2.3.7. Rapid Automatized Naming

Two tasks, object RAN tasks for young Norwegian children [59], were used to assess RAN. All words included in the tasks were high-frequency words usually acquired at a very early age. In the first RAN task (RAN1), a child is given a sheet of paper showing black and white drawings of a sun, boat, mouse, door and bus. The five pictures are shown randomly in four rows with five items in each row. The child is asked to name each picture. The number that the child named correctly and the time that it took them to complete the task are recorded. In the second RAN task (RAN2), the child carries out the same task as in RAN1, but the pictures are of a light, ball, boy, house and car. The scoring scheme for RAN2 is the same as that for RAN1. The mean summary scores were calculated for the z-value of the total amount of time used on each of the two tasks.
