Age-related differences in inhibitory control predict audiovisual speech perception.

ABSTRACT: Audiovisual (AV) speech perception is the process by which auditory and visual sensory signals are integrated and used to understand what a talker is saying during face-to-face communication. This form of communication is markedly superior to speech perception in either sensory modality alone. However, there are additional lexical factors that are affected by age-related cognitive changes that may contribute to differences in AV perception. In the current study, we extended an existing model of spoken word identification to the AV domain, and examined the cognitive factors that contribute to age-related and individual differences in AV perception of words varying in lexical difficulty (i.e., on the basis of competing items). Young (n = 49) and older adults (n = 50) completed a series of co

SUBMITTER: Dey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5757834 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature