Quebec French Action-Naming Database with Video Stimuli

Area of Science:

• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Linguistics

Background:

• Traditional psycholinguistic research often uses static images, which inadequately represent dynamic actions.
• There is a need for dynamic, culturally relevant stimuli in action naming research.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce the first open-access video database for French speakers in Quebec, Canada.
• To provide normed psycholinguistic data for dynamic action stimuli.
• To support research on verb processing and action naming.

Main Methods:

• Developed a corpus of 136 short video clips depicting everyday actions.
• Normed videos for name agreement (NA), entropy (H-statistic), response latency, and uniqueness naming point.
• Collected data from 93 native French speakers of Quebec.

Main Results:

• Most actions showed high name agreement (mean NA = 80.73%).
• Mean entropy (H-statistic = 0.84) indicated lexical diversity characteristic of Quebec French.
• The database provides normative data for psycholinguistic variables.

Conclusions:

• The freely available video database is a dynamic and culturally adapted tool for psycholinguistic research.
• This resource can be used for clinical applications and experimental investigations in verb processing.
• It addresses the limitations of static stimuli in action naming research.