Normal aging has been shown to impact cognitive processes, including those necessary for
lexical access. While there is previous research on semantic and lexical processing during …

This study addresses the issue of cognitive slowing in the elderly by examining the time
course of automatic lexical access. College-aged subjects typically show a brief rise time …

It is presently unclear as to why older adults take longer than younger adults to recognize
visually presented words. To examine this issue in more detail, the authors conducted two …

Background: Among the factors that influence word retrieval are characteristics of the
stimulus (eg, length, frequency), characteristics of the individual (eg, age, education), and …

Behavioural studies have suggested that lexical access is relatively unaffected by normal
aging unlike other aspects of semantic processing. This psychophysiological study was …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the concepts of normal healthy aging and also
compares and contrasts this with dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). This chapter …

Background It has been hypothesized that the deterioration in the ability to name famous
people in normal aging and cognitive impairment is a continuum in which meaning-based …

Background: During the fourth age (80+ years), cognitive difficulties increase. Although
language seems to resist the advancement of age, an older person without pathological …

Experimental research and older adults' reports of their own experience suggest that the
ability to produce the spoken forms of familiar words declines with aging. Older adults …

Normal aging during adulthood is associated with general declines in a number of cognitive
functions, for example, episodic memory, working memory, and attention, and there is …