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Verb naming in normal aging.

C B Ramsay¹, M Nicholas, R Au

¹Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA.

Applied Neuropsychology

|November 30, 1999

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Verb naming ability declines with normal aging, as confirmed by this longitudinal study. This research provides crucial data on age-related changes in verb naming, distinct from cohort effects.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Aging

Background:

Noun naming decline in aging is documented.
Verb naming in healthy aging requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

Confirm age-related verb naming deficits longitudinally.
Provide normative data for verb naming in aging.
Aid research on verb naming in brain dysfunction populations.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal study design.
Action Naming Test (ANT) for verb naming.
66 healthy adults (30-79 years) tested over 7 years.

Main Results:

Significant decline in ANT performance over time for most participants.
Youngest age group showed no significant decline.
Longitudinal data confirms true age-related changes.

Conclusions:

Verb naming ability significantly declines in normal aging.
Findings differentiate age-related changes from cohort effects.
Normative data valuable for clinical and research applications.