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The determinants of spoken and written picture naming latencies
Author(s) -
Bonin Patrick,
Chalard Marylène,
Méot Alain,
Fayol Michel
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1348/000712602162463
Subject(s) - psychology , linguistics , cognitive psychology , age of acquisition , cognition , neuroscience , philosophy
The influence of nine variables on the latencies to write down or to speak aloud the names of pictures taken from Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980) was investigated in French adults. The major determinants of both written and spoken picture naming latencies were image variability, image agreement and age of acquisition. To a lesser extent, name agreement was also found to have an impact in both production modes. The implications of the findings for theoretical views of both spoken and written picture naming are discussed.