Sentence comprehension in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

The ability to correctly interpret complex syntax and long sentences is gradually impaired as people age. Typical ageing characterised by working memory deficits, which are thought play an important role in determining whether can be comprehended correctly, neurodegenerative conditions such Alzheimer's disease (AD) exacerbate these limitations. Furthermore, declines processing speed appear cause increasing difficulty the proper allocation of cognitive resources necessary for sentence processing. Typically adults may compensate deficits successfully when interpreting using semantics or intact functions, but AD patients exhibit too severe this occur. causes comprehension still contested, consist language-specific impairments general cognition impacting linguistic behaviour. In review, we aim give overview main markers domain comprehension, well discuss potential underlying factors that affect older speakers patients.