Description |
xi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Theories of information processing and theories of aging / Roberta L. Klatzky -- Effects of aging on verbal abilities : examination of the psychometric literature / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Aging and individual differences in memory for written discourse / Joellen T. Hartley -- Geriatric psycholinguistics : syntactic limitations of oral and written language / Susan Kemper -- Aging and memory activation : the priming of semantic and episodic memories / Darlene V. Howard -- Automatic and effortful semantic processes in old age : experimental and naturalistic approaches / Deborah M. Burke and Rose Marie Harrold -- Integrating information from discourse : do older adults show deficits? / Elizabeth M. Zelinski -- Comprehension of pragmatic implications in young and older adults / Leah L. Light and Shirley A. Albertson -- Capacity theory and the processing of inferences / Rose T. Zacks and Lynn Hasher -- Age differences in memory for texts : production deficiency or processing limitations? / Gillian Cohen -- Episodic memory and knowledge interactions across adulthood / Gary Gillund and Marion Perlmutter -- The disorder of naming in Alzheimer's disease / F. Jacob Huff -- Language and memory processing in senile dementia Alzheimer's type / Olga B. Emery -- Patterns of language and memory in old age / Leah L. Light and Deborah M. Burke |
Summary |
Shirley Albertson-Owens (SCC professor) is co-author of chapter 8, "Comprehension of pragmatic implications in young and older adults." |
Analysis |
Old persons Language skills related to memory Psychological aspects |
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Old persons Language skills related to memory Psychological aspects |
Notes |
Paperback edition published 1993 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
Subject |
Older people -- Language.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Cognition in old age.
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Language disorders in old age.
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Memory in old age.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Aged.
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Aging.
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Language Disorders.
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Memory Disorders.
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Author |
Burke, Deborah M.
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Light, Leah L.
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LC no. |
88001068 |
ISBN |
0521329426 |
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052144876X (paperback) |
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