High-level language ability in healthy individuals and its relationship with verbal working memory

Antonsson, Malin,1986Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (author)

The aims of the study were to investigate healthy subjects' performance on a clinical test of high-level language (HLL) and how it is related to demographic characteristics and verbal working memory (VWM). One hundred healthy subjects (20-79 years old) were assessed with the Swedish BeSS test (Laakso, Brunnegard, Hartelius, & Ahlsen, 2000) and two digit span tasks. Relationships between the demographic variables, VWM and BeSS were investigated both with bivariate correlations and multiple regression analysis. The results present the norms for BeSS. The correlations and multiple regression analysis show that demographic variables had limited influence on test performance. Measures of VWM were moderately related to total BeSS score and weakly to moderately correlated with five of the seven subtests. To conclude, education has an influence on the test as a whole but measures of VWM stood out as the most robust predictor of HLL.

Longoni, Francesca,1971Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology(Swepub:gu)xlonfr (author)
Einald, Christina,1979Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (author)
Hallberg, Lina,1987Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (author)
Kurt, Gabriella,1991Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (author)
Larsson, Kajsa,1982Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (author)
Nilsson, Tina,1987Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (author)
Hartelius, Lena,1957Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology(Swepub:gu)xharle (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi (creator_code:org_t)

In:Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics: Informa UK Limited30:12, s. 944-9580269-92061464-5076

By the author/editor: Antonsson, Malin ...; Longoni, Frances ...; Einald, Christin ...; Hallberg, Lina, ...; Kurt, Gabriella, ...; Larsson, Kajsa, ...; show more...; Nilsson, Tina, 1 ...; Hartelius, Lena, ...; show less...

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