Longitudinal change in language production: Effects of aging and dementia on grammatical complexity and semantic content
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2001-12Author
Kemper, Susan
Thompson, Marilyn
Marquis, Janet
Publisher
American Psychological Association
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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Mixed modeling was used to examine longitudinal changes in linguistic ability in healthy older adults and older adults with dementia. Language samples, vocabulary scores, and digit span scores were collected annually from healthy older adults and semiannually from older adults with dementia. The language samples were scored for grammatical complexity and propositional content. For the healthy group, age-related declines in grammatical complexity and propositional content were observed. The declines were most rapid in the mid 70s. For the group with dementia, grammatical complexity and propositional content also declined over time, regardless of age. Rates of decline were uniform across individuals. These analyses reveal how both grammatical complexity and proposition content are related to late-life changes in cognition in healthy older adults as well as those with dementia. Alzheimer's disease accelerates this decline, regardless of age. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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Kemper, S., Thompson, M., & Marquis, J. (2001). Longitudinal change in language production: Effects of aging and dementia on grammatical complexity and propositional content. Psychology and Aging, 16, 600-614. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0882-7974.16.4.600
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