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Table 2 List of sleep-negative/neutral word pairs for ABM experimental and control conditions

From: The therapeutic potential of attentional bias modification training for insomnia: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Sleep-negative and neutral pairs

Neutral-neutral pairs

Sleep-negative word

Matched neutral word

Sleep-negative word

Matched neutral word

Ache

Melt

Lazy

Hint

Afraid

Artist

Lethargy

Teaspoon

Agitated

Carriers

Medication

Bottleneck

Alarm

Spray

Naps

Kits

Angry

Curve

Nightmare

Volunteer

Anxiety

Express

Overactive

Clearances

Coffee

Beside

Panicky

Infuser

Conflict

Advanced

Restless

Receiver

Delirious

Fragments

Sad

Cup

Desperate

Aesthetic

Sick

Pull

Disastrous

Curriculum

Sleepless

Advisable

Disengaged

Nonfiction

Sleepy

Wallet

Disorder

Compost

Sluggish

Decorate

Distract

Brochure

Snoring

Penguin

Distress

Creature

Stress

Links

Drowsy

Umpire

Suffer

Branch

Exhausted

Developed

Tense

Trick

Fatigue

Passive

Time

Look

Hopeless

Borrowed

Tired

Plain

Illness

Mustard

Unpleasant

Expedition

Inadequate

Initiative

Wakeful

Trolley

Irrational

Flashlight

Work

Life

Irritable

Appliance

Workload

Handbags

Jittery

Thermos

Worry

Theme

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