How Polysemy Affects Concreteness Ratings: The Case of Metaphor
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12779
Abstract: Abstract Concreteness ratings are frequently used in a variety of disciplines to operationalize differences between concrete and abstract words and concepts. However, most ratings studies present items in isolation, thereby overlooking the potential polysemy of… read more here.
Keywords: ratings studies; concreteness ratings; polysemy affects; affects concreteness ... See more keywords
When a Sunny Day Gives You Butterflies: An Electrophysiological Investigation of Concreteness and Context Effects in Semantic Word Processing
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DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01942
Abstract: Abstract Theories on controlled semantic cognition assume that word concreteness and linguistic context interact during semantic word processing. Methodological approaches and findings on how this interaction manifests at the electrophysiological and behavioral levels are heterogeneous.… read more here.
Keywords: semantic word; word processing; concreteness; word ... See more keywords
Assessing the Impact of Textual Content Concreteness on Helpfulness in Online Travel Reviews
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DOI: 10.1177/0047287518768456
Abstract: The online travel review has become one of the most influential information sources for travelers’ decision making. This research primarily aims to examine the relationship between review textual content concreteness and review helpfulness in the… read more here.
Keywords: textual content; online travel; content concreteness; review ... See more keywords
Effects of Emotional Valence and Concreteness on Children’s Recognition Memory
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.615041
Abstract: There are considerable gaps in our knowledge of how children develop abstract language. In this paper, we tested the Affective Embodiment Account, which proposes that emotional information is more essential for abstract than concrete conceptual… read more here.
Keywords: recognition memory; memory; positive words; valence ... See more keywords
Statistical and methodological problems with concreteness and other semantic variables: A list memory experiment case study
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DOI: 10.3758/s13428-017-0938-y
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to highlight problems with a range of semantic psycholinguistic variables (concreteness, imageability, individual modality norms, and emotional valence) and to provide a way of avoiding these problems. Focusing on… read more here.
Keywords: list memory; concreteness; statistical methodological; case study ... See more keywords