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| Production and perception of "verbosity" in younger and older adults | | Author(s) | Lori E James, Deborah M Burke, Ayda Austin |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 13, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 355-367 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Older people ; Adults ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older people produced more off-topic speech (OTS) than younger people during autobiographical interviews in previous studies, a finding attributed to age-related deficits in inhibiting irrelevant information. In this US study, older adults produced more OTS than younger adults for autobiographical topics, but not for picture descriptions. A second sample of younger and older participants rated older adults' story quality more positively than that of younger adults, a problematic finding for the inhibitory deficit explanation. Age affected ratings of how focused the speech was on the topic, suggesting age differences in criteria for OTS. These findings are consistent with the Pragmatic Change hypothesis, which maintains that older adults adopt communicative goals that emphasise the significance of life experiences rather than conciseness in their personal narratives. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981113401 A |
| Classmark | DA: B: SD: 7T |
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