Speech-processing capacity in young and older adults: a dual-task study.

P. A. Tun, A. Wingfield, E. A. Stine

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Abstract

Adult age differences in processing speech were examined with a dual-task paradigm. Subjects listened to spoken passages for later recall while performing a concurrent reaction time task intended to index cognitive capacity usage on the speech memory task. Age differences in secondary task decision latencies were eliminated when subgroups of young and older subjects were matched on working memory span. These findings are interpreted as showing that an age-related reduction in working memory efficiency contributes to age differences in processing discourse for memory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3-9
Number of pages7
JournalPsychology and aging
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1991
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Aging
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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