Ageing and lexical access to common and proper names in picture naming

被引:116
作者
Evrard, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toulouse Le Mirail, Lab Jacques Lordat, F-31058 Toulouse 1, France
关键词
proper name; common name; lexical access; picture naming; cognitive processing; ageing;
D O I
10.1006/brln.2001.2515
中图分类号
R36 [病理学]; R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100104 [病理学与病理生理学]; 100213 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
摘要
The question of whether lexical access for proper names is more impaired by ageing than lexical acess for other words is controversial. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the effect of age on proper and common name retrieval in lon-term memory. The word retrieval paradigm used to achieve this goal consisted of the naming of photographs representing celebrities (production of a certain kind of proper names: names of people) and objects (production of common names). Compared with younger adults, elderly people experienced more tip-of-the-tongue states for proper names, but not for common names. Thus, the present study provides support for disproportionate age-related problems in lexical access to proper names. This finding is interpreted with reference to the cognitive model or speech production proposed by Burke et al. (1991). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
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页码:174 / 179
页数:6
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