How age and linguistic competence affect memory for heard information

The short-term memory performance of a group of younger adults, for whom English was a second language (young EL2 listeners), was compared to that of younger and older adults for whom English was their first language (EL1 listeners). To-be-remembered words were presented in noise and in quiet. When...

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Main Authors: Bruce A Schneider, Meital eAvivi-Reich, Caterina eLeung, Antje eHeinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
age
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00618/full