Abstract
Naming celebrities from visual input (i.e., face presentation) was examined in 98 healthy participants. Normative data are provided both for a 12-and a 63-item test. The first one is a brief screening tool, while the latter is to be administered whenever a pathological performance turns out in the former. Age adversely affected both performances. In both tests the most frequent errors were no responses, followed by semantic errors. The study makes explicit reference to current serial models of familiar person processing and naming. Findings allow to complement previously reported testing procedures, with the specific aim of qualifying proper name anomia by identifying the cognitive locus of lesion.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Cohen G, Burke DM (1993) Memory for proper names: a review. Memory 1:249–264
Semenza C (2006) Retrieval pathways for common and proper names. Cortex 42:884–891
Cohen G, Faulkner D (1986) Memory for proper names: age differences in retrieval. Br J Psychol 4:187–197
Semenza C (1997) Proper-name-specific aphasias. In: Goodglass H, Wingfield A (eds) Anomia: neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates. Academic Press, San Diego
Westmacott R, Moscovitch M (2003) The contribution of autobiographical significance to semantic memory. Memory Cognit 31:761–764
Westmacott R, Black SE, Freedman M, Moscovitch M (2003) The contribution of autobiographical significance to semantic memory: evidence from Alzheimer’s disease, semantic dementia, and amnesia. Neuropsychologia 42:25–48
McKenna P, Warrington EK (1980) Testing for nominal aphasia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 43:781–788
Lucchelli F, De Renzi E (1992) Proper name anomia. Cortex 28:221–230
Carney R, Temple CM (1993) Prosopanomia? A possible category-specific anomia for faces. Cogn Neuropsychol 10:185–195
Hittmair-Delazer M, Denes G, Semenza C, Mantovan C (1994) Anomia for people’s names. Neuropsychologia 32:465–476
Fery P, Vincent E, Bredart S (1995) Personal name anomia: a single case study. Cortex 31:191–198
Saetti MC, Marangolo P, De Renzi E et al (1999) The nature of the disorder underlying the inability to retrieve proper names. Cortex 35:675–685
Semenza C, Sartori G, D’Andrea J (2003) He can tell which master craftsman blew a Venetian vase, but he can not name the Pope: a patient with a selective difficulty in naming faces. Neurosci Lett 352:73–75
Lucchelli F, Muggia S, Spinnler H (1997) Selective proper name anomia: a case involving only contemporary celebrities. Cogn Neuropsychol 14:881–900
Reinkemeier M, Markowitsch HJ, Rauch M, Kessler J (1997) Differential impairment in recalling people’s names: a case study in search of neuroanatomical correlates. Neuropsychologia 35:677–684
Bruce V, Young AW (1986) Understanding face recognition. Br J Psychol 77:305–327
Valentine T, Brennen T, Bredart S (1996) The cognitive psychology of proper names. Routledge, London
Gentileschi V, Sperber S, Spinnler H (2001) Crossmodal agnosia for familiar people as a consequence of right inferopolar temporal atrophy. Cogn Neuropsychol 18:439–463
Lucchelli F, Spinnler H. A reappraisal of person recognition and identification. Cortex (in press)
Burton AM, Bruce V, Johnston RA (1990) Understanding face recognition with an interactive activation model. Br J Psychol 81:361–380
Burton AM, Bruce V (1992) I recognize your face but I can’t remember your name: a simple explanation? Br J Psychol 83:45–60
Burton AM, Bruce V (1993) Naming faces and naming names: exploring an interactive activation model of person recognition. Memory 1:457–480
Miceli G, Capasso R, Daniele A et al (2000) Selective deficit for people names following left temporal damage: an impairment of domain-specific conceptual knowledge. Cogn Neuropsychol 17:489–516
Yasuda K, Nakamura T, Beckham B (2000) Brain processing of proper names. Aphasiology 14:1067–1089
Rizzo S, Venneri A, Papagno C (2002) Famous face recognition and naming test: a normative study. Neurol Sci 23:153–159
Bizzozero I, Ferrari F, Pozzoli S et al (2005) Who is who: Italian norms for visual recognition and identification of celebrities. Neurol Sci 26:95–107
Bizzozero I, Lucchelli F, Pozzoli S et al (2007) What do you know about Ho Chi Minh? Italian norms of proper name comprehension. Neurol Sci 28:16–30
De Renzi E (1986) Current issues on prosopagnosia. In: Ellis HD, Jeeves MA, Newcombe F, Young A (eds) Aspects of face processing. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, pp 244–252
Gentileschi V, Sperber S, Spinnler H (1999) Progressive defective recognition of familiar people. Neurocase 5:407–424
Gibbons Natrella M (1963) Experimental statistics. Wiley, Chichester, UK
Ackermann H (1985) Mehrdimensionale nicht-parametrische Normbereiche. Springer, New York
Capitani E, Laiacona M (1997) Composite neuropsychological batteries and demographic correction: standardisation based on equivalent scores, with a review of published data. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 19:795–809
Rendell PG, Castel AD, Craik FIM (2005) Memory for proper names in old age: A disproportionate impairment? Quart J Exp Psychol 58A:54–71
Delazer M, Semenza C, Reiner M et al (2003) Anomia for people names in DAT — evidence for semantic and post-semantic impairments. Neuropsychologia 41:1593–1598
Faglioni P, Cremonini A, De Renzi E (1991) Taratura su soggetti normali di test di facce sconosciute e familiari. Arch Psicol Neurol Psich 52:3339–3350
Kaplan EF, Goodglass H, Weintraub S (1983) The Boston Naming Test, 2nd Edn. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia
Brazzelli M, Capitani E, Della Sala S et al (1994) A neuropsychological instrument adding to the description of patients with suspected cortical dementia: the Milan Overall Dementia Assessment. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 57:1510–1517
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Note Following our usual practice, the names of the authors are listed in alphabetical order as the contribution of each was essential to this paper. H.S. made the proposal of the study; H.S. and F.L. wrote the manuscript; I.B. collected the data; M.C.S. carried out the statistical analyses.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bizzozero, I., Lucchelli, F., Saetti, M.C. et al. “Whose face is this?”: Italian norms of naming celebrities. Neurol Sci 28, 315–322 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-007-0845-6
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-007-0845-6