Abstract:The present study investigated the effect of age of language acquisition (ALA) and language usage (LU) on neuropsychological measures that purportedly assess working memory and episodic memory. A random sample of 196 elderly Israelis were administered the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT-II), Wechsler’s Logical Memory Test (LMT), Boston Naming Test (BNT), Wechsler’s Digit Span Test (DST), and the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) as part of a large normative study. Analysis of the data shows that ALA predict… Show more
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