Table 2 Stimulus words in the word-valence identification task
| Stimulus category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonal words | Emotionally salient words | |||
| Winter | Summer | Negative | Positive | Neutral |
|
Blizzard Chill Cloudy Cold Damp Darkness December Dreary February Frost Gray Hibernate Icy Indoors Sledding Snow Snowshoeing Snowy Windy Winter |
August Autumn Boating Brightest Camp Getaways Heat Hot July June May Midsummer Outdoors Picnics Spring Summer Sunny Sunshine Vacation Warm |
Awful Bad Biased Bothers Disgusting Frustrating Hateful Horrendous Horrible Horrid Hostile Negative Shameful Sorry Terrible Ugly Unhelpful Unpleasant Weird Worrying |
Cheerful Confident Constructive Delighted Exciting Fantastic Fortunate Grateful Happy Healthy Pleased Satisfied Successful Supportive Terrific Thankful Thrilled Upbeat Uplifting Welcoming |
Agnostic Analyst Cautious Dull Flat Hold Impartial Intact Lowered Mediate Preferred Purely Rating Sell Sided Subjective Tact Tense Unbiased Upgraded |