Effects of age, working memory, and word order on passive-sentence comprehension: evidence from a verb-final language

被引：19

作者：

Sung, Jee Eun ^{[1
]}

Yoo, Jae Keun ^{[2
]}

Lee, Soo Eun ^{[1
]}

Eom, Bora ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Commun Disorders, Educ Bldg A-306,52 Ewhayeodae Gil, Seoul, South Korea

[2] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Stat, Seoul, South Korea

来源：

INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS | 2017年 / 29卷 / 06期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

working-memory capacity; aging; sentence comprehension; canonicity of word order; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CAPACITY; RESOURCES; SPEED;

D O I：

10.1017/S1041610217000047

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Background: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of working-memory (WM) capacity on age-related changes in abilities to comprehend passive sentences when the word order was systematically manipulated. Methods: A total of 134 individuals participated in the study. The sentence-comprehension task consisted of the canonical and non-canonical word-order conditions. A composite measure of WM scores was used as an index of WM capacity. Results: Participants exhibited worse performance on sentences with non-canonical word order than canonical word order. The two-way interaction between age and WM was significant, suggesting that WM effects were greater than age effects on the task. Conclusions: WM capacity effects on passive-sentence comprehension increased dramatically as people aged, suggesting that those who have larger WM capacity are less vulnerable to age-related changes in sentence-comprehension abilities. WM capacity may serve as a cognitive reserve associated with sentence-comprehension abilities for elderly adults.

引用

页码：939 / 948

页数：10

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