The effect of word abstractness and pleasantness on pupil size during an imagery task

Abstract Findings from two studies demonstrate that a S’s pupils dilate when he attempts to generate mental images to words. Dilation, which may reflect the cognitive difficulty of the imagery task, was greater to abstract than to concrete words, but did not vary with word pleasantness-unpleasantnes...
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Autor*in:

Paivio, Allan [verfasserIn]

Simpson, Herb M.

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

1966

Schlagwörter:

Mental Image

Pupil Size

Abstract Word

Concrete Word

Imagery Task

Anmerkung:

© Psychonomic Press 1966

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Psychonomic Science - Heidelberg : Springer, 1964, 5(1966), 2 vom: Feb., Seite 55-56

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:5 ; year:1966 ; number:2 ; month:02 ; pages:55-56

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DOI / URN:

10.3758/BF03328277

Katalog-ID:

SPR036947032

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