Bank of Standardized Stimuli (BOSS): Dutch Names for 1400 Photographs

Area of Science:

• Cognitive Psychology
• Psycholinguistics
• Lexical Science

Background:

• Establishing reliable norms for visual stimuli is crucial for experimental design in psychology and linguistics.
• Existing datasets may not fully capture naming characteristics across diverse populations or include comprehensive linguistic properties.

Purpose of the Study:

• To create a comprehensive set of written naming norms for a large set of photographs.
• To provide detailed linguistic information, including name agreement and word frequency, for each image.
• To identify subsets of stimuli suitable for specific experimental manipulations.

Main Methods:

• Collected written name responses from 153 young adult Dutch speakers for 1397 photographs.
• Analyzed responses to determine preferred (modal) names, alternative names, and name agreement.
• Gathered additional data including Zipf frequency, word prevalence, and Age of Acquisition for modal names.

Main Results:

• Established naming norms for 1397 photographs, including modal names and name agreement.
• Identified a subset of 359 photographs with high name agreement and 35 with two common names.
• Compiled data on Zipf frequency, word prevalence, and Age of Acquisition for modal names.

Conclusions:

• The developed norms provide a valuable resource for researchers in psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology.
• The dataset is suitable for designing experiments, particularly those involving visual word recognition and object naming.
• The norms are applicable to both written and spoken naming studies, enhancing their broad utility.