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Burke, D.M. & Shafto, M.A. (2008).
Language and aging. In F.I.M. Craik & T.A. Salthouse (Eds.), The handbook of aging and cognition
(pp.373-443). New York: Psychology Press.
Shafto, M.A., Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E.A., Tam, P.P., & Tyler, L.K. (2007).
On the tip-of-the-tongue: Neural correlates of increased word-finding failures in normal aging.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 2060-2070.
Burke, D.M., & Osborne, G.L. (2007).
Aging and inhibition deficits: Where are the effects? In D. Gorfein & C. MacLeod (Eds.), On the place of inhibitory processes in cognition (pp. 163-183) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.
Burke, D.M. (2006).
Representation and aging. In F.I.M. Craik & E. Bialystock (Eds.) Lifespan Cognition: Mechanisms of Change (pp. 193-206). Oxford University Press
Burke, D.M., Shafto, M.A. (2004).
Aging and language production. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 21–24.
Burke, D.M., Locantore, J.K., Austin, A. A., & Chae, B. (2004).
Cherry pit primes Brad Pitt: Homophone priming effects on young and older adults' production of proper names. Psychological Science, 15,164-170.
Cross, E.S., & Burke, D.M. (2004).
Do alternative names block young and older adults retrieval of proper names?
Brain and Language, 89, 174-181.
Taylor, J.K., & Burke, D.M. (2002).
Asymmetric aging effects on semantic and phonological processes: Naming in the picture-word interference task. Psychology and Aging, 17, 662-676.
James, L.E., & Burke, D.M. (2000).
Phonological priming effects on word retrieval and tip-of-the-tongue experiences in young and older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 26,1378-1391.
Burke, D.M., MacKay, D.G., & James, L.E. (2000).
Theoretical approaches to language and aging. In T. Perfect & E. Maylor (Eds.), Models of cognitive aging (pp. 204-237). Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Burke, D.M. (1999).
Language production and aging. In S. Kemper and R. Kliegl (Eds.), Constraints on language: Aging, grammar and memory (pp. 3-28). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
James, L.E., Burke, D.M., Austin, A., & Hulme, E, (1998).
Production and perception of verbosity in young and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 13, 355-367.
MacKay, D.G, Stewart, R., & Burke, D.M. (1998).
H.M. revisited: Relations among language comprehension, memory and the hippocampal system. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 377-394.
MacKay, D.G., Burke, D.M., & Stewart, R. (1998). H.M.'s language production deficits: Implications for relations between memory, semantic binding and the hippocampal system. Journal of Memory and Language, 38, 28-69.
Burke, D.M., & MacKay, D.G. (1997).
Memory, language and ageing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 352, 1845-1856.
Burke, D.M. (1997).
Language, aging and inhibitory deficits: Evaluation of a theory.
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 52B, P254-P264.
Rastle, K.G. & Burke, D.M. (1996).
Priming the tip of the tongue: Effects of prior processing on word retrieval in young and older adults. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 586-605.
Laver, G.D. & Burke, D.M. (1993).
Why do semantic priming effects increase in old age? A meta-analysis.
Psychology and Aging, 8, 34-43
Burke, D.M., MacKay, D.G., Worthley, J.S., and Wade, E. (1991).
On the tip of the tongue: What causes word finding failures in young and older adults?
Journal of Memory and Language, 30, 542-579.
Mackay, D. G. and Burke, D. M. (1990).
Cognition and aging: A theory of new learning and the use of old connections.
In T. M. Hess (Ed.), Aging and cognition: Knowledge organization and utilization. (pp 214 - 263).
Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Burke, D.M. & Peters, L. (1986).
Word associations in old age: Evidence for consistency in semantic encoding during adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 1, 283-292.
Burke, D.M. & Light, L.L. (1981).
Memory and aging: The role of the retrieval processes. Psychological Bulletin, 90, 513-546.
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