Cognitive mediation of adult age differences in language performance

Article Abstract:

Analysis of the performance of young and old adults in language processing tests, measures of working memory, inhibitory efficiency and processing ability shows that age differences in processing speed and inhibitory efficiency mediated variations in language performance. In addition, controlling the speed and inhibition differences led to unreliability in evaluating language performance. Each measure substantially predicted language performance and its attenuated variance.

Analysis, Testing, Psychological tests, Age, Age (Biology), Psycholinguistics, Natural language processing, Language processing

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Social perceptions of failures in memory monitoring

Article Abstract:

An investigation is conducted to examine the effect of repetitious verbal behavior in generating negative stereotypes relating to memory, age and competence. It is seen that conversational behavior may impact negative perceptions which are age-related, in addition to other external cues such as facial features.

Social aspects, Causes of, Memory in old age, Old age memory

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Perceptions of an old female eyewitness: is the older eyewitness believable?

Article Abstract:

An investigation is conducted into the effect of age stereotyping on believability as an eyewitness. It is seen that negative impressions which relate old age with incompetence may effect the credibility of eyewitnesses who are in the older age categories.

Research, Evaluation, Eyewitness identification

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