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Published on: June 25, 2019
Imageability ratings for 3,000 monosyllabic words
Michael J Cortese1, April Fugett
1Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, USA. cortesem@cofc.edu
Abstract:
Imageability ratings made on a 1-7 scale and reaction times for 3,000 monosyllabic words were obtained from 31 participants. Analyses comparing these ratings to 1,153 common words from Toglia and Battig (1978) indicate that these ratings are valid. Reliability was assessed (alpha = .95). The information obtained in this study adds to that of other normative studies and is useful to researchers interested in manipulating or controlling imageability in word recognition and memory studies. These norms can be downloaded from www.psychonomic.org/archive/.

