Cross-sectional analysis of picture descriptions of healthy young and older adults
dc.contributor.author | Boucher, Johémie | |
dc.contributor.author | Slegers, Antoine | |
dc.contributor.author | Brambati, Simona Maria | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-06T14:30:01Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | fr |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-06T14:30:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/25827 | |
dc.publisher | Université de Montréal | fr |
dc.subject | Normal aging | fr |
dc.subject | Language production | fr |
dc.subject | Connected speech | fr |
dc.subject | Picture description task | fr |
dc.subject | Word-finding difficulties | fr |
dc.subject | Vieillissement normal | fr |
dc.subject | Production langagière | fr |
dc.subject | Discours continu | fr |
dc.subject | Tâche de description d’images | fr |
dc.subject | Manque du mot | fr |
dc.title | Cross-sectional analysis of picture descriptions of healthy young and older adults | fr |
dc.type | Article | fr |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département de psychologie | fr |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.46278/j.ncacn.20190714 | |
dcterms.abstract | It is poorly understood whether and how normal aging affects different aspects of connected speech production, such as fluency, informativity, efficiency, and vocabulary use. The present study crosssectionally investigates the effects of age on a broad variety of language production measures, using connected speech samples elicited by the two most frequently used picture description tasks. Twenty-six young (20-25 y.o.) and twenty-two older participants (55-90 y.o.) were included in this study. Speech samples were transcribed using the CLAN program and eight measures were extracted. Our results indicate that, in a picture description task, older adults produce more disruptions to fluency, but that lexical diversity, informativity, and efficiency of speech remain unaffected by age. The use of less frequent words by older adults might reflect a larger vocabulary size. These findings have implications for future studies assessing changes in connected speech production, in both healthy and clinical populations. | fr |
dcterms.abstract | Le vieillissement normal module certaines habiletés cognitives, mais on ne sait pas si, et de quelle manière, différents aspects de la production du discours continu, tels que la fluence, l’informativité, l’efficacité et l’utilisation du vocabulaire, sont affectés. La présente étude transversale examine les effets de l’âge sur plusieurs mesures langagières à partir d’échantillons de discours continu suscités par les deux tâches de description d’image les plus utilisées. Vingt-six jeunes (20-25 ans) et vingt-deux participants âgés (55-90 ans) ont été recrutés. Les échantillons ont été transcrits via le programme CLAN et huit mesures ont été extraites. Nos résultats indiquent que les adultes plus âgés produisent plus de bris de fluidité verbale, mais que la diversité lexicale, l’informativité et l’efficacité du langage ne sont pas affectées par l’âge. L’usage de mots moins fréquents par les adultes plus âgés pourrait refléter un vocabulaire plus étendu. Ces résultats ont des implications pour les études futures portant sur les changements dans la production de discours continu chez les populations saines et cliniques. | fr |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:2561-262X | fr |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:2561-2611 | fr |
dcterms.language | eng | fr |
UdeM.ReferenceFournieParDeposant | https://doi.org/10.46278/j.ncacn.20190714 | fr |
UdeM.VersionRioxx | Version publiée / Version of Record | fr |
oaire.citationTitle | Neuropsychologie clinique et appliquée = Applied and clinical neuropsychology | fr |
oaire.citationVolume | 3 | fr |
oaire.citationIssue | (automne/fall 2019) | fr |
oaire.citationStartPage | 132 | fr |
oaire.citationEndPage | 145 | fr |
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