| A | Arousal |
| ANT | Animal Naming Task |
| APSD | Antisocial Process Screening Device |
| AUDIT-C | Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| BEAMs | Bivariate Evaluation and Ambivalence Measures |
| CDT | Clock Drawing Test |
| CES–D | 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale |
| CV | Computer Vision |
| DAST-10 | Drug Abuse Screening Test |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| EBIR | Emotional based image retrieval |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| ERP | Event-Related Potentials |
| FEDA | Experienced Attention Deficits Self-Rating Inventory |
| FFPI | Five Factor Personality Inventory |
| fMRI | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| FTP | Future Time Limit |
| GDS | Geriatric Depression Scale |
| HIS | Hachinski Ischemic Score |
| HRV | Heart Rate Variability |
| IADL | Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
| IAPS | International Afective Picture System |
| IVE | Impulsiveness, Venturesomeness and Empathy |
| K-WAIS | Korean Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| K-WPSI | Korean Wahler Physical Symptoms Inventory |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination |
| MRS | Modified Rating Scale |
| N.A. | Not Applicable |
| N.D. | No Difference |
| N.R | Not Reported |
| PANAS | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule |
| PANAS-X | Expanded version of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule |
| PBR | Population Reference Bureau |
| PC-PTSD | Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Screen |
| PHQ-9 | Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression-9 |
| PPT | Picture Presentation Type |
| RREP | Respiratory Related Evoked Potential |
| SAM | Self Assessment Manikin |
| SCL | Skin Conductance Level |
| SDQ | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| SDS | Self Depression Scale |
| SEEDs | Standardized Emotion Elicitation Databases |
| SHPMSQ | Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire |
| SPSRQ | Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire |
| STAI | State Trait Anxiety Inventory |
| US | United States |
| V | Valence |
| VA | Valence–Arousal |
| VAD | Valence–Arousal–Dominance |
| WAIS | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| WHD | Waterloo Handedness Questionnaire |
| WST | Wortschatztest [Vocabulary test] |
| ZKPQ | Zuckerman–Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire |