The preview effect in the object-naming task: Evidence for parallel processing of multiple objects

Object It has been hypothesized that specific brain regions involved in face naming may exist in the brain. To spare these areas and to gain a better understanding of their organization, the authors studied patients who underwent surgery by using direct electrical stimulation mapping for brain tumors, and they compared an object-naming task to a famous face–naming task. Methods Fifty-six patients with brain tumors (39 and 17 in the left and right hemispheres, respectively) and with no significant preoperative overall language deficit were prospectively studied over a 2-year period. Four patients who had a partially selective famous face anomia and 2 with prosopagnosia were not included in the final analysis. Results Face-naming interferences were exclusively localized in small cortical areas (< 1 cm2). Among 35 patients whose dominant left hemisphere was studied, 26 face-naming specific areas (that is, sites of interference in face naming only and not in object naming) were found. These face naming–specific sites were significantly detected in 2 regions: in the left frontal areas of the superior, middle, and inferior frontal gyri (p < 0.001) and in the anterior part of the superior and middle temporal gyri (p < 0.01). Variable patterns of interference were observed (speech arrest, anomia, phonemic, or semantic paraphasia) probably related to the different stages in famous face processing. Only 4 famous face–naming interferences were found in the right hemisphere. Conclusions Relative anatomical segregation of naming categories within language areas was detected. This study showed that famous face naming was preferentially processed in the left frontal and anterior temporal gyri. The authors think it is necessary to adapt naming tasks in neurosurgical patients to the brain region studied.

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Is naming faces different from naming objects? Semantic interference in a face- and object-naming task

Memory & Cognition ◽

10.3758/s13421-013-0376-8 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 525-537 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Alejandra Marful ◽

Daniela Paolieri ◽

M. Teresa Bajo

Keyword(s):

Naming Task ◽

Object Naming ◽

Semantic Interference

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Sustained and transient activity during an object-naming task: a mixed blocked and event-related fMRI study

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/s1053-8119(03)00061-2 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 29-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

E.Darcy Burgund ◽

Heather M Lugar ◽

Francis M Miezin ◽

Steven E Petersen

Keyword(s):

Naming Task ◽

Object Naming ◽

Fmri Study ◽

Transient Activity

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A Data-Based Approach for Selecting Pre- and Intra-Operative Language Mapping Tasks

Frontiers in Neuroscience ◽

10.3389/fnins.2021.743402 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

Author(s):

Justyna O. Ekert ◽

Matthew A. Kirkman ◽

Mohamed L. Seghier ◽

David W. Green ◽

Cathy J. Price

Keyword(s):

Naming Task ◽

Object Naming ◽

Auditory Modality ◽

Language Mapping ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Brain Responses ◽

Linguistic Functions ◽

Classical Language ◽

Language Areas ◽

Naming Tasks

Background: Pre- and intra-operative language mapping in neurosurgery patients frequently involves an object naming task. The choice of the optimal object naming paradigm remains challenging due to lack of normative data and standardization in mapping practices. The aim of this study was to identify object naming paradigms that robustly and consistently activate classical language regions and could therefore be used to improve the sensitivity of language mapping in brain tumor and epilepsy patients.Methods: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from two independent groups of healthy controls (total = 79) were used to generate threshold-weighted voxel-based consistency maps. This novel approach allowed us to compare inter-subject consistency of activation for naming single objects in the visual and auditory modality and naming two objects in a phrase or a sentence.Results: We found that the consistency of activation in language regions was greater for naming two objects per picture than one object per picture, even when controlling for the number of names produced in 5 s.Conclusion: More consistent activation in language areas for naming two objects compared to one object suggests that two-object naming tasks may be more suitable for delimiting language eloquent regions with pre- and intra-operative language testing. More broadly, we propose that the functional specificity of brain mapping paradigms for a whole range of different linguistic and non-linguistic functions could be enhanced by referring to databased models of inter-subject consistency and variability in typical and atypical brain responses.

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Interference From Parallel Processing During Multiple Object Naming

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527312012-008 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Antje S. Meyer ◽

Debra Malpass

Keyword(s):

Parallel Processing ◽

Object Naming ◽

Multiple Object

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Further Normative Data on Tests Measuring Flexibility in Cognitive Processes

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1965.17.3.683 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 683-686 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Francis J. Kelly ◽

Stephen Hunka ◽

Rodney Conklin

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Cognitive Processes ◽

Normative Data ◽

Naming Task ◽

Object Naming ◽

Convergent Thinking ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Two Measures ◽

Flexibility Measures

Two University of Alberta samples and two high school samples were administered two measures of flexibility (Associations IV and Object Naming). Two measures of anxiety and convergent thinking data were obtained for three of the samples. The Alberta samples tended to score lower on Associations IV than an Illinois sample. Split-half reliability of the Associations IV task yielded Spearman-Brown correlations ranging from .60 to .75. The Alberta sample tended to score higher on the Object Naming task by comparison with the Illinois sample. The split-half reliability of Object Naming, however, indicates a questionable relationship between parts (Spearman-Brown Formula rs range from .15 to .57). Anxiety tended to facilitate performance among older Ss and hinder performance among the younger Ss. The two flexibility measures correlated more strongly with measures of convergent thinking than with each other.

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A visual object naming task standardized for the Croatian language: A tool for research and clinical practice

Behavior Research Methods ◽

10.3758/s13428-012-0308-8 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 1144-1158 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maja Rogić ◽

Ana Jerončić ◽

Marija Bošnjak ◽

Ana Sedlar ◽

Darko Hren ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Naming Task ◽

Visual Object ◽

Object Naming ◽

Visual Object Naming

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Concurrent Validity of Caregiver/Parent Report Measures of Language for Children Who Are Learning Both English and Spanish

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/1092-4388(2002/080) ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 983-997 ◽

Cited By ~ 128

Author(s):

Virginia A. Marchman ◽

Carmen Martínez-Sussmann

Keyword(s):

Concurrent Validity ◽

Language Use ◽

Naming Task ◽

Parent Report ◽

Object Naming ◽

Early Language ◽

Spanish Speaking ◽

Early Language Development ◽

Communicative Development ◽

Macarthur Communicative Development Inventory

The validity of two analogous caregiver/parent report measures of early language development in young children who are learning both English and Spanish is examined. Caregiver/parent report indices of vocabulary production and grammar were obtained for 26 children using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences (CDI; Fenson et al., 1994) and the Inventario del Desarrollo de Habilidades Comunicativas: Palabras y Enunciados (IDHC; Jackson-Maldonado, Bates, & Thal, 1992). Scores were significantly correlated with analogous laboratory measures in both English and Spanish, including a real-object naming task and spontaneous language use during freeplay. The findings offer evidence that the CDI and IDHC provide valid assessments of early language milestones in young English- and Spanish-speaking children. Factors that may influence the validity of these tools for use with this population are also discussed.

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What do I choose? Influence of interlocutor awareness on bilingual language choice during voluntary object naming

Bilingualism Language and Cognition ◽

10.1017/s1366728918000731 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 1029-1051 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

KEERTHANA KAPILEY ◽

RAMESH KUMAR MISHRA

Keyword(s):

Language Proficiency ◽

Strong Support ◽

Naming Latency ◽

Naming Task ◽

Language Choice ◽

Object Naming ◽

Language Choices ◽

Bilingual Speakers ◽

Language Needs ◽

Control Hypothesis

In two experiments with Telugu–English bilinguals, we examined if bilingual speakers are sensitive towards an interlocutor's (cartoon) relative language proficiency when they voluntarily selected a language for object naming. After familiarization with four different cartoons with varied L2 proficiency, participants did a voluntary naming task. In Experiment 1, participants explicitly indicated their choice of language before naming objects. In Experiment 2, participants named the objects directly. In both experiments, language choices and switchrates were thoroughly modulated by the participants’ perceived linguistic ability of the cartoon. However, awareness of perceived proficiency of the cartoons did not modulate naming latency. These results provide strong support for the adaptive control hypothesis, showing that bilingual speakers are sensitive to their interlocutor's language needs and this influences how they plan their language use. The results provide evidence of speakers taking into consideration the language proficiency of interlocutors, suggesting extreme adaptability of the bilingual mind.

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