Concreteness, imagery, and meaningfulness values for 925 nouns.

Paivio, Allan, Yuille, John C., Madigan, Stephen A.·1968·Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Authors: Paivio, A., Yuille, J. C., & Madigan, S. A.
Venue: Journal of Experimental Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1968
Volume: 76
Issue: 1, Pt.2
Pages: 1-25
ISSN: 0022-1015 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1037/h0025327
OpenAlex: W2073679637
Cited by: 2,827
References: 0
FWCI: 72.11
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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