Association between declarative memory and language ability in older Chinese by education level

Chenwei Xie; Yun Feng; William Shi Yuan Wang

Association between declarative memory and language ability in older Chinese by education level

Chenwei Xie (Corresponding Author), Yun Feng, William Shi Yuan Wang

Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies

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Abstract

Episodic memory and semantic memory are two subsystems of declarative memory which is considered to be related to language ability. We investigated the interdependence of the episodic and semantic memory and their association with syntactic complexity in two groups of Chinese older adults with higher and lower education levels. The results indicate that episodic memory and semantic memory are significantly correlated with each other, but only episodic memory shows a significant relationship with syntactic complexity. Educational attainment has a substantial influence on the performance of memory tasks, but no influence on the syntactic complexity. The study provides new evidence from Chinese older adults for clarifying the association between declarative memory and syntactic processing and the benefits from education on memory preservation in later life.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC-34)
Editors	Minh Le Nguyen, Mai Chi Luong, Sanghoun Song
Publisher	Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Pages	337-347
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020
Event	The 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC-34) - Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam Duration: 24 Oct 2020 → 26 Oct 2020

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Conference	The 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC-34)
Country/Territory	Viet Nam
City	Hanoi
Period	24/10/20 → 26/10/20

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Xie, C., Feng, Y., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2020). Association between declarative memory and language ability in older Chinese by education level. In M. L. Nguyen, M. C. Luong, & S. Song (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC-34) (pp. 337-347). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). http://hdl.handle.net/10397/92464

Xie, Chenwei ; Feng, Yun ; Wang, William Shi Yuan. / Association between declarative memory and language ability in older Chinese by education level. Proceedings of the 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC-34). editor / Minh Le Nguyen ; Mai Chi Luong ; Sanghoun Song. Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2020. pp. 337-347

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Association between declarative memory and language ability in older Chinese by education level. / Xie, Chenwei (Corresponding Author); Feng, Yun; Wang, William Shi Yuan.
Proceedings of the 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC-34). ed. / Minh Le Nguyen; Mai Chi Luong; Sanghoun Song. Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2020. p. 337-347.

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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