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Structural priming is supported by different components of non-declarative memory: Evidence from priming across the lifespan

View ORCID ProfileEvelien Heyselaar, Linda Wheeldon, Katrien Segaert
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/190355
Evelien Heyselaar
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands
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Linda Wheeldon
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
3University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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Katrien Segaert
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Abstract

This study investigates how non-declarative memory supports both the transient, short-term and the persistent, long-term structural priming effects commonly seen in the literature. We propose that these characteristics are supported by subcomponents of non-declarative memory: Perceptual and conceptual non-declarative memory respectively. Previous studies have suggested that these subcomponents age differently, with only conceptual memory showing age-related decline. By investigating how different components of structural priming vary across the lifespan, we aim to elucidate how non-declarative memory supports two seemingly different components of structural priming. We find no change in short-term priming magnitude and performance on perceptual tasks, whereas both long-term priming and conceptual memory vary with age. We suggest therefore that the two seemingly different components of structural priming are supported by different components of non-declarative memory. These findings have important implications for theoretical accounts of structural priming.

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Structural priming is supported by different components of non-declarative memory: Evidence from priming across the lifespan
Evelien Heyselaar, Linda Wheeldon, Katrien Segaert
bioRxiv 190355; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/190355
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Structural priming is supported by different components of non-declarative memory: Evidence from priming across the lifespan
Evelien Heyselaar, Linda Wheeldon, Katrien Segaert
bioRxiv 190355; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/190355

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