University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2008 Nov;30(8):956-66. doi: 10.1080/13803390801945046. Epub 2008 Apr 11.
Difficulty with lexical retrieval (naming, in common parlance) is a frequent complaint in many neurological diseases, as well as in more benign conditions such as aging and fatigue. Accordingly, neuropsychological tests of picture naming are widely used in the assessment of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, head injury, epilepsy, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. However, nearly all of these tests were created and standardized on samples of Caucasian, monolingual English speakers. Using a thorough set of selection criteria, the current study identified a set of picture stimuli that should be valid for screening visual naming defects in bilingual Spanish/English speakers. A total of 51 pictures were identified, and data regarding important parameters of these stimuli (e.g., predominant response, types of responses) are provided. The results provide an important first step toward creating a valid neuropsychological screening test of English picture naming for Spanish/English bilingual speakers and have important clinical implications in light of the fact that this population is rapidly increasing in the United States.
词汇检索困难（通俗地说，即命名困难）是许多神经疾病以及衰老和疲劳等良性状况的常见主诉。因此，图片命名神经心理学测试广泛用于评估阿尔茨海默病、头部损伤、癫痫、中风和多发性硬化症等病症。然而，几乎所有这些测试都是在以白种人、母语为英语的单语者为样本的情况下创建和标准化的。本研究使用了一套严格的选择标准，确定了一组图片刺激物，这些刺激物应可用于筛查双语西班牙语/英语使用者的视觉命名缺陷。共确定了 51 张图片，并提供了这些刺激物的重要参数的数据（例如，主要反应、反应类型）。鉴于美国的这一人群正在迅速增加，该结果为创建西班牙语/英语双语者英语图片命名的有效神经心理学筛查测试迈出了重要的第一步，并具有重要的临床意义。
