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Reaction Times of Aging Subjects to Monaural Verbal Stimuli: Some Evidence for a Reduction in Right-Hemisphere Linguistic Processing Capacity.
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Rastatter, Michael P.; Lawson-Brill, Cindy – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1987
Effects of advanced aging on hemispheric organization for linguistic processing was investigated with 24 geriatric subjects. Findings indicated that only the left hemisphere was used in language processing, suggesting that right hemispheric language processing ability is inhibited in the elderly. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Language