Language decline across the life span: Findings from the Nun Study
Language decline across the life span: Findings from the Nun Study
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DOI：
10.1037//0882-7974.16.2.227
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发表时间：
2001-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Mitzner, TL
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作者：
Kemper, S;Greiner, LH;Mitzner, TL
本研究考察的语言样本从尼姑研究。语法复杂性和思想密度的测量是从60年的自传中获得的。将符合痴呆症标准的参与者与不符合标准的参与者进行对比。语法复杂度最初平均为4.78（在0到7分的量表上）对于不符合痴呆症标准并且每年下降0.04个单位的参与者;符合痴呆症标准的参与者的语法复杂性最初平均为3.86，每年下降0.03个单位，对于不符合痴呆症标准的参与者，最初的想法密度平均为每10个单词5.35个命题，平均每年下降0.03个单位，而对于符合痴呆症标准的参与者，最初的想法密度平均为每10个单词4.34个命题，每年下降0.02个单位。成人经验。一般来说，并没有缓和这些下降。
The present study examines language samples from the Nun Study. Measures of grammatical complexity and idea density were obtained from autobiographies written over a 60-year span. Participants who had met criteria for dementia were contrasted with those who did not. Grammatical complexity initially averaged 4.78 ( on a 0-to-7-point scale) for participants who did not meet criteria for dementia and declined .04 units per year; grammatical complexity for participants who met criteria for dementia initially averaged 3.86 and declined .03 units per year, Idea density averaged 5.35 propositions per 10 words initially for participants who did not meet criteria for dementia and declined an average of .03 units per year, whereas idea density averaged 4.34 propositions per 10 words initially for participants who met criteria for dementia and declined .02 units per year. Adult experiences. in general, did not moderate these declines.