Language in old age has been an active research area since early experimental
investigations in cognitive aging (eg, Craik & Masani, 1967; Riegel & Riegel, 1964). This is …

Older adults' ability to perceive, comprehend, and produce language has been an area of
interest to researchers in recent years. One of the core questions under study has been …

As we age, sensory and cognitive changes occur that create challenges for language
processing. At the same time, we gain increased experience and expertise with language …

There has been an upsurge of interest in the aging process as it affects cognition. Most
research attention has been focused on memory and relatively little has been focused on …

In the late 1970s Gillian Cohen surveyed research on the effects of aging on language and
concluded that “geriatric psycholinguistics is virtually an unexplored territory”(1979: 412). In …

Publisher Summary Many of the broad models of cognitive aging are simply too general to
account for the diverse range of data. General slowing cannot readily account for processing …

It is very difficult to tell, especially in everyday life, when language comprehension leaves off
and when processes involved in remembering begin. That is, remembering written or …

Patterns of language and memory in old age. Patterns of language and memory in old age.
Citation Light, LL, & Burke, DM (1993). Patterns of language and memory in old age. In LL Light …

Sex and educational level effects on spontaneous language production at different ages
were analyzed in a 180-normal subject sample taken from the general population. Subjects …

It is generally held that language functions are the least likely of the neurobehavioral
functions to deteriorate with aging. Compared to perceptual and time-constrained motor …