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 |