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Syntactic Abilities in Old Age and Their Relation to Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility

Publication date: 28.09.2017

Developmental Psychology, 2017, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp. 45 - 53

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843879PR.17.009.7041

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Karolina Byczewska-Konieczny
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Maria Kielar-Turska
Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków, Poland
ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków, Poland
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Syntactic Abilities in Old Age and Their Relation to Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility

Abstract

The aim of the study was to describe the syntactic abilities of elderly people taking into account possible differences between young-olds (67–75; M = 72.55, SD = 1.99) and old-olds (76–90; M = 79.88, SD = 2.92) in this area. Spontaneously produced narrations were assessed taking into account the grammatical correctness, complexity and coherence. Working memory and cognitive flexibility (visual shifting and verbal fluency) were also measured. The analysis showed that the young-olds differ from the old-olds only in the coherence of their narrations. The relation between using anaphors and working memory capacity was also proved

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Information: Developmental Psychology, 2017, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp. 45 - 53

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Syntactic Abilities in Old Age and Their Relation to Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility

English:

Syntactic Abilities in Old Age and Their Relation to Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-7030

Maria Kielar-Turska
Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków, Poland
ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-7030 Orcid
All publications →

Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków, Poland
ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków, Poland

Published at: 28.09.2017

Article status: Open

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Karolina Byczewska-Konieczny (Author) - 50%
Maria Kielar-Turska (Author) - 50%

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