The Semantic Association Test assesses several aspects of Semantic Memory (Categorical, Encyclopedic, Functional, and Visual Encyclopedic associations: CAs, EAs, FAs and VEAs), using a picture-to-picture matching paradigm. Normative data were collected from a group of 329 healthy participants (178 females) with mean 51.1 (range 20-90) years of age and mean 11.89 (range 5-19) years of education. Raw scores of healthy participants, pre-calculated correction factors for age and educational level, and Equivalent Scores are provided. The SAT was validated in a sample of 139 left brain-damaged persons with aphasia (PWA). Both groups (healthy participants and PWA) scored worse in the CA and EA conditions. The performance of the PWA group was overall defective, and global aphasics scored worse than persons with other types of aphasia. However, several PWA did not show impairments in the SAT. Dissociations were also found, with individual PWA showing defective performance confined to a single category. These results present the SAT as a tool that is useful to detect impairments of visual Semantic Memory, providing normative data from healthy participants and a validation study in PWA.

Banco, E., Veronelli, L., Briguglio, M., Luzzatti, C., Vallar, G. (2023). The Semantic Association Test (SAT): normative data from healthy Italian participants and a validation study in aphasic patients. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 44(5), 1575-1586 [10.1007/s10072-022-06543-5].

The Semantic Association Test (SAT): normative data from healthy Italian participants and a validation study in aphasic patients

Veronelli L.
Co-primo
;
Luzzatti C.
Co-ultimo
;
Vallar G.
Co-ultimo
2023

Abstract

The Semantic Association Test assesses several aspects of Semantic Memory (Categorical, Encyclopedic, Functional, and Visual Encyclopedic associations: CAs, EAs, FAs and VEAs), using a picture-to-picture matching paradigm. Normative data were collected from a group of 329 healthy participants (178 females) with mean 51.1 (range 20-90) years of age and mean 11.89 (range 5-19) years of education. Raw scores of healthy participants, pre-calculated correction factors for age and educational level, and Equivalent Scores are provided. The SAT was validated in a sample of 139 left brain-damaged persons with aphasia (PWA). Both groups (healthy participants and PWA) scored worse in the CA and EA conditions. The performance of the PWA group was overall defective, and global aphasics scored worse than persons with other types of aphasia. However, several PWA did not show impairments in the SAT. Dissociations were also found, with individual PWA showing defective performance confined to a single category. These results present the SAT as a tool that is useful to detect impairments of visual Semantic Memory, providing normative data from healthy participants and a validation study in PWA.
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Alzheimer's disease; Normative data; Picture-to picture matching test; Primary progressive aphasia; Semantic aphasia; Semantic memory;
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27-dic-2022
2023
44
5
1575
1586
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Banco, E., Veronelli, L., Briguglio, M., Luzzatti, C., Vallar, G. (2023). The Semantic Association Test (SAT): normative data from healthy Italian participants and a validation study in aphasic patients. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 44(5), 1575-1586 [10.1007/s10072-022-06543-5].
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