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Effects of Meditation on Temporal Processing and Speech Perceptual Skills in Younger and Older Adults
Joint Authors
Kumar, Uppunda Ajith
Vikas, Jai
Sangamanatha, A. V.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this study was to assess the temporal processing and speech perception abilities in older adults who were practicing meditation for more than five years.
Participants were comprised of three groups, 30 young adults (“YA”) in the age range of 20–30 years, 30 older adults in the age range of 50–65 years who practiced meditation for a period of five years or more (effective meditators “EM”), and 51 age matched older adults who did not have any experience of meditation (non-meditators “NM”).
Temporal processing was evaluated using gap detection in noise, duration discrimination, modulation detection, and backward masking and duration pattern tests.
Speech perception was measured in presence of a four-talker babble at −5 dB signal to noise ratio and with the vocoded stimuli.
Results revealed that EM group performed significantly better than NM group in all psychophysical and speech perception tasks except in gap detection task.
In the gap detection task, two groups did not differ significantly.
Furthermore, EM group showed significantly better modulation detection thresholds compared to YA.
Results of the study demonstrate that the practice of meditation not only offsets the decline in temporal and speech processing abilities due to aging process but also improves the ability to perceive the modulations compared to young adults.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kumar, Uppunda Ajith& Sangamanatha, A. V.& Vikas, Jai. 2013. Effects of Meditation on Temporal Processing and Speech Perceptual Skills in Younger and Older Adults. Asian Journal of Neuroscience،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kumar, Uppunda Ajith…[et al.]. Effects of Meditation on Temporal Processing and Speech Perceptual Skills in Younger and Older Adults. Asian Journal of Neuroscience No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kumar, Uppunda Ajith& Sangamanatha, A. V.& Vikas, Jai. Effects of Meditation on Temporal Processing and Speech Perceptual Skills in Younger and Older Adults. Asian Journal of Neuroscience. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461835
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-461835