Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ashaie, Sameer& Obler, Loraine. 2014. Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512360
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ashaie, Sameer& Obler, Loraine. Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations. Behavioural Neurology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512360
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ashaie, Sameer& Obler, Loraine. Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations. Behavioural Neurology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512360
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512360