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 …

As individuals age, their speech changes. Nonpathological changes to the brain's structure
and organization affect the function of the prefrontal cortex, the lateralization of functions …

Talking age and aging talk: Communicating through the life span. Talking age and aging talk:
Communicating through the life span. Citation Giles, H., Fox, S., Harwood, J., & Williams, A. (1994) …

Cognitive aging negatively impacts language comprehension performance.. However, there
is evidence that older adults skillfully use linguistic context and their crystallized world …

This study examined the use of elderspeak, a speech register targeted at older listeners, by
young and older adults. A simulation paradigm was used: The participants were asked to …

This book focuses on language and communication issues with older people with mental
health problems. Radically revised and updated from the authors' earlier …

Background: Communicative disability is regarded as a prominent symptom of demented
patients, and many studies have been devoted to analyze deficits of lexical‐semantic …

There is a lot of evidence that sentence comprehension ability declines in normally aging
adults. This chapter reviews variables that contribute to age-related declines in …

This paper challenges some of the traditional views of older adults' speech by considering
conversational narrative interaction among three elderly peers from a life-span …