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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2010 Dec 21;86(3):230–238. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.12.003

Table 2.

Self-reported affect and engagement in response to Happiness Recall, Anger Recall and Stroop Color Word Task

Happiness Recall Anger Recall Stroop
Baseline Task Baseline Task Baseline Task
Happy 5.6 ± 2.5 7.8 ± 2.0 ** 5.2 ± 2.5 3.1 ± 2.0 ** 5.5 ± 2.5 4.4 ± 2.4 *
Angry 1.4 ± 0.7 1.2 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.4 6.7 ± 2.8 ** 1.3 ± 0.6 3.4 ± 3.0 **
Frustrated 2.0 ± 1.4 1.5 ± 1.0 * 1.7 ± 0.8 5.4 ± 2.7 ** 1.6 ± 0.9 5.9 ± 2.7 **
Depressed 1.4 ± 0.8 1.2 ± 0.6 1.3 ± 0.6 3.3 ± 2.6 ** 1.3 ± 0.6 1.9 ± 1.9
Interested 4.7 ± 3.0 6.3 ± 2.3 ** 4.5 ± 2.7 5.4 ± 2.8 * 4.2 ± 2.7 7.7 ± 1.7 **
In Control 4.5 ± 3.0 5.8 ± 2.7 * 4.6 ± 2.9 4.8 ± 2.8 4.9 ± 3.0 5.1 ± 2.9
*

= p < 0.05,

**

= p < 0.01 from baseline