Sensory-motor norms for 372 Croatian words
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The embodiment theories relate the representation of the word's meaning to the simulation of
the previous sensory-motor experience with an object denoted by that word (Barsalou, 1999).
Numerous research revealed the processing advantage of the words more grounded in sensory-
motor experience (Conell & Lynott, 2012; Filipović Đurđević et al., 2016). Keeping up with the
new trends in psycholinguistic research (Lynott et al., 2020; Lynott & Connell, 2013; Filipović
Đurđević et al., 2016; Myklashevsky, 2018; Speed & Majid, 2017), we collected the sensory-
motor strength norms for 372 Croatian words. Additionally, we explored the latent space of the
sensory-motor ratings to investigate the relations between the sensory and motor dimensions.
Thirty-five students from the Faculty of Philosophy, The University of Zagreb, rated 320 nouns
and 52 verbs on 11 five-point scales. Six scales were related to sensory experience (vision,
hearing, smell, taste, touch and interoception), and fiv...e were related to motor experience
(head without mouth, hand and arm, foot/torso, mouth/throat). On each scale, participants
rated the extent of the actual sensory-motor experience with an object denoted by the word,
as well as the possibility of such an experience. Then we applied the principal component
analysis (PCA) with Varimax (orthogonal) rotation to explore the latent structure of the sensory-
motor word space separately for average values of the possible and the actual experience.
The words in the set were rated as concrete (M=3.97, SD=.94), easily imagined
(M=3.99, SD=.93), and familiar (M=4.78, SD=.49). The PCA revealed that sensory-motor
variables based on possible experience ratings, concreteness, imageability and familiarity
grouped into four factors, explaining 75.8% of the variance. The first component correlated
positively with concreteness, imageability, visual, tactile and motor hand experience and
negatively with interoception. The second factor correlated positively with gustatory and
olfactory sensory strength and motor throat experience. The third factor included motor
experience with the torso, feet and legs. The last factor included auditory strength, motor
experience related to the head (but not mouth) and familiarity (Table 1). Similar results were
recorded for actual sensory-motor experience ratings, where PCA stabilized with four factors
solution, explaining 77.1% of the variance (Table 2). The variable loadings were the same for
the second and third factors. The difference from the first PCA analysis is that the interoceptive
strength moved to the fourth factor with auditory strength, motor experience related to the
head (but not mouth) and familiarity.
These results follow previous research and theoretical assumptions. The pattern of extracted
components reflects the anatomical and physiological grouping of sensations and motor
experience. Thus, words high in concreteness are easily imagined, easily experienced by vision
and touch, and denote objects manipulated easily by hand. Concepts experienced auditorily
represent highly familiar words and are related to motor experience with the head (excluding
the movement of mouth or throat). Concepts easily olfactory/gustatory experienced are related
to the movement of the mouth and throat, the moves related to chewing. Finally, concepts
related to the movement of the torso are related to the movement of the legs, which is
anatomically plausible.
Кључне речи:
sensory-motor norms / croatian words / sensory-motor experienceИзвор:
Book of abstracts, 10th Novi Sad workshop on Psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, and clinical linguistic research, April 22, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, 2023, 24-26Издавач:
- Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad
Финансирање / пројекти:
- University of Zagreb funded research; Sensorymotor norms in Croatian language
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Popović Stijačić, Milica AU - Filipović Đurđević, Dušica AU - Sekulić Sović, Martina AU - Erdeljac, Vlasta PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5129 AB - The embodiment theories relate the representation of the word's meaning to the simulation of the previous sensory-motor experience with an object denoted by that word (Barsalou, 1999). Numerous research revealed the processing advantage of the words more grounded in sensory- motor experience (Conell & Lynott, 2012; Filipović Đurđević et al., 2016). Keeping up with the new trends in psycholinguistic research (Lynott et al., 2020; Lynott & Connell, 2013; Filipović Đurđević et al., 2016; Myklashevsky, 2018; Speed & Majid, 2017), we collected the sensory- motor strength norms for 372 Croatian words. Additionally, we explored the latent space of the sensory-motor ratings to investigate the relations between the sensory and motor dimensions. Thirty-five students from the Faculty of Philosophy, The University of Zagreb, rated 320 nouns and 52 verbs on 11 five-point scales. Six scales were related to sensory experience (vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch and interoception), and five were related to motor experience (head without mouth, hand and arm, foot/torso, mouth/throat). On each scale, participants rated the extent of the actual sensory-motor experience with an object denoted by the word, as well as the possibility of such an experience. Then we applied the principal component analysis (PCA) with Varimax (orthogonal) rotation to explore the latent structure of the sensory- motor word space separately for average values of the possible and the actual experience. The words in the set were rated as concrete (M=3.97, SD=.94), easily imagined (M=3.99, SD=.93), and familiar (M=4.78, SD=.49). The PCA revealed that sensory-motor variables based on possible experience ratings, concreteness, imageability and familiarity grouped into four factors, explaining 75.8% of the variance. The first component correlated positively with concreteness, imageability, visual, tactile and motor hand experience and negatively with interoception. The second factor correlated positively with gustatory and olfactory sensory strength and motor throat experience. The third factor included motor experience with the torso, feet and legs. The last factor included auditory strength, motor experience related to the head (but not mouth) and familiarity (Table 1). Similar results were recorded for actual sensory-motor experience ratings, where PCA stabilized with four factors solution, explaining 77.1% of the variance (Table 2). The variable loadings were the same for the second and third factors. The difference from the first PCA analysis is that the interoceptive strength moved to the fourth factor with auditory strength, motor experience related to the head (but not mouth) and familiarity. These results follow previous research and theoretical assumptions. The pattern of extracted components reflects the anatomical and physiological grouping of sensations and motor experience. Thus, words high in concreteness are easily imagined, easily experienced by vision and touch, and denote objects manipulated easily by hand. Concepts experienced auditorily represent highly familiar words and are related to motor experience with the head (excluding the movement of mouth or throat). Concepts easily olfactory/gustatory experienced are related to the movement of the mouth and throat, the moves related to chewing. Finally, concepts related to the movement of the torso are related to the movement of the legs, which is anatomically plausible. PB - Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad C3 - Book of abstracts, 10th Novi Sad workshop on Psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, and clinical linguistic research, April 22, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad T1 - Sensory-motor norms for 372 Croatian words EP - 26 SP - 24 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5129 ER -
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Popović Stijačić, M., Filipović Đurđević, D., Sekulić Sović, M.,& Erdeljac, V.. (2023). Sensory-motor norms for 372 Croatian words. in Book of abstracts, 10th Novi Sad workshop on Psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, and clinical linguistic research, April 22, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad., 24-26. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5129
Popović Stijačić M, Filipović Đurđević D, Sekulić Sović M, Erdeljac V. Sensory-motor norms for 372 Croatian words. in Book of abstracts, 10th Novi Sad workshop on Psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, and clinical linguistic research, April 22, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. 2023;:24-26. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5129 .
Popović Stijačić, Milica, Filipović Đurđević, Dušica, Sekulić Sović, Martina, Erdeljac, Vlasta, "Sensory-motor norms for 372 Croatian words" in Book of abstracts, 10th Novi Sad workshop on Psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, and clinical linguistic research, April 22, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad (2023):24-26, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5129 .