In this functional MRI (fMRI) study, we investigated ageing effects on motor skill learning. We
applied an adapted version of the serial reaction time (SRT) task to extensive groups of …

As individuals age, they experience increased difficulties producing speech, especially with
infrequent words. Older adults report that word retrieval difficulties frequently occur and are …

To test different hypotheses about age-related slowing ofword and picture naming, response
latencies of young and older adults were compared in 2 experiments using the same 4 …

Younger and older adults were asked to remember noun pairs (eg, head–cap), verb pairs
(eg, bounce–throw), and verb-noun pairs (eg, break–stick). For half of the pairs, participants …

This fMRI study aimed to explore the effect of normal aging on word retrieval and generation.
The question addressed is whether lexical production decline is determined by a direct …

Abstract Tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experiences are frustrating word-finding failures where
people are temporarily unable to produce a word they are certain they know. TOT frequency …

Normal aging is associated with decline of the sensorimotor mechanisms that support
movement function in the human brain. In this study, we used behavioral and event-related …

Although much of our early knowledge of aphasia was obtained from studies of young men
injured in war, research into aphasia in the past 40 years has studied primarily older adults …

In the absence of any neuropsychiatric condition, older adults may show declining
performance in several cognitive processes and among them, in retrieving and producing …

It is widely assumed that cognitive functions decline with age and that these decrements are
associated with age-related changes in patterns of functional activity. However, these …