Table 2. Emotional word stimuli in Experiment 2.

					Valence
Stimuli	Pronunciation	Meaning	Stroke Counts	Condition	M	SD
?	Kou	Happiness	8	Positive Standard	2.58	1.63
?	Bou	Hope	11	Positive Deviant	2.52	1.16
?	Byo	Sickness	10	Negative Standard	7.40	1.58
?	Gai	Harm	10	Negative Deviant	7.43	1.53

Note. Ratings were on a scale ranging from 1 (positive) to 9 (negative).