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. 2011 Dec 20;2:348. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00348

Latent semantic analysis cosines to taboo reference words for key-distractors of Arnell et al. (2007).

Neutral LSA Positive LSA Negative LSA Taboo LSA
Aisle 0.02 Beauty 0.08 Broken 0.07 Aids 0.03
Binder 0.08 Birthday 0.06 Decay 0.04 Ass 0.08
Blimp 0.03 Bouquet 0.05 Decline 0.11 Bastard 0.08
Butter 0 Champ 0.05 Dismay 0.09 Bitch 0.09
Card 0.02 Cheer 0.06 Dull 0.09 Clitoris 0.65
Chat 0.04 Flower 0.05 Faded 0.03 Cock 0.05
Chew 0.03 Friendly 0.13 Fail 0.15 Dildo 0.27
Dazzle 0.01 Fun 0.06 Feeble 0.1 Erotic 0.74
Desk 0.02 Glad 0.08 Guilt 0.32 Fire 0.02
Fish 0 Gold 0.04 Negative 0.12 Fuck 0.26
Gel 0 Happy 0.11 Poorly 0.23 Gun 0.02
Glove 0.03 Holiday 0.02 Punish 0.13 Incest 0.51
Guzzle 0.038 Joyful 0.04 Sad 0.02 Lesbians 0.37
Haggle 0.038 Leisure 0.09 Slave 0.03 Murder 0.07
Jacket 0.07 Prize 0.04 Slob 0.16 Naked 0.17
Justify 0.16 Sky 0.02 Suffer 0.22 Naughty 0.08
Loop 0.04 Smart 0.09 Tedious 0.1 Nipples 0.08
Planet 0.01 Smile 0.1 Thief 0.05 Orgasm 0.78
Ruffled 0.07 Sunny 0.01 Tired 0.03 Orgy 0
Spare 0.08 Sweet 0.06 Unhappy 0.14 Penis 0.76
Staple 0 Tender 0.08 Useless 0.06 Piss 0.03
Vote 0.08 Treasure 0.04 Weary 0.05 Rape 0.52
Wire 0.03 Vacation 0.06 Weep 0.04 Sexual 0.87
Zipper 0.01 Winner 0.04 Broken 0.07 Shit 0.09

All negative LSA values are replaced by zeros, and items that do not have LSA entries are replaced by group means. Threshold for taboo relatedness is 0.35.