Normative ratings for perceptual and motor attributes of 750 object concepts in Spanish

Abstract

[EN]Subjective ratings of perceptual and motor attri butes were obtained for a set of 750 concrete concepts in Spanish by requiring scale-based judgments from a sample of university students (N = 539). Following on the work of Amsel, Urbach, and Kutas (2012), the seven attributes were color, motion, sound, smell, taste, graspability, and pain. Normative data based on the obtained ratings are provided as a tool for future investigations. Additionally, the relation ships of these attributes to other lexical dimensions (e.g., fa miliarity, frequency, concreteness) and the factorial organiza tion of concepts around the main components were analyzed. The pattern of results is consistent with prior findings that highlight the relevance of dimensions related to survival as being crucially involved in conceptual processing.