Patients with Alzheimer's disease have been suggested to have a semantic memory
impairment not present in the normal old. This article reviews the performance of Alzheimer …

A substantial research literature documents the effects of diverse item attributes, task
conditions, and participant characteristics on the ease of picture naming. The authors review …

An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain
pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical …

This paper examines three methodological issues concerning the measurement of semantic
memory impairment in brain-damaged patients. Ten carefully selected patients with …

Abstract The 60-item Boston Naming Test (BNT) was administered to 55 subjects: 15 mildly-
to-moderately demented patients meeting NINCDS-ADRDA criteria for “probable” …

Naming is a fundamental aspect of language. Word-finding deficit, anomia, is the most
common symptom of language dysfunction occurring after brain damage. Besides its …

A total of 100 young educated bilingual adults were administered the Boston Naming Test
(BNT)(Kaplan, Goodglass, & Weintraub, 1983) in both Spanish and English. Three group …

We administered to 80 optimally healthy subjects, 30–80 years old, the Boston Naming Test,
a test of confrontation naming. Results indicated that naming ability remains fairly stable …

Abstract Changes in language as a function of the normal aging process were studied.
Eighty adults between the ages of 20 and 78 described three pictures. Quantifiable …

Spreen and Risser present a comprehensive, critical review of available methods for the
assessment of aphasia and related disorders in adults and children. The authors explore …