---
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)](https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-019-01316-z).

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](https://huggingface.co/datasets/seantrott/rawc).

## 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}, 
}}
```