A word with you?

Jul 13, 2007 09:02

Bellezza et al (1986) had a group of undergraduates rate words for pleasantness, familiarity, and imagery. They found that not only did men and women rate certain words differently, but that women used more extreme ratings in general on the pleasantness scale, and tended to rate words higher on imagery and familiarity. Men rated words including " ( Read more... )

word pleasantness, words, language, language tasks, gender differences, francis belleza, gender similarities

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differenceblog July 13 2007, 14:28:59 UTC
It is surprisingly hard to make money from blogging. But I have considered it.

I mean, my hobbies are literature reviews and data entry. There's got to be a way to turn that into a career, right?

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