Journal article
Increase in Linguistic Complexity in Older Adults During COVID-19
Abstract
The reported psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures included a decline in cognitive functioning in older adults. Cognitive functioning is known to correlate with the lexical and syntactic complexity of an individual's linguistic productions. We examined written narratives from the CoSoWELL corpus (v 1.0), collected from over 1,000 U.S. and Canadian older adults (55+ y.o.) before and during the first …
Authors
Karabin M; Kyröläinen A-J; Kuperman V
Journal
Experimental Aging Research, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 312–330
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
May 26, 2024
DOI
10.1080/0361073x.2022.2163831
ISSN
0361-073X