Corpus of Pictures of Novel Objects?

[Benjamin Munson]

Dear Fellow Info-Childes Members:

I am about to begin a new study on novel-word learning.  Rather than 
reinventing the wheel and devising a new set of pictures of novel objects, 
I'm wondering whether anyone knows of a corpus of pictures of novel 
objects.  I have this dream that there is a corpus somewhere out there of 
pictures of novel objects with norms for the pictures' visual complexity 
and similarity to real objects.  Does anyone know of such a corpus, or 
anything even remotely close to it?  If so, please email me with information.

Cordially,
Ben


Benjamin Munson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences (Née Communication Disorders)
University of Minnesota
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164 Pillsbury Drive, SE
Minnapolis, MN  55455
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