Comparison of Word Production Ability of Young and Middle-Aged Adults Using Word-Chain Tasks

• 영문명: Comparison of Word Production Ability of Young and Middle-Aged Adults Using Word-Chain Tasks
• 발행기관: 한국청각언어재활학회
• 저자명: Joon Soo Shin Yeo Jin Kim Ji Hye Yoon
• 간행물 정보: 『Audiology and Speech Research』Audiology and Speech Research 제19권 제1호, 56~65쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.01.31

영문 초록

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the performance on a word-chain task across two age groups (youth: 20~39 years and middle-aged groups: 40~64 years). Methods: In the word-chain task, we analyzed the number of correct responses and reaction times (time from the final consonant/vowel of the previous word to the initial consonant/vowel of the second syllable of the next word). The correlation between the ability of word-chain task and Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT), Korean-Mini Mental State Examination, Short form-Korean-Boston Naming Test, Korean-Trail Making Test-Elderly (K-TMT-E) (A,B) & Digit Symbol Coding (DSC) were analyzed. Results: The following results were obtained: (i) with increasing age, the number of the correct responses in the word-chain task’s (p < 0.001) and that of COWAT (p < 0.001) gradually declined; (ii) with increasing age, the number of DSC produced gradually declined (p < 0.001) and response time of K-TMT-E (A,B) also gradually increased; (iii) in both groups, the total number of correct responses of the word-chain task correlated with the number of correct responses of COWAT; (iv) the middle-aged group showed a correlation between the word-chain task and DSC. Conclusion: The ability on the word-chain task might reflect aging and cognitive changes in normal adults.

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INTRODUCTION

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키워드

끝말잇기 반응시간 이름대기 Word-chain task Reaction time Naming