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Authors: | Dina Di Giacomo Lucia Serenella De Federicis Manuela Pistelli Daniela Fiorenzi Domenico Passafiume |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health, University of L’Aquila, Piazzale S. Tommasi n.1, 67010 Coppito L’Aquila, Italy;(2) Foundation P. Alberto Mileno, ONLUS, Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | We analysed the organisation of semantic network using associative mechanisms between different types of information and studied
the progression of the use of these associative relations during development. We aimed to verify the linkage of concepts with
the use of semantic associative relations. The goal of this study was to analyse the cognitive ability to use associative
relations between various items when describing old and/or new concepts. We examined the performance of 100 subjects between
the ages of 4 and 7 years on an experimental task using five associative relations based on verbal encoding. The results showed
that children are able to use the five semantic associative relations at age 4, but performance with each of the different
associative relations improves at different times during development. Functional and part/whole relations develop at an early
age, whereas the superordinate relations develop later. Our study clarified the characteristics of the progression of semantic
associations during development as well as the roles that associative relations play in the structure and improvement of the
semantic store. |
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