Adria Rofes, Lilla Zakarias, Klaudia Ceder, Marianne Lind, Monica Blom Johansson, Vania de Aguiar, Jovana Bjekic, Valantis Fyndanis, Anna Gavarro, Hanne Gram Simonsen, Carlos Hernandez Sacristan, Maria Kambanaros, Jelena Kuva Kraljevic, Silvia Martinez-Ferreiro, Ilknur Mavis, Carolina Mendez Orellana, Ingrid Sor, Agnes Lukacs, Muge Tuncer, Jasmina Vuksanovic, Amaia Munarriz Ibarrola, Marie Pourquie, Spyridoula Varlokosta, David Howard
- Imageability is a psycholinguistic variable that indicates how well a word gives rise to a mental image or sensory experience. Imageability ratings are used extensively in psycholinguistic, neuropsychological, and aphasiological studies. However, little formal knowledge exists about whether and how these ratings are associated between and within languages. Fifteen imageability databases were cross-correlated using nonparametric statistics. Some of these corresponded to unpublished data collected within a European research network-the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (COST IS1208). All but four of the correlations were significant. The average strength of the correlations (rho = .68) and the variance explained (R (2) = 46%) were moderate. This implies that factors other than imageability may explain 54% of the results. Imageability ratings often correlate across languages. Different possibly interacting factors may explain the moderate strength and variance explained in the correlations: (1) linguistic and cultural factors; (2)Imageability is a psycholinguistic variable that indicates how well a word gives rise to a mental image or sensory experience. Imageability ratings are used extensively in psycholinguistic, neuropsychological, and aphasiological studies. However, little formal knowledge exists about whether and how these ratings are associated between and within languages. Fifteen imageability databases were cross-correlated using nonparametric statistics. Some of these corresponded to unpublished data collected within a European research network-the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (COST IS1208). All but four of the correlations were significant. The average strength of the correlations (rho = .68) and the variance explained (R (2) = 46%) were moderate. This implies that factors other than imageability may explain 54% of the results. Imageability ratings often correlate across languages. Different possibly interacting factors may explain the moderate strength and variance explained in the correlations: (1) linguistic and cultural factors; (2) intrinsic differences between the databases; (3) range effects; (4) small numbers of words in each database, equivalent words, and participants; and (5) mean age of the participants. The results suggest that imageability ratings may be used cross-linguistically. However, further understanding of the factors explaining the variance in the correlations will be needed before research and practical recommendations can be made.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Adria Rofes, Lilla ZakariasGND, Klaudia Ceder, Marianne Lind, Monica Blom Johansson, Vania de AguiarORCiD, Jovana BjekicORCiD, Valantis FyndanisORCiD, Anna Gavarro, Hanne Gram Simonsen, Carlos Hernandez Sacristan, Maria Kambanaros, Jelena Kuva Kraljevic, Silvia Martinez-FerreiroORCiD, Ilknur Mavis, Carolina Mendez Orellana, Ingrid Sor, Agnes Lukacs, Muge Tuncer, Jasmina Vuksanovic, Amaia Munarriz Ibarrola, Marie Pourquie, Spyridoula Varlokosta, David HowardORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0936-0 |
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ISSN: | 1554-351X |
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ISSN: | 1554-3528 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28707216 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Behavior research methods : a journal of the Psychonomic Society |
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Publisher: | Springer |
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Place of publishing: | New York |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2018/07/13 |
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Publication year: | 2018 |
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Release date: | 2021/11/29 |
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Tag: | Correlations; Cross-linguistic; Imageability; Linguistics |
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Volume: | 50 |
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Issue: | 3 |
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Number of pages: | 11 |
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First page: | 1187 |
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Last Page: | 1197 |
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Funding institution: | European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST, Action)European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) [IS1208]; Global Brain Health Institute; Basque team; Basque GovernmentBasque Government [IT983-16-GIC 15/129]; MINECO/FEDER [FFI2015-68589-C2-1-P]; Research Council of NorwayResearch Council of Norway [223265]; Croatian Science Foundation; project "Adult Language Processing" (ALP) [HRZZ-2421-UIP-11-2013]; Ministry of Education Science and Technological [IO175012]; Anadolu University, Scientific Research Project (BAP)Anadolu University [1509S632]; PROGRAM (University of Copenhagen Excellence Programme for Interdisciplinary Research); Ministerio de Economia y CompetitividadSpanish Government [FFI2015-68589-C2-1-P, FFI2014-61888-EXP]; [FFI2014-56968-C4-1-P] |
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Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
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DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Bronze Open-Access |
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