Changing minds : how aging affects language and how language affects aging

著者

• Kreuz, Roger J.
• Roberts, Richard
• Bayarsaikhan, Enkhtur

書誌事項

Changing minds : how aging affects language and how language affects aging

Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts ; illustrations by Enkhtur Bayarsaikhan

MIT Press, c2019

• : [pbk]

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-253) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language--and how language affects aging. Kreuz and Roberts report that what appear to be changes in an older person's language ability are actually produced by declines in such other cognitive processes as memory and perception. Some language abilities, including vocabulary size and writing ability, may even improve with age. And certain language activities--including reading fiction and engaging in conversation--may even help us live fuller and healthier lives.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC04632172
• ISBN:
  • 9780262539586
• LCCN: 2018046136
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 268 p.
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BF724.85.I57
  • DC23 : 401/.9
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Older people -- Communication
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Age differences
  • LCSH : Language disorders in old age
  • LCSH : Psycholinguistics