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The role of psychosocial context, age, and intelligence in memory performance of older men.

Author(s): Arbuckle TY, Gold DP, Andres D, Schwartzman A, Chaikelson J

Psychol Aging. 1992 Mar;7(1):25-36 Authors: Arbuckle TY, Gold DP, Andres D, Schwartzman A, Chaikelson J

Article GUID: 1558702

Measurement of lifetime alcohol consumption.

Author(s): Chaikelson JS, Arbuckle TY, Lapidus S, Gold DP

J Stud Alcohol. 1994 Mar;55(2):133-40 Authors: Chaikelson JS, Arbuckle TY, Lapidus S, Gold DP

Article GUID: 8189733

Social drinking and cognitive functioning revisited: the role of intellectual endowment and psychological distress.

Author(s): Arbuckle TY, Chaikelson JS, Gold DP

J Stud Alcohol. 1994 May;55(3):352-61 Authors: Arbuckle TY, Chaikelson JS, Gold DP

Article GUID: 8022184

A longitudinal study of Off-Target Verbosity.

Author(s): Gold DP, Arbuckle TY

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1995 Nov;50(6):P307-15 Authors: Gold DP, Arbuckle TY

Article GUID: 7583810

Individual differences in trajectory of intellectual development over 45 years of adulthood.

Author(s): Arbuckle TY, Maag U, Pushkar D, Chaikelson JS

Psychol Aging. 1998 Dec;13(4):663-75 Authors: Arbuckle TY, Maag U, Pushkar D, Chaikelson JS

Article GUID: 9883465

Effect of off-target verbosity on communication efficiency in a referential communication task.

Author(s): Arbuckle TY, Nohara-LeClair M, Pushkar D

Psychol Aging. 2000 Mar;15(1):65-77 Authors: Arbuckle TY, Nohara-LeClair M, Pushkar D

Article GUID: 10755290

Off-target verbosity, everyday competence, and subjective well-being.

Author(s): Arbuckle TY, Pushkar D, Bourgeois S, Bonneville L

Gerontology. 2004 Sep-Oct;50(5):291-7 Authors: Arbuckle TY, Pushkar D, Bourgeois S, Bonneville L

Article GUID: 15331857


Title:Effect of off-target verbosity on communication efficiency in a referential communication task.
Authors:Arbuckle TYNohara-LeClair MPushkar D
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10755290?dopt=Abstract
Category:Psychol Aging
PMID:10755290
Dept Affiliation: CRDH
1 Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. arbmaag@vax2.concordia.ca

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Effect of off-target verbosity on communication efficiency in a referential communication task.

Psychol Aging. 2000 Mar;15(1):65-77

Authors: Arbuckle TY, Nohara-LeClair M, Pushkar D

Abstract

The referential communication task was used to see if high off-target verbosity (OTV), defined as excessive speech that is lacking in focus, negatively affects communication of nonautobiographical information. The task required 1 individual (the director) to communicate descriptions of abstract figures to another (the matcher). Out of 455 adults aged 63 to 93 who were screened for OTV, 27 directors were drawn from each of the top and bottom 15% of the range of OTV scores and 26 directors and all 80 matchers from the middle 50%. High OTV directors were less efficient communicators about the figures and showed poorer inhibitory control but did not intrude personal information in their speech. The implications of the findings for the inhibitory deficit and pragmatic change explanations of OTV are discussed.

PMID: 10755290 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]