Table 1.
Summary statistics [mean and (standard deviation)] for each of the (single-word) semantic categories presented in both the SD and LD task and for pseudowords presented only in the LD task
| Number of letters | Frequency | Orthographic neighborhood size | Bigram frequency | Trigram frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action | 5.02 (1.20) | 19.67 (30.86) | 5.44 (5.25) | 17,368.95 (9,580.53) | 1,690.77 (2,505.16) |
| Auditory | 5.16 (1.22) | 11.03 (17.25) | 5.28 (5.24) | 17,599.13 (9,181.36) | 1,825.17 (2,426.59) |
| Visual | 5.18 (1.48) | 13.32 (17.58) | 4.50 (5.44) | 20,089.52 (11,698.66) | 1,867.21 (3,314.68) |
| Abstract | 5.28 (0.93) | 23.64 (23.76) | 3.26 (3.84) | 19,495.50 (9,564.39) | 1,597.65 (955.62) |
| Pseudowords | 5.00 (1.00) | N/A | 4.70 (4.50) | 19,465.83 (10,435.78) | 1,670.66 (2,029.80) |