PMID- 17114301
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070110
LR  - 20190513
IS  - 1079-5014 (Print)
IS  - 1079-5014 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 6
DP  - 2006 Nov
TI  - Age differences in memory-load interference effects in syntactic processing.
PG  - P327-32
AB  - The effects of a memory load on syntactic processing by younger and older adults 
      were examined. Participants were asked to remember a noun phrase (NP) memory load 
      while they read sentences varying in syntactic complexity. Two types of NPs were 
      used as memory loads: proper names or definite descriptions referring to 
      occupations or roles. The NPs used in the sentence and memory load either matched 
      (e.g., all proper names or all occupations), or they mismatched. Participants 
      read complex sentences more slowly than they did simpler sentences; for young 
      adults, this complexity effect was exacerbated when memory interference was 
      generated by matching NPs in the sentence and memory load, whereas for older 
      adults, memory-load interference did not vary with sentence complexity or 
      memory-load matching. These results suggest that a general reduction in older 
      adults' processing capacity was produced by the memory load, whereas the matching 
      memory loads and sentence NPs produced a more specific form of interference that 
      affected young adults' online processing.
FAU - Kemper, Susan
AU  - Kemper S
AD  - Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, University of Kansas, 
      Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. skemper@ku.edu
FAU - Herman, Ruth E
AU  - Herman RE
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 AG018892/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01AG09952/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
JT  - The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
JID - 9508483
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Cognition Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Language
MH  - Linguistics
MH  - Male
MH  - *Memory
MH  - Mental Recall
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - *Speech Perception
PMC - PMC1661842
MID - NIHMS9546
EDAT- 2006/11/23 09:00
MHDA- 2007/01/11 09:00
PMCR- 2008/02/01
CRDT- 2006/11/23 09:00
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/01/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 61/6/P327 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/geronb/61.6.p327 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2006 Nov;61(6):P327-32. doi: 
      10.1093/geronb/61.6.p327.