Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations
We investigated the effects of age as well as the linked factors of education and bilingualism on confrontation naming in rural Kashmir by creating a culturally appropriate naming test with pictures of 60 objects. We recruited 48 cognitively normal participants whose ages ranged from 18 to 28 and fr...
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| description | We investigated the effects of age as well as the linked factors of education and bilingualism on confrontation naming in rural Kashmir by creating a culturally appropriate naming test with pictures of 60 objects. We recruited 48 cognitively normal participants whose ages ranged from 18 to 28 and from 60 to 85. Participants in our study were illiterate monolinguals (N=18) and educated Kashmiri-Urdu bilinguals (N=30). Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that younger adults performed better than older adults (P<0.01) and the age effect was quadratic (age2). It also showed Age X Education and Age X L2 Speaking interactions predicted naming performance. The Age X Education interaction indicated that the advantages of greater education increased with advancing age. Since education is in the second language (L2) in our population, this finding is no doubt linked to the Age X L2 Speaking interaction. This suggests that L2 speaking proficiency contributed more to first language (L1) naming with advancing age. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-25e154a2e5cd4fe596f49bcdbaa92dd72025-02-03T01:26:37ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842014-01-01201410.1155/2014/970520970520Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated PopulationsSameer Ashaie0Loraine Obler1Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10016, USASpeech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10016, USAWe investigated the effects of age as well as the linked factors of education and bilingualism on confrontation naming in rural Kashmir by creating a culturally appropriate naming test with pictures of 60 objects. We recruited 48 cognitively normal participants whose ages ranged from 18 to 28 and from 60 to 85. Participants in our study were illiterate monolinguals (N=18) and educated Kashmiri-Urdu bilinguals (N=30). Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that younger adults performed better than older adults (P<0.01) and the age effect was quadratic (age2). It also showed Age X Education and Age X L2 Speaking interactions predicted naming performance. The Age X Education interaction indicated that the advantages of greater education increased with advancing age. Since education is in the second language (L2) in our population, this finding is no doubt linked to the Age X L2 Speaking interaction. This suggests that L2 speaking proficiency contributed more to first language (L1) naming with advancing age.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/970520 |
| spellingShingle | Sameer Ashaie Loraine Obler Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations |
| title_full | Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations |
| title_short | Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations |
| title_sort | effect of age education and bilingualism on confrontation naming in older illiterate and low educated populations |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/970520 |
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