Semantic classification of pictures and words.
We provide new behavioural norms for semantic classification of pictures and words. The picture stimuli are 288 black and white line drawings from the International Picture Naming Project ([Székely, A., Jacobsen, T., D'Amico, S., Devescovi, A., Andonova, E., Herron, D., et al. (2004). A new on-line resource for psycholinguistic studies. Journal of Memory & Language, 51, 247-250]). We presented these pictures for classification in a living/nonliving decision, and in a separate version of the task presented the corresponding word labels for classification. We analyzed behavioural responses to a subset of the stimuli in order to explore questions about semantic processing. We found multiple semantic richness effects for both picture and word classification. Further, while lexical-level factors were related to semantic classification of words, they were not related to semantic classification of pictures. We argue that these results are consistent with privileged semantic access for pictures, and point to ways in which these data could be used to address other questions about picture processing and semantic memory.
a Department of Psychology , University of Calgary , Calgary , AB , Canada.
Alex
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Taikh
Ian S
IS
Hargreaves
Melvin J
MJ
Yap
Penny M
PM
Pexman
D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012660:Semantics; D014825:Vocabulary; D055815:Young Adult
Picture classification; Semantic memory; Semantic processing; Semantic richness