Mean pause duration

1. age increases mean pause duration in humans (β=0.002, SE=0.000, p = .001).

   “mean pause durations (β=0.002, SE=0.000, p = .001)”

   Humansn = 290

   Age distribution of speech duration measures in healthy individuals with picture description tasks

   AAIC 2025 abstract·25 Dec 2025

1. Mild cognitive impairment increases mean pause duration in humans (r=0.374, p=0.0317).

   “the MCI group had longer mean pause duration ( p = 0.0317, r=0.374) and a higher pause percentage ( p = 0.045, r=0.342)”

   Humansin older adults with MCI vs cognitively unimpairedn = 50

   Automated pause analysis of connected speech from story recall as markers of cognitive decline

   AAIC 2025 abstract·23 Dec 2025

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1. Mild cognitive impairment is associated with mean pause duration in humans (r = 0.374, p = 0.0317).

   “while the MCI group had longer mean pause duration ( p = 0.0317, r=0.374)”

   Humansstory recall taskn = 50

   Automated pause analysis of connected speech from story recall as markers of cognitive decline

   AAIC 2025 abstract·25 Dec 2025

More on Mild cognitive impairment