A stimulus set of words and pictures matched for visual and semantic similarity. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: de Groot, Floor; Koelewijn, Thomas; Huettig, Falk; Olivers, Christian N.L.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cognitive psychology. Volume 28:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 15
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Stimulus set -- semantic similarity -- visual similarity -- language–vision interactions -- word-picture match; Cognitive psychology -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2015.1101119
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-5911

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Researchers in different fields of psychology have been interested in how vision and language interact, and what type of representations are involved in such interactions. We introduce a stimulus set that facilitates such research (availableonline ). The set consists of 100 words each of which is paired with four pictures of objects: One semantically similar object (but visually dissimilar), one visually similar object (but semantically dissimilar), and two unrelated objects. Visual and semantic similarity ratings between corresponding items are provided for every picture for Dutch and for English. In addition, visual and linguistic parameters of each picture are reported. We thus present a stimulus set from which researchers can select, on the basis of various parameters, the items most optimal for their research question.