The Effect of Reading Comprehension and Lexical-Semantic Functions on the Distinctive Levels of the Superager Group

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• The study aims to compare reading comprehension and lexical-semantic functions between superager groups with different cognitive advantages.
• Compared SA(I) and SA(II) groups with cognitive advantages through understanding reading and lexical-semantic tasks.
• Involved 18 participants from SA(I), 19 from SA(II), and a control group of 19 in their 20s-30s.
• Evaluated low/high levels of reading comprehension and tasks including word retrieval and fluency.
• SA(I) group performed significantly better in all reading comprehension and lexical-semantic functions than SA(II).
• ‘Word retrieval’ performance in the SA(I) group predicted their cognitive superiority.
• Discriminative analysis indicated that word fluency, low-level reading, and word retrieval significantly differentiate between the two superager groups.

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