Weijian Huang, Guiqin Li, Dongmei Wang, Hua Qu, Maozhou Tian, Yanmei Wang
Postpartum depression literacy in Chinese perinatal women: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in psychiatry
large literature suggests organization words semantic memory reflecting meaningful relations among words concepts refer supports many cognitive processes including memory encoding retrieval word learning inferential reasoning coactivation related items proposed mechanism semantic knowledge influences cognition contemporary accounts semantic knowledge propose coactivation gradedthat depends strongly related items semantic memory prior research adults yielded evidence supporting prediction however currently evidence graded coactivation early development study provides first evidence children coactivation related items depends relational strength semantic memory participants n 84 age range 39 years asked identify target eg bone amid distractors childrens responses slowed presence related distractor eg puppy relative unrelated distractors eg flowersuggesting children coactivated related items upon hearing name target importantly degree coactivation predicted strength targetdistractor relation distractors strongly related targets slowed children larger extent findings important implications understanding organized semantic knowledge affects cognitive processes across development