The aim of this study is to focus on the verbal stimuli of the Vocabulary subtest of the
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV). To our knowledge, this is the …

This study examines age-associated changes in retrieval on a picture-naming task,
phonemic and semantic fluency tasks, and the Homophone Meaning Generation Test …

Purpose Propositional density (PD) is a measure of content richness in language production
that declines in normal aging and more profoundly in dementia. The present study aimed to …

The aim of this study is to investigate the occurrence of elderspeak in a Swedish context and
to describe its characteristics. Elderspeak refers to adjustments made in communication with …

It is unclear whether healthy aging influences concreteness effects (ie, the processing
advantage seen for concrete over abstract words) and its associated neural mechanisms …

This paper deals with how speech rate in Korean is affected by the sociolinguistic factors
such as region, gender and generation. Speech rate was quantified as articulation rate …

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Introduction: Life expectancy has been increasing in recent decades. Therefore, it is
important to understand the functional changes during healthy ageing. Most research has …

BACKGROUND: Word-retrieval difficulties are a common consequence of healthy ageing
and are associated with a reduction in asymmetrical recruitment of the dorsolateral …

Ideational slippage—characterized by incorrect word usage and strained logic during
dialogue—is common in aging and, at greater frequency, is an indicator of pre-clinical …