As people age, one of the most common complaints is difficulty with word retrieval. A wealth
of behavioral research confirms such age-related language production deficits, yet the …

This research demonstrates 3 new age-linked asymmetries between identifying versus
retrieving phonological information. Young and older adults read aloud familiar isolated …

Studies employing primed lexical decision tasks have revealed morphological facilitation
effects in children and young adults. It is unknown if this effect is preserved or diminished in …

The processing of semantically complex speech is a demanding task which can be
facilitated by speech-associated arm and hand gestures. However, the role of age …

Substantial research has examined cognition in aging bilinguals. However, less work has
investigated the effects of aging on language itself in bilingualism. In this article I …

Cognitive aging and bilingualism is a research area in its infancy. It lies at the intersection of
studies of cognitive aging (almost exclusively monolingual) and studies of bilingual …

Effects of aging on lexical processing are well attested, but the picture is less clear for
grammatical processing. Where age differences emerge, these are usually ascribed to …

The nature of mental representation is a central issue for understanding cognitive
development from birth through old age. The question of how infants develop mental …

Methods A total of 60 normal participants participated in the study. Participants were divided
into 3 groups: Group 1 (20 to 39 years of age), Group 2 (60 to 64 years of age) and Group 3 …

Background Overt repetition of auditorily presented words can facilitate picture naming
performance in both unimpaired speakers and individuals with word retrieval difficulties, but …