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    Different effects of dual task demands on the speech of young and older adults

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    Issue Date
    2005-12
    Author
    Kemper, Susan
    Herman, Ruth E.
    Nartowicz, Jennifer
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis (Psychology Press)
    Type
    Article
    Article Version
    Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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    Abstract
    Young and older adults provided language samples in response to elicitation questions while concurrently performing 3 different tasks. The language samples were scored on three dimensions: fluency, grammatical complexity, and content. Previous research has shown that older adults use a restricted speech register that is grammatically less complex than young adults’ and has suggested that this restricted speech register is buffered from the costs of dual task demands. This hypothesis was tested by comparing language samples collected during a baseline condition with those produced while the participants were performing the concurrent tasks. The results indicate that young and older adults adopt different strategies when confronted with dual task demands. Young adults shift to a restricted speech register when confronted with dual task demands. Older adults, who were already using a restricted speech register, became less fluent although the grammatical complexity and informational content of their speech was preserved. Hence, some but not all aspects of older adults’ speech are buffered from dual task demands.
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    This is an electronic version of an article published in Kemper, S., Herman, R. E., Nartowicz, J.(2005). Different effects of dual task demands on the speech of young and older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 12, 340-358. PM#1410812. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition is available online at www.taylorandfrancis.com
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8604
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/138255890968466
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    Kemper, S., Herman, R. E., Nartowicz, J.(2005). Different effects of dual task demands on the speech of young and older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 12, 340-358. PM#1410812

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