Published: March 15, 2023

Language: Английский

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Tourism motivation: A complex adaptive system DOI Open Access
Jalayer Khalilzadeh, Metin Kozak, Giacomo Del Chiappa

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Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 31, P. 100861 - 100861

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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The TECo Database: Ecological and Technological Concepts at the Interface Between Abstractness and Concreteness DOI Creative Commons
Ilenia Falcinelli, Chiara Fini, Claudia Mazzuca

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Collabra Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Ecology and Technology are two keywords of the era we inhabit. Knowing how people represent these domains is essential to inform adequate interventions aimed at promoting conscious behaviors. Here investigated this aspect by taking insights from literature on conceptual organization. Specifically, hypothesized Ecological Technological concepts might have a “hybrid” nature, edge between Abstract Concrete concepts. We asked sample Italian participants rate 200 pertaining (e.g., deforestation), Internet), Natural water), Geographical/Geopolitical mountain, city) 39 semantic dimensions, some which traditionally Context Availability), others completely new Political Relevance). Results indicate that concepts, despite having concrete referents, were more similar than in Concreteness~Abstractness other dimensions Interoception, Social Valence). Interestingly, for they displayed “more abstract” pattern typical concepts—e.g., later linguistic acquisition, higher need be understood. Moreover, Principal Component Analysis revealed three major components explained overall organization our set The first component complements rating results, with opposition concreteness~abstractness, where lie most abstract extreme. A further Hierarchical Cluster supported distinction. Overall, results twofold relevance. On theoretical side, contribute enrich theories suggesting special questioning concrete-abstract dichotomy; pragmatic societal politics timely themes.

Language: Английский

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The effect of aging on facial attractiveness: An empirical and computational investigation DOI Creative Commons
Dexian He, Clifford I. Workman, Yoed N. Kenett

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Acta Psychologica, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 103385 - 103385

Published: Aug. 26, 2021

How does aging affect facial attractiveness? We tested the hypothesis that people find older faces less attractive than younger faces, and furthermore, these effects are modulated by age sex of perceiver specific kind attractiveness judgment being made. Using empirical computational network science methods, we confirmed with increasing age, perceived as attractive. This effect was pronounced in judgments made middle-aged perceivers, more men (especially for female faces) women. Attractive were elegant beautiful or gorgeous. Furthermore, analyses revealed similar segregated from faces. These results indicate perceivers tend to process categorically when making judgments. Attractiveness is not a monolithic construct. It varies sex, dimensions judged.

Language: Английский

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Novel embeddings improve the prediction of risk perception DOI Creative Commons
Z. Hussain, Rui Mata, Dirk U. Wulff

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EPJ Data Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: May 22, 2024

We assess whether the classic psychometric paradigm of risk perception can be improved or supplanted by novel approaches relying on language embeddings. To this end, we introduce Basel Risk Norms, a large data set covering 1004 distinct sources (e.g., vaccination, nuclear energy, artificial intelligence) and compare against text free-association embeddings in predicting perception. find that an ensemble model combining free association rivals predictive accuracy paradigm, captures additional affect frequency-related dimensions not accounted for approach, has greater range applicability to real-world data, such as news headlines. Overall, our results establish promising new tool researchers policymakers track The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1140/epjds/s13688-024-00478-x.

Language: Английский

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The Role of Semantic Associations as a Metacognitive Cue in Creative Idea Generation DOI Creative Commons
Yoed N. Kenett,

Noam Gooz,

Rakefet Ackerman

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Journal of Intelligence, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 59 - 59

Published: March 27, 2023

Is my idea creative? This question directs investing in companies and choosing a research agenda. Following previous research, we focus on the originality of ideas consider their association with self-assessments generators regarding own originality. We operationalize score as frequency (%) each within sample participants judgment self-assessment this frequency. Initial evidence suggests that scores judgments are produced by separate processes. As result, prone to biases. So far, heuristic cues lead such biases hardly known. used methods from computational linguistics examine semantic distance potential cue underlying judgments. examined extent which would contribute additional explanatory value predicting judgments, above beyond known research. In Experiment 1, re-analyzed data compared after adding generated stimuli. found contributed gap between 2, manipulated examples given task instructions prime two levels distance. replicated 1 finding biasing factor for addition, differences among conditions bias. study highlights an unacknowledged metacognitive demonstrates its power

Language: Английский

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