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Table 2 Lexical characteristics and comparisons of HF and LF words

From: Neural patterns elicited by lexical processing in adolescents with specific language impairment: support for the procedural deficit hypothesis?

 

Lista

p

High

Low

High vs. low

Word frequencyb

M (SD)

210.33 (200.18)

2.40 (1.99)

p < 0.001

Range

40–1207

1–9

 

Imageabilityc

M (SD)

5.06 (1.11)

5.15 (0.96)

p = 0.51

Range

2–7

2–7

 

Neighborhood densityd

M (SD)

21.73 (6.56)

21.72 (6.22)

p = 0.99

Range

4–36

9–35

 
  1. an = 100 for each list
  2. bMRC Psycholinguistic Database, http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/mrcdatabase/uwa_mrc.htm, based on [49]
  3. cMRC Psycholinguistic Database, http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/mrcdatabase/uwa_mrc.htm [50]
  4. dWashington University in St. Louis Speech & Hearing Lab Neighborhood Database, http://128.252.27.56/Neighborhood/Home.asp
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Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

ISSN: 1866-1955

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