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Table 3 Lexical characteristics of high-imageability words (high) and low-imageability words (low)

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

 

High

Low

High vs. Low

n = 103

n = 97

 

Word Frequencya

M (SD)

97.26 (170.94)

114.40 (180.55)

p = 0.49

Range

1–1207

1–967

 

Imageabilityb

M (SD)

5.93 (0.57)

4.24 (0.63)

p < 0.0001

Range

5.1–6.9

2.2–5.0

 
  1. aMRC Psycholinguistic Database, http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/mrcdatabase/uwa_mrc.htm, based on Kucera & Francis, 1967
  2. bMRC Psycholinguistic Database, http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/mrcdatabase/uwa_mrc.htm, Cortese & Fugett (2004)
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Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

ISSN: 1866-1955

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