Table 2.
Means (M) and standard deviation (SD) for English emotion-label, emotion-laden, and neutral words.
| Positive words | Negative words | Neutral words | Label | Laden | Label | Laden | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valence | 5.5 (1.17) | 5.5 (1.16) | 2.6 (1.28) | 2.5 (1.27) | 4.1 (0.78) | ||||
| Familiarity | 6.6 (0.96) | 6.7 (0.71) | 6.6 (0.89) | 6.6 (0.94) | 6.6 (0.83) | ||||
| Arousal | 5.3 (1.26) | 5.2 (1.24) | 5.4 (1.21) | 5.2 (1.31) | 3.1 (1.52) | ||||
| Concreteness | 5.2 (0.98) | 5.2 (1.18) | 5.2 (0.95) | 5.1 (1.08) | 5.2 (1.39) | ||||
| Length | 7.5 (2.00) | 7.7 (1.54) | 7.5 (1.93) | 7.5 (2.22) | 7.5 (1.57) | ||||