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. 2013 Aug 22;4:505. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00505

Table 1.

Post-session film rating means (bold) and standard deviations (regular) for Happy Feet and Sophie's Choice clips seen in the EEG experiment (left) or the behavioral post-test (right), on a 7-point adjective rating scale (1 = not at all, 7 = very).

Film rating (1 = not at all, 7 = very) EEG experiment Behavioral experiment
Happy Feet Sophie's Choice F(1, 30) p Happy Feet Sophie's Choice F(1, 38) p
Cheerful (“vrolijk”) 6.13 1.50 1173.4 000*** 5.95 1.50 342.8 000***
0.6 0.6 0.9 0.6
Funny (“grappig”) 5.75 1.47 608.1 000*** 5.65 1.30 429.3 000***
0.8 0.7 0.8 0.5
Sad (“zielig”) 3.23 5.75 131.4 000*** 2.90 6.15 94.8 000***
1.3 0.8 1.4 0.5
Moving (“aangrijpend”) 2.47 5.88 246.5 000*** 3.70 6.35 59.6 000***
1.3 0.7 1.4 0.7
Intense (“heftig”) 1.69 5.59 458.7 000*** 1.80 5.80 158.3 000***
0.6 1.0 1.0 1.0
Complicated (“ingewikkeld”) 1.56 3.31 58.8 000*** 1.35 3.60 57.7 000***
0.6 1.3 0.6 1.2
Beautiful (“mooi”) 4.75 4.81 0.0 828 5.20 4.85 1.0 319
0.9 1.2 1.0 1.2
Interesting (“interessant”) 4.13 5.44 26.3 000*** 4.30 5.75 17.4 000***
1.0 0.9 1.3 0.9
Exciting (“spannend”) 2.97 4.57 48.2 000*** 2.80 5.10 31.9 000***
1.2 1.0 1.5 1.0
Boring (“saai”) 1.75 2.26 3.7 063 1.85 1.80 0.0 854
0.8 1.2 1.0 0.7

F-tests reflect differences in rating of Happy Feet and Sophie's Choice clips, analyzed within-participants in the EEG study and between-participants in the behavioral experiment.

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p < 0.001.