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Memory, Aging, and the Lingering 'Anyways'
Mar 26, 2024
Valerie Fridland, a linguistics professor, discusses how aging affects language comprehension. Topics include processing complex sentences, vocabulary resilience, and the history behind saying 'anyways'.
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- Aging affects language processing, leading to reliance on semantics over memory.
- Elderly compensate cognitive declines with rich vocabulary and semantic knowledge.
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Impact of Aging on Language Understanding
Research shows that cognitive skills decline with age, leading to problems in processing information efficiently and remembering details. The decline in cognitive abilities can affect how older adults communicate and understand complex sentences, requiring them to rely more on semantics than memory.
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