Ecole de psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2010 May;25(3):212-7. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acq013. Epub 2010 Mar 2.
Semantic memory tests assess long-term memory for facts, objects, and concepts as well as words and their meaning. Since it holds culturally shared information, the development of normative data adjusted to the cultural and linguistic reality of the target population is of particular importance. The present study aimed to establish normative data for the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test, a commonly used test of semantic memory, in the French-Quebec population. The normative sample consisted of 214 healthy French-speaking adults and elderly persons from various regions of the province of Quebec. The effects of participants' age, gender, and education level on test performance were assessed. Results indicated that participants' level of education and age, but not sex, were found to be significantly associated with performance on this test. Normative data are presented as means and standard deviations. Overall, the present norms are consistent with those of previous studies with Spanish samples.
语义记忆测试评估事实、物体、概念以及单词及其含义的长期记忆。由于它包含了文化共享的信息，因此制定针对目标人群的文化和语言现实进行调整的规范数据尤为重要。本研究旨在为金字塔和棕榈树测试建立规范数据，这是一种常用的语义记忆测试，在法裔魁北克人群中。规范样本由来自魁北克省不同地区的 214 名健康的讲法语的成年人和老年人组成。评估了参与者的年龄、性别和教育水平对测试表现的影响。结果表明，参与者的教育水平和年龄，但不是性别，与该测试的表现显著相关。规范数据以平均值和标准差表示。总体而言，本规范与以前的西班牙语样本研究一致。
