Table 2.
Stimulus characteristics
| Category | Exemplar stimulus | Word frequency (log) |
Familiarity (1-7,7: most familiar) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sighted |
Blind |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Bird | Pigeon | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
| Body parts | Palm | 0.8 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Bug | Ladybug | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 1 |
| Clothing | Jacket | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.6 |
| Face parts | Nose | 1.0 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Fish | Goldfish | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
| Flower | Rose | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
| Food | Dumpling | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Furniture | Bed | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Fruits and vegetables | Apple | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Mammal | Cat | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| Musical instruments | Piano | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| Reptile | Turtle | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| Scene | Kitchen | 1.0 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Tool | Hammer | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Vehicle | Bus | 0.8 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 0.9 |