The Effects of Varying Task Priorities on Language Production by Young and Older Adults.

The present study compared how varying task priorities affected young and older adults' language production. Both young and older adults responded to monetary incentives to vary their performance when simultaneously talking and tracking a pursuit rotor. Tracking performance improved when they were r...

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Publicado en:Experimental Aging Research Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 198 - 220
Autores principales: Kemper, Susan, Schmalzried, RaLynn, Herman, Ruth, Mohankumar, Deepthi
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar/Apr2011
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          Kemper, Susan
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          Speech and Language Assessment
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Age Factors
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          Adult
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Data Analysis Software
          Neuropsychological Tests
          Psychological Tests
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
      ab: The present study compared how varying task priorities affected young and older adults' language production. Both young and older adults responded to monetary incentives to vary their performance when simultaneously talking and tracking a pursuit rotor. Tracking performance improved when they were rewarded for tracking and declined when they were rewarded for talking. Both young and older adults also spoke more slowly when rewarded for tracking and more rapidly when rewarded for talking. Young produced less complex sentences when rewarded for tracking and produced more complex sentences when rewarded for talking. However, older adults did not vary their grammatical complexity as a function of monetary incentives. These results are consistent with prior studies suggesting that older adults use a simplified speech register in response to dual-task demands.
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