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A three-phased study was conducted in order to develop a standardized list of touch-related adjectives. The final list consisted of 306 words that were categorized in 440 instances according to the Lederman and Klatzky (1987, 1990) dimensions of haptic properties (some words were classified in more than one dimension). The Kučera and Francis (1967) frequency of occurrence in written English for all words in the final list was also determined. A correlation was found between frequency of occurrence on the list and Kučera and Francis frequency. An analysis of the word dimensions and future applications are discussed.
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The authors wish to express their appreciation to Jennifer Nelson and Adam Stadtlander for their assistance in the testing of the subjects. Thanks also to Anna Tschida for her assistance in tabulating data.
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Stadtlander, L.M., Murdoch, L.D. Frequency of occurrence and rankings for touch-related adjectives. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 32, 579–587 (2000). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03200831
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