Table 4. Spearman’s Rho correlations between the characteristics of adjectives related to different senses and characteristics of pleasantness judgments of experience mentally reactivated by means of these adjectives.
| Adjectives related to vision | |||||||
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
| 1. Intensity of reported emotions | .57*** | -.57*** | -.28** | .21* | <-.01 | .09 | .10 |
| 2. Pleasantness of reported emotions | -.49*** | -.37*** | .15 | .04 | .15 | .13 | |
| 3. Time of pleasantness judgment | .56*** | -.27** | -.18* | .14 | .15 | ||
| 4. AoA of the adjectives | -.45*** | -.37*** | .20* | .18* | |||
| 5. Adjective frequency | .33*** | -.28** | -.32*** | ||||
| 6. Imageability of the adjectives | -.15 | -.20* | |||||
| 7. Length | .81*** | ||||||
| 8. Number of syllables | |||||||
| Adjectives related to hearing | |||||||
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
| 1. Intensity of reported emotions | .29** | -.65*** | -.16 | .21* | .19* | -.07 | -.10 |
| 2. Pleasantness of reported emotions | -.35*** | -.02 | .13 | .21* | .05 | .05 | |
| 3. Time of pleasantness judgment | .45*** | -.35*** | -.55*** | .39*** | .39*** | ||
| 4. AoA of the adjectives | -.56*** | -.54*** | .42*** | .39*** | |||
| 5. Adjective frequency | .29** | -.36*** | -.35*** | ||||
| 6. Imageability of the adjectives | -.31*** | -.27** | |||||
| 7. Length | .91*** | ||||||
| 8. Number of syllables | |||||||
| Adjectives related to skin sensations | |||||||
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
| 1. Intensity of reported emotions | .22* | -.54*** | -.25** | .22* | .33*** | -.18 | -.12 |
| 2. Pleasantness of reported emotions | -.13 | .00 | .19* | .20* | .04 | .10 | |
| 3. Time of pleasantness judgment | .49*** | -.55*** | -.55*** | .48*** | .47*** | ||
| 4. AoA of the adjectives | -.51*** | -.52*** | .38*** | .41*** | |||
| 5. Adjective frequency | .32*** | -.46*** | -.45*** | ||||
| 6. Imageability of the adjectives | -.11 | -.11 | |||||
| 7. Length | .87*** | ||||||
| 8. Number of syllables | |||||||
| Adjectives related to taste | |||||||
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
| 1. Intensity of reported emotions | .58*** | -.54*** | -.24** | .14 | .33*** | .12 | .12 |
| 2. Pleasantness of reported emotions | -.57*** | -.33*** | .09 | .47*** | .08 | .09 | |
| 3. Time of pleasantness judgment | .41*** | -.29** | -.49*** | .18* | .16 | ||
| 4. AoA of the adjectives | -.47*** | -.56*** | .28** | .16 | |||
| 5. Adjective frequency | .15 | -.52*** | -.51*** | ||||
| 6. Imageability of the adjectives | .02 | .05 | |||||
| 7. Length | .85*** | ||||||
| 8. Number of syllables | |||||||
| Adjectives related to olfaction | |||||||
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
| 1. Intensity of reported emotions | -.02 | -.54*** | -.17 | .16 | .33*** | .04 | -.03 |
| 2. Pleasantness of reported emotions | -.25** | -.42*** | .10 | .19* | .14 | .08 | |
| 3. Time of pleasantness judgment | .49*** | -.23* | -.52*** | .11 | .21* | ||
| 4. AoA of the adjectives | -.56*** | -.42*** | .37*** | .34*** | |||
| 5. Adjective frequency | .37*** | -.48*** | -.44*** | ||||
| 6. Imageability of the adjectives | -.17 | -.27** | |||||
| 7. Length | .87*** | ||||||
| 8. Number of syllables | |||||||
*—p < .05.
**—p < .01.
***—p < .001.