摘要：A growing amount of research has been dedicated to the aging effect on cognition, reinforced by the growth of the elderly population worldwide. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2050 there will be an increase of 70% in the population above 65 years old and of 170% in the population above 80 years old. Likewise, a good number of recent studies have concentrated on investigating the impact of education level on cognitive aging, brain organization in elderly and dementia (Ardila et al., 2000), and the relation between aging and cognitive abilities, such as memory and executive control (Salthouse, 2010). These factors may affect communication abilities, including text comprehension. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of aging, education level, and cognitive abilities in reading comprehension of argumentative texts.
