A reverse length effect in dysphasic naming: when elephant is easier than ant.
When the influence of length on picture naming in dysphasia has been investigated in the past, studies tend to show worse performance with longer items (or no influence of stimulus length). This paper describes a man with dysphasia who is better at labelling pictures with long names than with short names: he demonstrates a reverse length effect. Three models which incorporate an output component are described. The details of the case study are given and discussed in relation to the predictions of these models regarding target length. This leads onto further predictions from one model (Butterworth, 1989) which are tested against the data.
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Psychology Department, Birkbeck College, London.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012660:Semantics; D014825:Vocabulary