Language decline across the life span: findings from the nun study
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A study is presented which highlights samples of language from the Nun study, an on-going investigation of the risk factors for the development of Alzheimers disease. The research looks at the effects of aging on grammatical complexity and idea density.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2001
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The structure of verbal abilities in young and older adults
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A study is presented which investigates verbal fluency, memory span and vocabulary, plus four language sample measures, in younger and older adults. It is seen that verbal ability is different between younger and older adults, which indicates that age plays a significant role in efficiency of linguistic processing.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2001
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Sentence comprehension in Alzheimer's disease: effects of grammatical complexity, speech rate, and repetition
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An experiment participated in by 15 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and 20 normal individuals was conducted to find out a way to improve speech comprehension in the former group. Results show that modification of speech pattern in terms of repetition, even in a paraphrased form, improved comprehension. On the other hand, a slowing down of speech rate did not significantly improve comprehension.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1997
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