Space aliens and nonwords: Stimuli for investigating the learning of novel word-meaning pairs

Prahlad Gupta; John Lipinski; Brandon Abbs; Po-Han Lin; Emrah Aktunc; David Ludden; Nadine Martin; Rochelle Newman

doi:10.3758/BF03206540

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Space aliens and nonwords: Stimuli for investigating the learning of novel word-meaning pairs

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Space aliens and nonwords: Stimuli for investigating the learning of novel word-meaning pairs

Prahlad Gupta, John Lipinski, Brandon Abbs, Po-Han Lin, Emrah Aktunc, David Ludden, Nadine Martin and Rochelle Newman

Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers, Vol.36(4), pp.599-603

11/2004

DOI: 10.3758/BF03206540

PMID: 15641405

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Abstract

We describe a set of pictorial and auditory stimuli that we have developed for use in word learning tasks in which the participant learns pairings of novel auditory sound patterns (names) with pictorial depictions of novel objects (referents). The pictorial referents are drawings of “space aliens,” consisting of images that are variants of 144 different aliens. The auditory names are possible nonwords of English; the stimulus set consists of over 2,500 nonword stimuli recorded in a single voice, with controlled onsets, varying from one to seven syllables in length. The pictorial and nonword stimuli can also serve as independent stimulus sets for purposes other than word learning. The full set of these stimuli may be downloaded fromwww.psychonomic.org/archive/.

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Title: Subtitle: Space aliens and nonwords: Stimuli for investigating the learning of novel word-meaning pairs
Creators: Prahlad Gupta - Department of Psychology University of Iowa 52242 Iowa City IA
John Lipinski - Department of Psychology University of Iowa 52242 Iowa City IA
Brandon Abbs - Department of Psychology University of Iowa 52242 Iowa City IA
Po-Han Lin - Department of Psychology University of Iowa 52242 Iowa City IA
Emrah Aktunc - Department of Psychology University of Iowa 52242 Iowa City IA
David Ludden - Lindsey Wilson College Columbia Kentucky
Nadine Martin - Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Rochelle Newman - University of Maryland College Park Maryland
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers, Vol.36(4), pp.599-603
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206540
PMID: 15641405
NLM abbreviation: Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput
ISSN: 0743-3808
eISSN: 1532-5970
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Language: English
Date published: 11/2004
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984214758602771

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