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Two hundred eighteen subjects were given 98 pairs of words, each pair consisting of one concrete and one abstract word of similar meaning. The subjects rated each word for imagery, concreteness, emotionality, and meaningfulness. Stepwise multiple regression of imagery upon concreteness, emotionality, meaningfulness, date of entry into Spanish, and word length showed that 79% of the variance of imagery values was explained by concreteness, emotionality, and meaningfulness.
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Campos, A. Concreteness, emotionality, and meaningfulness as determiners of the imagery values of words when meaning is controlled. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 30, 367–368 (1992). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334091
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