"Not" May Not Be Too Difficult: The Effects of Negation on Older Adults' Sentence Comprehension

Autor/inn/en	Margolin, Sara J.; Abrams, Lise
Titel	"Not" May Not Be Too Difficult: The Effects of Negation on Older Adults' Sentence Comprehension
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 35 (2009) 4, S.306-320 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Older Adults; Young Adults; College Students; Sentences; Reading Comprehension; Age Differences; Short Term Memory; Grammar; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Collegestudent; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Leseverstehen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Grammatik
Abstract	The present research investigated the effects of negation on young and older adults' comprehension of sentences. Participants read sentences, named probe words, answered comprehension questions, and completed the operation-span test. Negation adversely affected comprehension in both age groups such that probe word naming times were marginally slower and comprehension accuracy was reduced for negative sentences. Although older adults' comprehension overall was poorer than young adults, the negation effects were similar for both age groups. Furthermore, age was less predictive of negation comprehension than working memory. Unlike other variables that demonstrate age-related declines in reading comprehension, difficulties in processing negation may not increase with age. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10