Cognition, language and aging

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    • Wright, Heather Harris

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Cognition, language and aging

edited by Heather Harris Wright

John Benjamins, c2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Age-related changes in cognitive and language functions have been extensively researched over the past half-century. The older adult represents a unique population for studying cognition and language because of the many challenges that are presented with investigating this population, including individual differences in education, life experiences, health issues, social identity, as well as gender. The purpose of this book is to provide an advanced text that considers these unique challenges and assembles in one source current information regarding (a) language in the aging population and (b) current theories accounting for age-related changes in language function. A thoughtful and comprehensive review of current research spanning different disciplines that study aging will achieve this purpose. Such disciplines include linguistics, psychology, sociolinguistics, neurosciences, cognitive sciences, and communication sciences. As of January 2019, this e-book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Cognition, language, and aging: An introduction (by Henderson, Amy)
  • 2. The Tip-of-the-Tongue phenomenon: Who, what, and why (by Abrams, Lise)
  • 3. Age-related effects on language production: A combined psycholinguistic and neurocognitive perspective (by Marini, Andrea)
  • 4. Aging effects on discourse production (by Kintz, Stephen)
  • 5. Language comprehension in aging (by DeDe, Gayle)
  • 6. The role of cognition on age-related changes in language, memory, and mental models (by Copeland, David E.)
  • 7. Reading in normally aging adults (by Gordon, Peter C.)
  • 8. Cognitive and linguistic processes among oldest old persons: Heterogeneity, methodological challenges, and relevance of psychosocial resources (by Margrett, Jennifer A.)
  • 9. Sociolinguistics, language, and aging (by Davis, Boyd)
  • 10. Index

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