Changing minds : how aging affects language and how language affects aging / Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts ; illustrations by Enkhtur Bayarsaikhan.
| Author/creator |
Kreuz, Roger J. author. |
| Other author/creator | Roberts, Richard (Richard Miller), 1959- author. |
| Other author/creator | Bayarsaikhan, Enkhtur, illustrator. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Chapter 1. Setting the Stage: Language by Design -- Comparing Apples to Oranges -- Components of Cognition -- The Compensation of Language -- Chapter 2. The Language of Sight and Sound: Do You Hear What I See? -- A Look at Hearing -- Tinnitus -- Voice Quality -- Speaking of Vision -- Presbyopia -- Making Sense of Feelings -- Chapter 3. The Story of Speech: Word Finding -- Word Naming -- Speech Disfluency -- Stuttering -- Aphasia -- Dyslexia -- Foreign Accent Syndrome -- Chapter 4. Word Domination: Stressed Out -- Spelling Ability -- Vocabulary Size -- Verbal Fluency -- Grammatical Complexity -- Off-Topic Verbosity -- Telling Stories Chapter 5. Using Language: Pragmatic Competence -- Nonliteral Language -- Can Spring Chickens Teach Old Dogs New Tricks? -- Elderspeak -- Living with More Than One Language -- The Benefits of Bilingualism? -- Chapter 6. The Write Stuff -- Healing through Language -- Reminiscing -- Late Bloomers -- Writer's Block -- The Destroyer of Minds -- Lessons from the Nuns -- Fiction Is Stronger Than Truth -- Epilogue |
| Abstract | Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives. |
| Abstract | "We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language--and how language affects aging. Kreuz and Roberts report that what appear to be changes in an older person's language ability are actually produced by declines in such other cognitive processes as memory and perception. Some language abilities, including vocabulary size and writing ability, may even improve with age. And certain language activities--including reading fiction and engaging in conversation--may even help us live fuller and healthier lives. Kreuz and Roberts explain the cognitive processes underlying our language ability, exploring in particular how changes in these processes lead to changes in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They consider, among other things, the inability to produce a word that's on the tip of your tongue--and suggest that the increasing incidence of this with age may be the result of a surfeit of world knowledge. For example, older people can be better storytellers, and (something to remember at a family reunion) their perceived tendency toward off-topic verbosity may actually reflect communicative goals."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Kreuz, Roger J. Changing minds Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2019 9780262042598 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262353533 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0262353539 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 11700 MIT Press |
| Stock number | 9780262353533 MIT Press |
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