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Collaborative referencing in elderly women

L Filer1, G P Scukanec

  • 1Department of Communication Disorders, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant 48859, USA.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|December 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Younger women efficiently collaborate in conversations, reducing effort and errors. Elderly women showed less improvement, suggesting they may not benefit as much from collaborative interactions.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Sociolinguistics

Background:

  • Collaborative referencing is crucial for effective communication, requiring coordinated efforts between speakers and listeners.
  • Understanding age-related differences in collaborative communication is essential for gerontology and cognitive science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare collaborative referencing efficiency between younger and elderly women.
  • To investigate age-related differences in communication strategies and task performance.

Main Methods:

  • Paired younger (30s) and elderly (70s) women for a collaborative barrier task.
  • Assessed communication efficiency (words, turns) and strategy use over six trials.
  • Evaluated task accuracy to measure performance.

Main Results:

  • Younger women significantly reduced words and turns with task repetition.
  • Elderly women showed less improvement; one pair used more words than younger women.
  • Younger women employed more efficient strategies and made fewer errors than elderly women.

Conclusions:

  • Younger women demonstrate greater adaptability and efficiency in collaborative referencing tasks.
  • Elderly women may not derive the same benefits from collaborative conversational interactions as younger adults.
  • Age impacts the effectiveness of communication strategies in joint tasks.

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