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SUMMARY:Anna Serrichio
DESCRIPTION:Abstract and Concrete Word Processing in Aging and Aphasia\n
\nHow do our brains navigate the complexity of abstract and concrete wor
ds as we age? How might an understanding of these mechanisms unlock clin
ical insights for managing aphasia? The concreteness effect is a well-do
cumented phenomenon in which concrete words are processed more easily an
d efficiently than abstract words. In this talk\, Anna will first review
how recent research has been informed by theories of the concreteness e
ffect and what studies have revealed about the effect of aging on the co
ncreteness effect. Mixed findings point to the importance of considering
the different cognitive dimensions of abstract words and an understandi
ng of how the concreteness effect may play out differently in measures o
f receptive and expressive language. She will then present some recent w
ork from our lab investigating differences in the nature and strength of
the concreteness effect between people with aphasia and neurologically
intact older adults. We find that people with aphasia have higher concre
teness effects compared to a neurologically intact comparison group\, an
d that concreteness effects were higher in expressive language measures
than in receptive language measures. In addition\, higher receptive conc
reteness effects in people with aphasia were associated with more severe
aphasia. Together\, these findings add to our understanding of lexical-
semantic processing in aging and aphasia and have important clinical imp
lications for the development of aphasia rehabilitation approaches targe
ting word retrieval.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even
t/anna-serrichio/
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oncrete Word Processing in Aging and Aphasia
How do our brains na
vigate the complexity of abstract and concrete words as we age? How migh
t an understanding of these mechanisms unlock clinical insights for mana
ging aphasia? The concreteness effect is a well-documented phenomenon in
which concrete words are processed more easily and efficiently than abs
tract words. In this talk, Anna will first review how recent research ha
s been informed by theories of the concreteness effect and what studies
have revealed about the effect of aging on the concreteness effect. Mixe
d findings point to the importance of considering the different cognitiv
e dimensions of abstract words and an understanding of how the concreten
ess effect may play out differently in measures of receptive and express
ive language. She will then present some recent work from our lab invest
igating differences in the nature and strength of the concreteness effec
t between people with aphasia and neurologically intact older adults. We
find that people with aphasia have higher concreteness effects compared
to a neurologically intact comparison group, and that concreteness effe
cts were higher in expressive language measures than in receptive langua
ge measures. In addition, higher receptive concreteness effects in peopl
e with aphasia were associated with more severe aphasia. Together, these
findings add to our understanding of lexical-semantic processing in agi
ng and aphasia and have important clinical implications for the developm
ent of aphasia rehabilitation approaches targeting word retrieval.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/anna-serrichio/
LOCATION:102 Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
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