Telling Tales: Aging, Working Memory, and the Narrative Cohesion of Story Retellings.

Pratt, Michael W.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1989

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Telling Tales: Aging, Working Memory, and the Narrative Cohesion of Story Retellings.

Pratt, Michael W.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v25 n4 p628-35 Jul 1989

Studied 60 adults to determine age differences in cohesion of narrative retellings in reference and conjunction discourse systems. Older adults scored significantly lower on the memory span measure, recalled less story information, and made more referential errors in retellings than younger adults. (RJC)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Connected Discourse, Language Processing, Recall (Psychology), Story Telling

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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