Novel objects

[Melissa Kline]

Jessica Horst's Novel Object, Unusual Name database might be useful - below
is a message she sent to to the Cognitive Development Society listserv a
little while ago.

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Dear colleagues,

Recently, there has been an increase in interest in my Novel Object,
Unusual Name (NOUN) Database, so I am sending a new link to the database on
our new server: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/wordlab/noun (the link to the file
as toward the bottom). I hope you will find this resource helpful.

To remind you (or let you know if you have joined CDS since the last time I
emailed about this):  The NOUN Database is a collection of color
photographs of novel objects and a list of commonly (?) used novel names in
the literature. I am interested in sharing these materials. If you need
pictures of novel objects, please feel free to browse this database and I
will be happy to send you the electronic files for these pictures. Each
picture is of a real 3D object.

I hope to revise the database in 2013 (by including many more photos and
adding more names). If you have suggestions for things you would like to
see or other recommendations, please email me (no need to reply-all). I'm
thinking about including some pictures of familiar/known objects as well.
These would also be pictures of real 3D toys (e.g., stuffed dog, matchbox
car, doll chair, etc; would this be helpful?). Once the database has been
revised I'll share version 2.0 with everyone. Meanwhile, if you require
more pictures than what is currently included or have an idea of something
you need (e.g., a red novel object) please feel free to contact me and if I
already have that item waiting for the next version I will be happy to also
share that with you.

Best wishes,
-Jessica

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Dr. Jessica S. Horst
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/wordlab

University of Sussex
School of Psychology
Brighton BN1 9QH
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1273.87.3084
jessica at sussex.ac.uk

Affiliate Member, Delta Center
http://www.delta-center.org


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Michael Ullman <michael at georgetown.edu>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We're developing a new task and we need lots of pictures of novel
> objects/thingies (probably around 100). That is, reasonably
> non-nameable thingies. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Michael
>
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