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Aging and Text Integration across Sentence Boundaries: An Eye-Movement Study Xuefei Gao1,2, Sarah Grison1,2, Brennan Payne1,2, Kiel Christianson1,2, Daniel G. Morrow1,2 & Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow1,2 1Beckman Institute & 2Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

INTRODUCTION

RESULTS

METHODS Participants Table 1 Participant Characteristics Age Group     n   Age range   Age   Educational Level*   WM†   Speed**   Verbal Fluency†   Vocabulary***   Exposure to print***   †

Young   Mean   31   18-26   21.3   15.0   4.52   0.20   44.65   7.68   4.90  

SD   -   -   2.6   1.7   1.36   0.70   8.57   3.57   3.68  

Middle-aged   Mean   SD   29   -   30-59   -   44.5   10.2   16.6   2.4   4.41   1.40   0.19   0.91   45.24   10.75   10.23   3.58   10.21   4.32  

Old   Mean   26   60-81   68.1   17.6   3.85   -0.45   39.96   12.51   13.38  

SD   -   -   5.9   3.1   0.85   0.71   8.76   4.20   4.12  

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