The Age-Invariance of Working Memory Measures and Non-invariance of Producing Complex Syntax: A Reply to Caplan and Waters
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1999Author
Kemper, Susan
Kemtes, Karen A.
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Cambridge University Press
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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In challenging current conceptions of the role of working memory in sentence processing, Caplan & Waters consider studies comparing young and older adults on sentence processing. This commentary raises two challenges to Caplan & Waters's conclusions: first, working memory tasks appear to be age invariant. Second, the production of complex syntactic constructions appears not to be age invariant.
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Kemper, S., & Kemtes, K. (1999). The Age-Invariance of Working Memory Measures and Non-invariance of Producing Complex Syntax: A Reply to Caplan and Waters. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 102-103.
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