Scaled-rated meaningfulness of 319 CVCVC words and paralogs previously assessed for associative reaction time

Associative reaction time, meaningfulness, and pronunciability ratings of 382 words and paralogs

“…An estimate of the validity of the mean values of the 75 CVCVCs was obtained by comparing the intercorrelation matrix based on these 75 CVCVCs with an intercorrelation matrix consisting of the same assessment variables, based on the 319 CVCVCs previously assessed by Taylor and Kimble (1967), Locascio and Ley (1972), and Ley and Karker (1974). Both matrices are given in Table 2, from which it can be seen that the patterns of correlations match identically (i.e., the rank orders of the absolute sizes of the correlation coefficients are the same); the correlations between meaningfulness and pronunciability are largest in both matrices, and the correlations between associative reaction time and pronunciability are smallest in both matrices.…”

More on contextual effects on learning and memory

“…As in the Perlmuter and Monty (1982) experiment, subjects were presented five-letter words of high meaningfulne~s drawf rom a list generated by Locascio and Ley (1972). In this expenment, however, there were only 20 lines of words, 10 with 2 items/line and 10 with 4 items/line.…”

Low alpha power (7.5-9.5 Hz) changes during positive and negative affective learning

“…Negative and positive affective word lists of the AAVL were developed using Toglia and Battig's (1978) index of word norms, which replicated and expanded the work of previous researchers (Locascio & Ley, 1972). A total of 2,854 words were evaluated by 2,500 undergraduates at the University of Colorado, using a 7-point Likert scale for concreteness, imagery, categorizability, meaningfulness, familiarity (FAM), number of attributes, and pleasantness (PLS).…”