Datos normativos para respuestas a categorías semánticas en castellano en adultos jóvenes y mayores

  1. Alaitz Aizpurua 1
  2. Izarne Lizaso 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Journal:
Psicológica: Revista de metodología y psicología experimental

ISSN: 1576-8597

Year of publication: 2015

Volume: 36

Issue: 2

Pages: 205-263

Type: Article

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Abstract

In order to analyze cognitive processes like attention, memory or language, normative data for semantic categories is convenient. However, there is little research on normalization of Spanish categories in older adults or on differences related to aging process in the production of Spanish categorical responses. The principal aim of this study was to obtain in the same temporal, social and cultural context, the responses produced to 20 semantic categories by 285 younger and 272 older adults, who generated as many responses as they could within 30 seconds per category. For each category, the total frequency and the mean number of responses produced, as well as the number of different exemplars and the similarity index of responses given, was calculated. In addition, for each exemplar produced, the total frequency as well as the number of times it was given first in its category was calculated for the entire sample and separately for younger and older adults. There were age related differences in the mean production of 15 categories, with higher means for younger adults in 11 categories, and higher means for older adults in 4 categories, differences that show that normative data appropriate to each age-group is needed. These categorynorms are available at the journal web site and might constitute a valid tool for researchers in various fields such as psychology, linguistics, and neuropsychology.

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