This review paper presents converging evidence from studies of brain damage and
longitudinal studies of language in aging which supports the following thesis: the neural …

Hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults (HAROLD) has been frequently reported in
studies of functional brain aging. It is commonly considered to be a plastic brain …

Objective: Language abilities in adulthood remain relatively intact with increasing age, while
spatial abilities decline. However, much less is known about ageing effects on spatial …

Abstract Language use is shaped by a pressure to communicate efficiently, yet the tendency
towards redundancy is said to increase in older age. The longstanding assumption is that …

Centenarians without dementia can be considered as a model of successful ageing and
resistance against age-related cognitive decline. Is there something special about their brain …

During the last two decades, imaging of neural activation has become an invaluable tool for
assessing the functional organization of the human brain in vivo. Due to its widespread …

Abstract Changes in language functions during normal aging are greater for phonological
compared with semantic processes. To investigate the behavioral and neural basis for these …

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

Investigating interhemispheric interactions between homologous cortical regions during
language processing is of interest. Despite prevalent left hemisphere lateralization of …

Age-related decline in cognitive function has been linked to alterations of white matter and
functional brain connectivity. With regard to language, aging has been shown to be …