Efficiency of spoken word recognition slows across the adult lifespan.

ABSTRACT: Spoken word recognition is a critical hub during language processing, linking hearing and perception to meaning and syntax. Words must be recognized quickly and efficiently as speech unfolds to be successfully integrated into conversation. This makes word recognition a computationally challenging process even for young, normal hearing adults. Older adults often experience declines in hearing and cognition, which could be linked by age-related declines in the cognitive processes specific to word recognition. However, it is unclear whether changes in word recognition across the lifespan can be accounted for by hearing or domain-general cognition. Participants (N = 107) responded to spoken words in a Visual World Paradigm task while their eyes were tracked to assess the real-time dynamics of

SUBMITTER: Colby SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10530619 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature