TY - JOUR

T1 - Modality exclusivity norms for 423 object properties

AU - Lynott, Dermot

AU - Connell, Louise

PY - 2009/5

Y1 - 2009/5

N2 - Recent work has shown that people routinely use perceptual information during language comprehension and conceptual processing, from single-word recognition to modality-switching costs in property verification. In investigating such links between perceptual and conceptual representations, the use of modality-specific stimuli plays a central role. To aid researchers working in this area, we provide a set of norms for 423 adjectives, each describing an object property, with mean ratings of how strongly that property is experienced through each of five perceptual modalities (visual, haptic, auditory, olfactory, and gustatory). The data set also contains estimates of modality exclusivity-that is, a measure of the extent to which a particular property may be considered unimodal (i.e., perceived through one sense alone). Although there already exists a number of sets of word and object norms, we provide the first set to categorize words describing object properties along the dimensions of the five perceptual modalities. We hope that the norms will be of use to researchers working at the interface between linguistic, conceptual, and perceptual systems. The modality exclusivity norms may be downloaded as supplemental materials for this article from brm.psychonomic-journals.org/content/supplemental.

AB - Recent work has shown that people routinely use perceptual information during language comprehension and conceptual processing, from single-word recognition to modality-switching costs in property verification. In investigating such links between perceptual and conceptual representations, the use of modality-specific stimuli plays a central role. To aid researchers working in this area, we provide a set of norms for 423 adjectives, each describing an object property, with mean ratings of how strongly that property is experienced through each of five perceptual modalities (visual, haptic, auditory, olfactory, and gustatory). The data set also contains estimates of modality exclusivity-that is, a measure of the extent to which a particular property may be considered unimodal (i.e., perceived through one sense alone). Although there already exists a number of sets of word and object norms, we provide the first set to categorize words describing object properties along the dimensions of the five perceptual modalities. We hope that the norms will be of use to researchers working at the interface between linguistic, conceptual, and perceptual systems. The modality exclusivity norms may be downloaded as supplemental materials for this article from brm.psychonomic-journals.org/content/supplemental.

KW - LARGE SET

KW - LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

KW - EVENTS

KW - COLOR

KW - BRAIN-REGIONS

KW - ACCOUNT

KW - KNOWLEDGE

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66149110398&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3758/BRM.41.2.558

DO - 10.3758/BRM.41.2.558

M3 - Journal article

VL - 41

SP - 558

EP - 564

JO - Behavior Research Methods

JF - Behavior Research Methods

SN - 1554-351X

IS - 2

ER -