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| Research article summary (published 29 Sep 2002): |
Famous face recognition and naming test: a normative study.
Full Abstract
Tests of famous face recognition and naming, and tasks assessing semantic knowledge about famous people after presentation either of their faces or their names are often used in the neuropsychological examination of aphasic, amnesic and demented patients. A total of 187 normal subjects took part in this study. The aim was to collect normative data for a newly devised test including five subtests:
famous face naming, fame judgement after face presentation and after name presentation, semantic knowledge about famous people after face presentation and after name presentation. Norms were calculated taking into account demographic variables such as age, sex and education and adjusted scores were used to determine inferential cut-off scores and to compute equivalent scores. Multiple regression analyses showed that age and education influenced significantly the performance on most subtests, but sex had no effect on any of them. Scores of the subtest evaluating fame judgements after name presentation were significantly influenced only by education. The only subtest whose scores were not influenced by any demographic variable was fame judgement after face presentation.
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Author information
Author/s: Rizzo, S (S); Venneri, A (A); Papagno, C (C);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (Neurol Sci), published in Italy. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 23 (issue 4) : pp 153-9
Dates: Created 2003/01/21; Completed 2003/03/17; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12536284, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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