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Age-of-acquisition, imagery, concreteness, familiarity, and ambiguity measures for 1,944 words of varying length and frequency of occurrence are presented. The words can all be used as nouns. Intergroup reliabilities are satisfactory on all attributes. Correlations with previous word lists are significant, and the intercorrelations between measures match previous findings.
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This research was carried out with the assistance of (United Kingdom) SSRC Grant HR 5957.
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Gilhooly, K.J., Logie, R.H. Age-of-acquisition, imagery, concreteness, familiarity, and ambiguity measures for 1,944 words. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 12, 395–427 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201693
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