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Cognition, Language and Aging
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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.
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[Not in series, 200] 2016. viii, 248 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 March 2016
Published online on 7 March 2016
© John Benjamins
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Table of Contents
- Cognition, language, and aging: An introductionAmy Henderson and Heather Harris Wright | pp. 1–11
- The Tip-of-the-Tongue phenomenon: Who, what, and whyLise Abrams and Danielle K. Davis | pp. 13–53
- Age-related effects on language production: A combined psycholinguistic and neurocognitive perspectiveAndrea Marini and Sara Andreetta | pp. 55–79
- Aging effects on discourse productionStephen Kintz, Gerasimos Fergadiotis and Heather Harris Wright | pp. 81–106
- Language comprehension in agingGayle DeDe and Jessica Knilans | pp. 107–133
- The role of cognition on age-related changes in language, memory, and mental modelsDavid E. Copeland, Nicole J. Bies-Hernandez and Kris Gunawan | pp. 135–163
- Reading in normally aging adultsPeter C. Gordon, Matthew W. Lowder and Renske S. Hoedemaker | pp. 165–191
- Cognitive and linguistic processes among oldest old persons: Heterogeneity, methodological challenges, and relevance of psychosocial resourcesJennifer A. Margrett, Peter Martin, John L. Woodard and Leonard W. Poon | pp. 193–220
- Sociolinguistics, language, and agingBoyd Davis and Margaret Maclagan | pp. 221–245
- Index | pp. 247–248
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