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Categorical Perception of Lexical Tones in Mandarin-Speaking Seniors
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Feng, Yan; Peng, Gang; Wang, William Shi-Yuan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the different degeneration processes of categorical perception (CP) of Mandarin lexical tones in the normal aging population and the pathological aging population with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Method: In Experiment I, we compared the identification and discrimination of Tone 1 and Tone 2 across young…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Mandarin Chinese, Intonation, Dementia
Early Parental Death and Cognitive Impairment in Late Life: A Cohort Study
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Fu, Rong – SAGE Open, 2019
The burden of dementia in China is expected to increase dramatically. This study aimed to estimate the potential impact of early parental death on cognitive functioning in late life and whether education is a possible mechanism underlying this association. Data were derived from the 2002 and 2005 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity…
Descriptors: Dementia, Older Adults, Parents, Foreign Countries
Psychoeducation Group on Improving Quality of Life of Mild Cognitive Impaired Elderly
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Young, Daniel Kim-wan; Ng, Petrus Yat-nam; Cheng, Daphne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: This research study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducation group, which is founded on an Eastern approach to health care, in improving the quality of life of Chinese people with mild cognitive impairment (PwMCI). Method: In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), 40 Chinese PwMCI were randomly assigned to either a 10-session…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Older Adults, Asians, Psychoeducational Methods
Bilingual Language Control during Naturalistic Reading
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Benjamin Joseph Schloss – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Some scientists believe that speaking a second language could confer lasting cognitive advantages in aging and stave off the onset of dementia (Bialystok et al., 2007; Craik et al., 2010; Abutalebi & Rietbergen, 2014; Grant et al., 2014; Woumans et al., 2015; Klein et al., 2016; Abutalebi & Green, 2016; Smirnov et al., 2019). However, this…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Processing, Language Usage, Psycholinguistics
The Research on the Status, Rehabilitation, Education, Vocational Development, Social Integration and Support Services Related to Intellectual Disability in China
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Wu, Lihui; Qiu, Zhuoying; Wong, Daniel; Hernandez, Lucy Wong; Zhao, Qianlei – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Intellectual disability (ID) is a prevalent form of non-progressive cognitive impairment. The objectives of this articles are: to analyze the changes of ID in China, including its definition, prevalence, rehabilitation, education, vocational development, social life and support services; to review and to compare the issues of intellectual…
Descriptors: Social Life, Social Integration, Incidence, Mental Retardation
The Relationship between Semantic Short-Term Memory and Immediate Serial Recall of Known and Unknown Words and Nonwords: Data from Two Chinese Individuals with Aphasia
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Wong, Winsy; Low, Sam-Po – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2008
The present study investigated verbal recall of semantically preserved and degraded words and nonwords by taking into consideration the status of one's semantic short-term memory (STM). Two experiments were conducted on 2 Chinese individuals with aphasia. The first experiment showed that they had largely preserved phonological processing abilities…
Descriptors: Semantics, Aphasia, Short Term Memory, Recall (Psychology)