Normality
Conditions
Keywords
naming test
Brief summary
We will construct a Chinese Picture Naming test which include 60 items with various word frequency and familiarity and is arranged by their familiarity in daily life. Then we will collect the normative data for this test using normal subjects of various age and educational level.
Detailed description
In this study, we will first construct a Chinese Picture Naming Testing following the format of Boston Naming test. We will use the original 60 items from BNT and also choose another 100 items of objects with various frequency using the word frequency data from the Linguistic Corpus of the Academia Sinica. Colored pictures will be constructed accordingly. University students will be recruited to name the pictures and to judge the familiarity and image agreement for these pictures. Then, we will choose 60 pictures of according to the principles of 1. high image agreement 2. high naming agreement 3. including items of various familiarity and word frequency 4. double or triple phoneme words 5. including the original BNT items as possible. The 60 pictures will be arranged by their familiarity to construct the Chinese Picture Naming Test. Then, we will recruit normal subjects of various age group and educational level to to the Naming test and to construct the preliminary norm.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* living in Taiwan for more than 5 years fluent in Chinese
Exclusion criteria
* previous neurological, psychiatric or speech language disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| naming accuracy | 10 minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| naming agreement | 10 min |
| image agreement | 10 min |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed