ISSN: 3064-7932
Authors: Mehta M, Arvindbhai RD and Abhishek BP*
Generative naming task is a commonly used task in screening and diagnostic tests and is a part of neuro-psychological test batteries. In this task, the participant is expected to list items belonging to a specific lexical category such as animals the task has been studies in regard to demographic variables such as age, gender, socio-cultural variables. The conventional generative naming task is modified by adapting the concept of switching. The participant is asked to switch between the lexical categories or is asked to switch between the languages L1 and L2) holding the lexical category as a constant, the current studied the performance of young and middle aged adults considering the language switching conditions. A total of 50 participants were considered for the current study and the participants were divided into two groups based on their age. The participants were asked to list lexical items belonging to the category ‘animals’ under three switching conditions: free switching, no switching and conditional switching conditions. The median scores were higher for free switching followed by no switching condition and conditional switching conditions, the same trend was observed across the two groups. Fried man’s test revealed significant difference between the conditions only for the group 2 participants showing that the cognitive substrates may impose challenges to the performance of these participants.
Keywords: Switching; Executive Function; Cognitive Constraints; Performance
