… ’ language comprehension … aging, as they relate specifically to language processing. The
remainder of the chapter discusses research-based findings regarding language processing in …

… expertise with language and may adopt more efficient processing strategies. These
complementary facets of normal aging suggest that age-related changes in language processing will …

… As emphasized throughout this chapter, understanding the effects of normal aging on
language processing requires attention to a complex interaction of processes, from low-level …

… Normal aging, aphasia, and dementia Until recently, there was little information available
about language … neurological diseases from those of normal aging. Focal brain damage due to …

… no explanations of these language declines other than to say that “memory" may contribute.
The remainder of this review of language change in normal aging focuses on the theoretical …

… Yet given the aphasiological evidence for changes with aging in brain substrate for
language, we should not ascribe all the changes we see in language in the elderly to these …

… As we will see, aging models tend to focus on decrements in language performance and … ’
language functioning that we review below. Another challenge for cognitive aging models is to …

… , including hemispheric differences in language comprehension, changes in language
processing associated with normal aging, and the interplay of language and memory. In 2006, …

… research compendia on aging, and yet, language is a critical higher order mental process, …
on the relation between language deterioration and normal aging, although these findings, for …

… , and changes in language. In this paper, we focus on changes in language with normal
aging and address the issue of how language changes in normal aging may be influenced by …