Tone, T., & Muraoka, M. (1975). The relation between length of verbalization and complexity of figures: the verbal-loop hypothesis. Japanese Psychological Research, 17(4), 213-215.

According to the verbal-loop hypothesis, the complexity of line drawings is determined by the number of words needed to describe them. 40 Japanese undergraduates described 10 line drawings in Japanese and rated their complexity. The correlation of length of verbalization and rated complexity was low contrary to the consequence of hypothesis.