title: Cognitive components of picture naming.
abstract: A substantial research literature documents the effects of diverse item attributes, task conditions, and participant characteristics on the case of picture naming. The authors review what the research has revealed about 3 generally accepted stages of naming a pictured object: object identification, name activation, and response generation. They also show that dual coding theory gives a coherent and plausible account of these findings without positing amodal conceptual representations, and they identify issues and methods that may further advance the understanding of picture naming and related cognitive tasks.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paivio
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning; D001288:Attention; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning