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Timed written picture naming in 14 European languages
Behavior Research Methods
  • Mark Torrance, Nottingham Trent University
  • Guido Nottbusch, University of Potsdam
  • Rui A. Alves, University of Porto
  • Barbara Arfé, University of Padova
  • Lucile Chanquoy, Université Côte d’Azur Division CNRS, BCL
  • Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen, Iowa State University
  • Ioannis Dimakos, University of Patras
  • Raquel Fidalgo, University of León
  • Jukka Hyönä, University of Turku
  • Ómar I. Jóhannesson, University of Iceland
  • George Madjarov, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University
  • Dennis N. Pauly, University of Potsdam
  • Per Henning Uppstad, University of Stavanger
  • Luuk van Waes, University of Antwerp
  • Michael Vernon, Nottingham Trent University
  • Åsa Wengelin, University of Gothenburg
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Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
4-1-2018
DOI
10.3758/s13428-017-0902-x
Abstract

We describe the Multilanguage Written Picture Naming Dataset. This gives trial-level data and time and agreement norms for written naming of the 260 pictures of everyday objects that compose the colorized Snodgrass and Vanderwart picture set (Rossion & Pourtois in Perception, 33, 217–236, 2004). Adult participants gave keyboarded responses in their first language under controlled experimental conditions (N = 1,274, with subsamples responding in Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish). We measured the time to initiate a response (RT) and interkeypress intervals, and calculated measures of name and spelling agreement. There was a tendency across all languages for quicker RTs to pictures with higher familiarity, image agreement, and name frequency, and with higher name agreement. Effects of spelling agreement and effects on output rates after writing onset were present in some, but not all, languages. Written naming therefore shows name retrieval effects that are similar to those found in speech, but our findings suggest the need for cross-language comparisons as we seek to understand the orthographic retrieval and/or assembly processes that are specific to written output.

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This article is published as Torrance, Mark, Guido Nottbusch, Rui A. Alves, Barbara Arfé, Lucile Chanquoy, Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen, Ioannis Dimakos et al. "Timed written picture naming in 14 European languages." Behavior Research Methods 50, no. 2 (2018): 744-758. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-017-0902-x. Posted with permission.

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Mark Torrance, Guido Nottbusch, Rui A. Alves, Barbara Arfé, et al.. "Timed written picture naming in 14 European languages" Behavior Research Methods Vol. 50 Iss. 2 (2018) p. 744 - 758
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/evgeny-chukharev-hudilainen/11/