memory

Emotion from the sound of a word: Statistical relationships between surface form and valence of English words influence lexical access and memory

It is generally accepted that a word's emotional valence (i.e., whether a word is perceived as positive, negative, or neutral) influences how it is accessed and remembered. There is also evidence that the affective content of some words is …

Non-arbitrary mappings between size and sound of English words: Form typicality effects during lexical access and memory

A century of research has provided evidence of limited size sound symbolism in English, that is, certain vowels are non-arbitrarily associated with words denoting small versus large referents (e.g., /i/ as in teensy and /ɑ/ as in tall). In the …