Understanding of auditory discourse in older adults: the effect of syntax

Salis, Christos and Edwards, Susan (2010) Understanding of auditory discourse in older adults: the effect of syntax. [Clinical Aphasiology Paper]

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Abstract

We present results from an ongoing study investigating whether older adults understand auditory discourse, consisting of syntactically complex sentences as accurately as discourse consisting of sentences with simple syntax. We tested the comprehension of young (mean age 22) and old (mean age 80) adults using simple and complex discourse. Recall of information was poorer for the older group for complex compared with simple discourse. Overall, working memory did not have much effect on discourse comprehension ability. These results point towards new avenues of research on discourse and ageing, with syntactic complexity as an important variable.

Item Type: Clinical Aphasiology Paper
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Depositing User: Cheryl Brown
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2010
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2016 15:13
Conference: Clinical Aphasiology Conference > Clinical Aphasiology Conference (2010 : 40th : Isle of Palms, SC : May 23-27, 2010)
URI: http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2107

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