THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE SNODGRASS AND VANDERWART PICTURES IN GREEK NORMAL AND APHASIC POPULATION

The standardised set of pictures by Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980) has been used extensively in literature investigated difference and similarities in the processing of pictures. Until now there have not been data for these pictures from native Greek speaking population. The aims of this study were: a. to investigate the psychometric properties of these pictures in the native Greek speaking normal elderly population in terms of name agreement, image agreement, familiarity and visual complexity, and b. to demonstrate how variables of picture processing effect the performance of aphasic Greek speaking population during verbal and written naming

Two Interpretations of "Living Together" in European Human Rights Law

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Council of Europe have recently recognised “living together” as a legitimate dimension of the rights of others that could justify limitations on various European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) rights, including the rights to freedom of religion and respect for private life. This article argues that the important, yet still unexplored in human rights law, idea of “living together” stems from the republican ideal of fraternity and supplements the distinctive links between democratic principles and rigorous human rights protection. Even so, its justifiability as a limitation ground depends on which conception of the idea is compatible with core values and functions served by human rights under the Convention. This article distinguishes between two main interpretations of “living together”, grounded on responsibility and conformity. It is argued that, in cases touching on our expressive conduct in public, including cases on the wearing of full-face veils, a conformity conception of “living together” sits uneasily both with firmly established case law of the ECtHR and with certain key functions of rights, such as the exclusion of moralistic majoritarian preferences as grounds for coercive prohibitions