Lenguaje y envejecimiento normal

Abstract

This is a preliminary study about problems of lexical retrieval in normal Spanish-speaking\nsubjects. The analysis based on responses to a direct questionnaire and on The Cookie\nTheft Corpus, shows the following:\na) A high percentage of the subjects acknowledges the presence oflexical memory\ndifficulties. The same subjects though describe strategies employed in order to cope with\nthe problem.\nb) Even though there is no clear correlation between age and problems of lexical retrieval,\nthe absence of semantic pataphasias suggests a potencial difference between normal and\nnon-normal populations.