Abstract
Relationships between cognitive changes and narrative speech in aging. This paper describes a study of the relationships between cognitive changes and narrative capacity in 80 healthy subjects aged 4091 years. Academic level, literate and arithmetic habits and verbal ability were also considered. Our results showed age-related changes on speech quantity, cohesion, and quantity and quality of informative content of narratives. Processing speed, verbal ability and working memory are showed as the best predictors of these changes.
