Pulmonary Function Affects Language Performance in Aging

Pulmonary Function Affects Language Performance in Aging

Background Good pulmonary function (PF) is associated with preservation of cognitive performance, primarily of executive functions, in aging (Albert et al., 1995; Chyou et al., 1996; Emery, Finkel, & Pedersen, 2012; Yohannes & Gindo, 2013). The contribution of PF to older adults’ language...

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Main Authors: Lewina O Lee, Abigail C Oveis, Loraine K Obler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Aging
Language
executive functions
sentence processing
Pulmonary Function
lexical retrieval
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2014.64.00048/full

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