The bank of standardized stimuli (BOSS): Comparison between French and English norms

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 961-970

  Brodeur, Mathieu B ^a   Kehayia, Eva ^b,c   Dion Lessard, Geneviève ^d   Chauret, Mélissa ^e   Montreuil, Tina ^a,e   Dionne Dostie, Emmanuelle ^d   Lepage, Martin ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Language; Normative data set; Photograph stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; STANDARD; VISION;

ADULT; CANADA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NAMES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868156916     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0184-7     Document Type: Article

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