Aging and self-regulated language processing.
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Bulletin
- Vol. 132 (4) , 582-606
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.4.582
Abstract
An adult developmental model of self-regulated language processing (SRLP) is introduced, in which the allocation policy with which a reader engages text is driven by declines in processing capacity, growth in knowledge-based processes, and age-related shifts in reading goals. Evidence is presented to show that the individual reader's allocation policy is consistent across time and across different types of text, can serve a compensatory function in relation to abilities, and is predictive of subsequent memory performance. As such, it is an important facet of language understanding and learning from text through the adult life span.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute on Aging (R01 AG13935)
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