title: Aging and self-regulated language processing.
abstract: An adult developmental model of self-regulated language processing (SRLP) is introduced, in which the allocation policy with which a reader engages text is driven by declines in processing capacity, growth in knowledge-based processes, and age-related shifts in reading goals. Evidence is presented to show that the individual reader's allocation policy is consistent across time and across different types of text, can serve a compensatory function in relation to abilities, and is predictive of subsequent memory performance. As such, it is an important facet of language understanding and learning from text through the adult life span.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA. eals@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth A L
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Stine-Morrow
authors.forename: Lisa M Soederberg
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hertzog
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008568:Memory; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D013067:Speech Perception