Lexical Retrieval in Healthy Aging
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Lexical retrieval for common nouns and verbs was measured using 2 picture naming tests in 162 healthy female and male subjects aged 30 to 79 years. Responses were scored for correctness, responsivity to cueing, and response type. The ability to name both word types declined with age, especially after age 70 in healthy subjects. More errors were made on object names than action names, especially for older subjects. Subjects of all ages were equally able to utilize phonemic cues. With increasing age subjects produced more circumlocutions and fewer semantic errors. Response type difference need not reflect qualitative differences in lexical retrieval; rather, they reflect the quantitatively greater difficulty of the task for healthy older people as compared to younger adults. The naming difficulty for healthy aging, we conclude, is at the label retrieval stage.
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- Authors
- Nicholas, M., Obler, L., Albert, M., & Goodglass, H.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Venue
- Cortex
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1985-12
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 595-606
- ISSN
- 0010-9452 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2068756436
- Cited by
- 224
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 0.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cortex (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- word retrieval, healthy aging, picture naming, common nouns, verb, periphrasis, semantic errors, response types, age differences in language use
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aging, Female, Form Perception, Humans, Language Tests, Male, Memory, Middle Aged, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Mental Recall, Semantics
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