Dual tasks costs to adults' language production

This is a current project.

Description

The goal of this project is to use dual-task procedures to examine how aging affects language production. Participants are asked to play a computer game while also performing specific language tasks to determine how dual tasking affects performance.

Project Administration

Susan Kemper, principal investigator

Project Contact

Susan Kemper, Ph.D.,Senior Scientist
Gerontology Center
3090 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555
skemper@ku.edu
785-864-4570 (phone)
785-8642666 (fax)

This is a project of:

Gerontology Center

In collaboration with:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Funded by:

National Institute on Aging

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Participant Recruiting

Individuals age 65 and older are encouraged to volunteer to participate in on-going research studies on aging, cognition, attention and problem-solving. Most studies are conducted at off-campus sites with convenient access or at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Please contact Susan Kemper at 785-864-4130 or skemper@ku.edu if you would like to volunteer.

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