Timed picture naming
Extended norms and validation against previous studies
Publication date
2003-11
Document type
Forschungsartikel
Author
Székely, Anna
D'Amico, Simonetta
Devescovi, Antonella
Federmeier, Kara
Herron, Dan
Iyer, Gowri
Bates, Elizabeth
Organisational unit
Institut für Allgemeine Psychologie, Universität Leipzig
Publisher
Psychonomic Society
Series or journal
Behavior research methods, instruments & computers
ISSN
Periodical volume
35
Periodical issue
4
First page
621
Last page
633
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
Nein
Language
English
Abstract
Factors affecting word retrieval were compared in a timed picture-naming paradigm for 520 drawings of objects. In prior timed and untimed studies by Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980) and Snodgrass and Yuditsky (1996), concerns were raised that participants could not reliably name large numbers of items in a single session. We show that reliable results are obtained in a single session for 520 items and validate our method against previous findings by Snodgrass and colleagues for overlapping items. For these items, comparable levels of name agreement and latency are obtained, and we replicate effects of length, frequency, both objective and subjective age of acquisition, and visual complexity on reaction time (RT) and name agreement measures. Name agreement is unaffected by order of presentation, although there is a gradual increase in RTs across the session, requiring use of multiple random orders. Current extensions of our method include cross-linguistic, bilingual, developmental, and neuropsychological studies and comparisons of action naming and object naming.
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Székely, A., D’Amico, S., Devescovi, A. et al. Timed picture naming: Extended norms and validation against previous studies. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers 35, 621–633 (2003). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195542
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