Basic Cognitive Abilities in Interpreting and Their Changes over Human Life Span -- A Developmental Psychology Perspective

Wei WANG, Wenrui YANG

Abstract


Interpreting is a special language processing activity involving a multiplicity of abilities, among which cognitive abilities are of key importance and received the most attention from interpreting researchers. By drawing on cognitive psychology and developmental psychology, this paper has briefly surveyed three major cognitive abilities that are functioning at the core of the interpreting process. As these cognitive abilities are subject to the law of aging, this paper has further discussed the possible impact that aging-associated decline of these cognitive abilities might exert on the performance of interpreters.


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Cognitive abilities; Interpreting; Aging-associated decline

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