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. 2012 Aug 6;7(8):e42286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042286

Table 2. Correlation Matrix of English Noun Psycholinguistic Variables (N = 2,877).

NPHN NSYL NMRPH DENS IMAG HFRQ LEX NAME AoA
NPHN 0.89** 0.64** −0.66** −0.36** −0.23** 0.53** 0.55 0.58**
NSYL 0.64** −0.62** −0.36** −0.22** 0.52** 0.54 0.58**
NMRPH −0.34** −0.37** −0.15** 0.37** 0.38 0.45**
DENS 0.25** 0.22** −0.37** −0.39 −0.47**
IMAG −0.01 −0.28** −0.31** −0.67**
HFRQ −0.61** −0.47** −0.40**
LEX 0.67** 0.60**
NAME 0.60**
AoA

Note. Pearson correlations represent values for 2,856–2,877 nouns, with the exception of variables correlated with AoA (N = 1477);

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p<.001. FAM = Familiarity; NPHN = Number of phonemes; NSYL Number of syllables; NMRPH = Number of morphemes; DENS = Phonological neighborhood density; IMAG = Imageability; HFRQ = Hypertext Frequency [106]; LEX = Lexical Decision Latency from the English Lexicon Project [66]; NAME = Speeded Naming Latency from the English Lexicon Project [66]; AoA = Age of Acquisition value [75].