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Values, correlations, and loadings on factorial components are presented for meaningfulness, imagery, and eight other attributes of 36 unfamiliar, scientific names. Comparisons are made with findings for common nouns.
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Loigman, B., Goss, A.E. Attributes of unfamiliar, long, scientific names. Psychon Sci 17, 327–328 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335263
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