The effects of thematic relations on picture naming abilities across the lifespan

Abstract

A picture-word interference paradigm tracked patterns of activation during picture naming in 87 individuals (age range 17-80 years old). Distractor words were presented at stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) of -200, -100, and 0 ms bearing a has a-, location, or no relationship to the picture. Analyses of group naming reaction times revealed significant facilitation effects for both semantic relation types for all age groups. Analyses of temporal patterns of activation revealed significant effects primarily at SOAs of -200 and -100 ms. These findings provide evidence that both thematic relations are particularly salient in how semantic knowledge is organized, and that the patterns of effects from these semantic relations remain the same as one ages.

A Systematic Review of Semantic Feature Analysis Therapy Studies for Aphasia

“…Reports on treatment studies involving semantic feature review or verification have been excluded. Thus 15 articles were excluded, as they reported on a different semantic features approach, such as semantic feature verification rather than generation, or combined SFA with other treatment approaches in the same therapy protocol, such as response elaboration training (RET), communication based therapy, semantic priming, semantic judgment tasks, auditory concept feature and gesturing treatment (Antonucci, 2014a;Boo & Rose, 2011;Cameron, Wambaugh, Wright, & Nessler, 2006;Carragher, Conroy, Sage, & Wilkinson, 2012;Conley & Coelho, 2003;Edmonds & Kiran, 2006;Hashimoto, 2016;Kintz, Wright, & Fergadiotis, 2016;Kiran & Roberts, 2010;Knoph, Simonsen & Lind, 2017;Law, Wong, Sung, & Hon, 2006;Lowell, Beeson, & Holland, 1995;Raymer, Rodriguez, & Rothi, 2007;Wallace & Kimelman, 2013;Wambaugh, Mauszycki, Cameron, Wright, & Nessler, 2013).…”

The Multilingual Naming Test (MINT) as a Measure of Picture Naming Ability in Alzheimer’s Disease

“…Findings regarding the impact of normal aging on naming ability are mixed—some studies suggest that naming remains relatively stable throughout the lifespan (Hashimoto et al, 2016; LaBargeet al, 1986) while others show a decline in naming performance with aging (Au et al, 1995; Ivnik et al, 1995; Mitrushina & Satz, 1995; Van Gorp et al, 1986). Studies that show a decline have attributed it to an age-related decrease in efficiency of lexical access (e.g., Barresi et al, 2000; Burke & Shafto, 2004; Kavé et al, 2010) or phonological processing (Rizio et al, 2017).…”