Name-picture verification as a control measure for object naming: a task analysis and norms for a large set of pictures.
The name-picture verification task is widely used in spoken production studies to control for nonlexical differences between picture sets. In this task a word is presented first and followed, after a pause, by a picture. Participants must then make a speeded decision on whether both word and picture refer to the same object. Using regression analyses, we systematically explored the characteristics of this task by assessing the independent contribution of a series of factors that have been found relevant for picture naming in previous studies. We found that, for "match" responses, both visual and conceptual factors played a role, but lexical variables were not significant contributors. No clear pattern emerged from the analysis of "no-match" responses. We interpret these results as validating the use of "match" latencies as control variables in studies or spoken production using picture naming. Norms for match and no-match responses for 396 line drawings taken from Cycowicz, Friedman, Rothstein, and Snodgrass (1997) can be downloaded at: http://language.psy.bris.ac.uk/name-picture_verification.html.
Stadthagen-Gonzalez
Hans
H
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. h.stadthagen@bangor.ac.uk
Damian
Markus F
MF
Pérez
Miguel A
MA
Bowers
Jeffrey S
JS
Marín
Javier
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009275:Names; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011594:Psychometrics; D011930:Reaction Time; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055815:Young Adult