README.md

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license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - en
tags:
  - grounding
  - language
  - ambiguity
pretty_name: Contextualized Sensorimotor Norms

Contextualized Sensorimotor Norms

The contextualized sensorimotor (CS) norms contain human judgments about the sensorimotor associations of various ambiguous words in a sentential context. They are based on the Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (Lynott et al., 2019).

For example, the word "market" might be relatively higher in visual strength and olfactory strength in a context like "fish market" than in a context like "stock market".

• 112 words.
• 448 sentences.
• Annotated for sensorimotor strength along 11 different sensorimotor dimensions.

The sentences (and words) are the same as in the RAW-C dataset.

Dataset Format

Main file: cs_norms.csv

Key columns:

• word: The target word being rated for perceptual and action associations.
• sentence: A context sentence in which the target word appears.

Perceptual modality ratings (mean values across participants):

• Vision.M: Degree to which the word evokes visual experience.
• Hearing.M: Degree to which the word evokes auditory experience.
• Olfaction.M: Degree to which the word evokes olfactory (smell) experience.
• Interoception.M: Degree to which the word evokes internal bodily sensations (e.g., hunger, heartbeat).
• Taste.M: Degree to which the word evokes gustatory (taste) experience.
• Touch.M: Degree to which the word evokes tactile (touch) experience.

Action/body-part associations (mean values):

• Foot_leg.M: Degree of association with foot or leg actions or experiences.
• Mouth_throat.M: Degree of association with mouth or throat.
• Torso.M: Degree of association with the torso or core body.
• Head.M: Degree of association with the head (e.g., seeing, thinking).
• Hand_arm.M: Degree of association with hand or arm use or sensation.

Citation

APA:

Trott, S., & Bergen, B. (2022). Contextualized sensorimotor norms: Multi-dimensional measures of sensorimotor strength for ambiguous English words, in context. arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.05648.

Citation (BibTex):

@misc{trott2022contextualizedsensorimotornormsmultidimensional,
      title={Contextualized Sensorimotor Norms: multi-dimensional measures of sensorimotor strength for ambiguous English words, in context}, 
      author={Sean Trott and Benjamin Bergen},
      year={2022},
      eprint={2203.05648},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CL},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.05648}, 
}}