This account of the literature on the relationships among imagery, concreteness, emotionality, meaningfulness, and pleasantness shows high test-retest reliability for all five attributes which are stable for subjects of both genders and of several nationalities. Gender differences and the influence of attributes on other attributes are also examined.
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