Performance of normal elderly on the Boston Naming Test |
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| Authors: | Emily LaBarge Dorothy Edwards John Wm. Knesevich |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Neurological Department, ASST Lecco, Via Dell'' Eremo 9-11, 23900 Lecco, Italy;2. Neurological Department, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20162 Milano, Italy;3. Neuro Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCSS Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milano, Italy;4. Neurosurgery, ASST Lecco, Via Dell'' Eremo 9-11, 23900 Lecco, Italy;5. Oncology, ASST Lecco, Via Dell'' Eremo 9-11, 23900 Lecco, Italy;6. Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCSS Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milano, Italy;7. Radiotherapy, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Riguarda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20162 Milano, Italy;8. Unit of Neurosurgery I, Fondazione IRCSS Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milano, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The Boston Naming Test has enjoyed increasing use in many research studies since its introduction. However, there is little normative data on the age group above 60 years of age. This study presents data from a sample of 58 well-defined healthy elderly males and females between the ages of 60 and 85. In comparison with published normative data, our sample has higher means, smaller standard deviations, and narrower ranges. These results suggest that aging alone does not significantly alter recognition-cued word-finding ability as defined by the Boston Naming Test. Also there is remarkably consistent performance throughout our age range. |
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