Table 1.
Characteristics of experimental stimuli: mean (standard deviation).
| High-sense words | Low-sense words | Pseudowords | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of related senses | 6.72 (2.57) | 1.70 (0.47) | N/A |
| Frequency (CELEX log-transformed) | 1.32 (0.46) | 1.15 (0.55) | N/A |
| Length | 5.22 (1.41) | 5.69 (1.35) | 5.51 (1.34) |
| Orthographic neighborhood density | 4.81 (4.58) | 2.75 (3.34) | 3.69 (3.63) |
| Bigram frequency by position | 1340.59 (735.40) | 1575.69 (837.66) | 1396.66 (688.59) |
| Concreteness | 561.59 (69.30) | 571.97 (69.06) | N/A |
| Familiarity | 539.34 (49.55) | 530.53 (47.14) | N/A |
| Imageability | 568.13 (52.05) | 589.57 (47.69) | N/A |
| Number of associates | 15.09 (5.58) | 12.74 (5.40) | N/A |