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. 2017 Apr 10;1:2470547017698140. doi: 10.1177/2470547017698140

Table 3.

Human laboratory tests for negative emotional states.

Negative emotionality
Negative emotional states Measure Reference Time to complete Type of task
Neuroclinical: anhedonia, hypohedonia, and dysphoria Approach Avoidance Task Heuer et al.115 10 min Behavioral
Two-step Task (model-free model-based) Sebold et al.116 15 min Behavioral
Beck Depression Inventory Beck et al.117 5 min Self-report
Fawcett-Clark Pleasure Scale Fawcett et al.107 5 min Self-report
Neuroclinical: anxiety, stress reactivity, and irritability Cyberball Williams and Jarvis118 10 min Behavioral
Trier Social Stress Test Kirschbaum et al.119 20 min Behavioral
Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory Buss and Durkee120 15 min Self-report
Neuroclinical: pain and hyperkatifeia Cold Pressor Task Lovallo121 10 min Behavioral
Toronto Alexithymia Scale Bagby et al.108 5 min Self-report
Facial Emotion Matching Task Hariri et al.122 10 min Neuroimaging
Neuroclinical: malaise, sleep disturbances, and arousal Malaise Inventory Rodgers et al.123 5 min Self-report
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Buysse et al.124 5 min Self-report
Behavioral Activation System Carver and White125 5 min Self-report