@misc{ZakariasKellySailsetal.2019,
  author    = {Zakarias, Lilla and Kelly, Helen and Sails, Christos and Code, Chris},
  title     = {The methodological quality of short-term/working memory treatments in poststroke aphasia},
  series = {Journal of speech, language, and hearing research},
  volume    = {62},
  journal   = {Journal of speech, language, and hearing research},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc.},
  address   = {Rockville},
  issn      = {1092-4388},
  doi       = {10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-18-0057},
  pages     = {1979 -- 2001},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Purpose: The aims of this systematic review are to provide a critical overview of short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) treatments in stroke aphasia and to systematically evaluate the internal and external validity of STM/WM treatments. Method: A systematic search was conducted in February 2014 and then updated in December 2016 using 13 electronic databases. We provided descriptive characteristics of the included studies and assessed their methodological quality using the Risk of Bias in N-of-1 Trials quantitative scale (Tate et al., 2015), which was completed by 2 independent raters. Results: The systematic search and inclusion/exclusion procedure yielded 17 single-case or case-series studies with 37 participants for inclusion. Nine studies targeted auditory STM consisting of repetition and/or recognition tasks, whereas 8 targeted attention and WM, such as attention process training including n-back tasks with shapes and clock faces as well as mental math tasks. In terms of their methodological quality, quality scores on the Risk of Bias in N-of-1 Trials scale ranged from 4 to 17 (M = 9.5) on a 0-30 scale, indicating a high risk of bias in the reviewed studies. Effects of treatment were most frequently assessed on STM, WM, and spoken language comprehension. Transfer effects on communication and memory in activities of daily living were tested in only 5 studies. Conclusions: Methodological limitations of the reviewed studies make it difficult, at present, to draw firm conclusions about the effects of STM/WM treatments in poststroke aphasia. Further studies with more rigorous methodology and stronger experimental control are needed to determine the beneficial effects of this type of intervention. To understand the underlying mechanisms of STM/WM treatment effects and how they relate to language functioning, a careful choice of outcome measures and specific hypotheses about potential improvements on these measures are required. Future studies need to include outcome measures of memory functioning in everyday life and psychosocial functioning more generally to demonstrate the ecological validity of STM and WM treatments.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{WulffDeDeyneJonesetal.2019,
  author    = {Wulff, Dirk U. and De Deyne, Simon and Jones, Michael N. and Mata, Rui and Austerweil, Joseph L. and Baayen, R. Harald and Balota, David A. and Baronchelli, Andrea and Brysbaert, Marc and Cai, Qing and Dennis, Simon and Hills, Thomas T. and Kenett, Yoed N. and Keuleers, Emmanuel and Marelli, Marco and Pakhomov, Serguei and Ramscar, Michael and Schooler, Lael J. and Shing, Yee Lee and da Souza, Alessandra S. and Siew, Cynthia S. Q. and Storms, Gert and Ver{\´i}ssimo, Joao Marques},
  title     = {New Perspectives on the Aging Lexicon},
  series = {Trends in cognitive science},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Trends in cognitive science},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {London},
  organization    = {Aging Lexicon Consortium},
  issn      = {1364-6613},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.tics.2019.05.003},
  pages     = {686 -- 698},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {The field of cognitive aging has seen considerable advances in describing the linguistic and semantic changes that happen during the adult life span to uncover the structure of the mental lexicon (i.e., the mental repository of lexical and conceptual representations). Nevertheless, there is still debate concerning the sources of these changes, including the role of environmental exposure and several cognitive mechanisms associated with learning, representation, and retrieval of information. We review the current status of research in this field and outline a framework that promises to assess the contribution of both ecological and psychological aspects to the aging lexicon.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{VasishthNicenboimEngelmannetal.2019,
  author    = {Vasishth, Shravan and Nicenboim, Bruno and Engelmann, Felix and Burchert, Frank},
  title     = {Computational Models of Retrieval Processes in Sentence Processing},
  series = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  number    = {11},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {1364-6613},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.tics.2019.09.003},
  pages     = {968 -- 982},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Sentence comprehension requires that the comprehender work out who did what to whom. This process has been characterized as retrieval from memory. This review summarizes the quantitative predictions and empirical coverage of the two existing computational models of retrieval and shows how the predictive performance of these two competing models can be tested against a benchmark data-set. We also show how computational modeling can help us better understand sources of variability in both unimpaired and impaired sentence comprehension.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{NeumannQuintingRosenkranzetal.2019,
  author    = {Neumann, Sandra and Quinting, Jana and Rosenkranz, Anna and De Beer, Carola and Jonas, Kristina and Stenneken, Prisca},
  title     = {Quality of life in adults with neurogenic speech-language-communication difficulties},
  series = {Journal of communication disorders},
  volume    = {79},
  journal   = {Journal of communication disorders},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {0021-9924},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jcomdis.2019.01.003},
  pages     = {24 -- 45},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{JeglinskiMende2019,
  author    = {Jeglinski-Mende, Melinda A.},
  title     = {Alcohol in the aging brain},
  series = {Frontiers in neuroscience},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Frontiers in neuroscience},
  publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation},
  address   = {Lausanne},
  issn      = {1662-453X},
  doi       = {10.3389/fnins.2019.00713},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {As our society grows older new challenges for medicine and healthcare emerge. Age-related changes of the body have been observed in essential body functions, particularly in the loco-motor system, in the cardiovascular system and in cognitive functions concerning both brain plasticity and changes in behavior. Nutrition and lifestyle, such as nicotine intake and chronic alcohol consumption, also contribute to biological changes in the brain. This review addresses the effect of alcohol consumption on cognitive decline, changes in brain plasticity in the aging brain and on cardiovascular health in aging. Thus, studies on the interplay of chronic alcohol intake and either cognitive decline or cognitive preservation are outlined. Because of the inconsistency in the literature of whether alcohol consumption preserves cognitive functions in the aging brain or whether it accelerates cognitive decline, it is crucial to consider individual contributing factors such as culture, health and lifestyle in future studies.},
  language  = {en}
}