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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Mar;23(1):77–90. doi: 10.1037/a0014288

Appendix Table A1.

Words used in the modified Stroop task.

Neutral Unpleasanta Pleasanta Smokingb
antonym assault aroused ashtray
byline bomb bold burn
binder bullet breast butt
colon coffin caress carton
comma crime cute cigarette
diction drown desire drag
files fight fantasy filter
font flood flirt flavor
italic injury intercourse inhalation
leaflets leprosy lust lighter
margin massacre magical matches
metaphor maniac merry menthol
narrator needle naked nicotine
printer panic passion pack
prose poison pleasure puff
simile snake sexy smell
syntax spider spouse smoke
thesis terrorist taste tar
text torture terrific taste
typed trauma thrill tobacco
a

Taken from Bradley & Lang, 1999

b

Adapted from Wertz & Sayette, 2001