Table 3.

Stimulus words in the three emotion categories

Neutral	Pleasant	Unpleasant
Apparat (apparatus)	Ferien (holidays)	Lügner (liar)
Stirn (forehead)	Freude (delight)	Alptraum (nightmare)
Begriff (concept)	Orgasmus (orgasm)	Opfer (victim)
Bewohner (inhabitant)	Geschenk (present)	Elend (misery)
Ding (thing)	Glück (happiness)	Folter (torture)
Thema (theme)	Liebe (love)	Selbstmord (suicide)
Geschirr (tableware)	Spass (fun)	Kerker (dungeon)
Inhalt (content)	Umarmung (hug)	Diktator (dictator)
Papier (paper)	Kuss (kiss)	Krieg (war)
Quadrat (square)	Vergnügen (amusement)	Panik (panic)

The stimulus words are listed in German language (as presented in the experiment) and with English translation in parentheses.