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. 2018 Apr 30;51(2):493–506. doi: 10.3758/s13428-018-1048-1

Table 3.

Summary of the validation data in the UK, including the mean, range, and median of the chance-corrected recognition rates (CCRs), as well as the mean valence, arousal, and intensity for the 20 emotions (and neutral) portrayed by British actors (per intensity of expression, when applicable)

Emotion Expressed Intensity N
Stimuli
N
Respondents
Chance-Corrected Accuracy (%) Mean Emotional Ratings
Mean (SD) Range Median Intensity (SD) Valence (SD) Arousal (SD)
Afraid Low 10 213 23 (30) 0–89 11 3.32 (0.34) 2.19 (0.39) 3.02 (0.30)
High 30 642 29 (30) 0–94 23 3.46 (0.38) 2.21 (0.40) 3.23 (0.31)
Angry Low 10 211 16 (17) 0–48 9 3.11 (0.33) 2.45 (0.19) 3.02 (0.37)
High 35 750 40 (29) 0–95 43 3.56 (0.49) 2.29 (0.32) 3.24 (0.41)
Ashamed High 29 612 22 (31) 0–88 0 3.13 (0.37) 2.27 (0.29) 3.01 (0.31)
Bored High 33 704 38 (29) 0–84 40 3.25 (0.35) 2.31 (0.37) 2.99 (0.28)
Disappointed High 24 518 56 (33) 0–95 58 3.23 (0.43) 2.33 (0.39) 3.06 (0.32)
Disgusted Low 8 168 58 (29) 0–88 65 3.48 (0.32) 2.19 (0.44) 3.08 (0.32)
High 29 620 45 (35) 0–94 48 3.51 (0.30) 2.29 (0.50) 3.26 (0.31)
Excited High 35 747 50 (31) 0–95 54 3.65 (0.35) 3.73 (0.56) 3.37 (0.32)
Frustrated High 27 578 60 (26) 0–100 60 3.58 (0.45) 2.33 (0.28) 3.19 (0.39)
Happy Low 4 90 24 (24) 0–53 32 3.00 (0.33) 3.58 (0.27) 2.80 (0.31)
High 42 890 34 (33) 0–100 22 3.39 (0.43) 3.44 (0.62) 3.12 (0.42)
Hurt High 26 555 40 (32) 0–94 46 3.33 (0.33) 2.32 (0.32) 3.21 (0.35)
Interested High 34 724 46 (32) 0–100 47 3.22 (0.38) 3.39 (0.42) 2.93 (0.32)
Jealous High 25 537 17 (24) 0–71 4 3.50 (0.32) 2.14 (0.29) 3.20 (0.30)
Joking High 30 633 44 (32) 0–89 46 3.27 (0.36) 3.57 (0.40) 3.04 (0.35)
Kind High 36 770 22 (29) 0–82 7 3.27 (0.27) 3.57 (0.39) 3.04 (0.30)
Proud High 35 747 40 (34) 0–100 46 3.16 (0.33) 3.64 (0.43) 3.03 (0.37)
Sad Low 10 212 38 (31) 0–88 32 3.12 (0.45) 2.41 (0.49) 2.94 (0.46)
High 31 662 43 (27) 0–90 47 3.08 (0.42) 2.44 (0.41) 2.98 (0.38)
Sneaky High 23 487 44 (32) 0–100 52 2.92 (0.46) 2.78 (0.36) 2.77 (0.36)
Surprised Low 12 255 63 (18) 29–82 70 3.22 (0.40) 3.41 (0.47) 2.97 (0.40)
High 24 516 46 (24) 0–89 49 3.58 (0.41) 3.36 (0.49) 3.29 (0.42)
Unfriendly High 32 681 25 (23) 0–76 27 3.09 (0.48) 2.41 (0.49) 2.97 (0.49)
Worried High 28 605 67 (19) 15–94 71 3.55 (0.44) 2.28 (0.26) 3.24 (0.38)
Neutral High 33 709 33 (20) 0–70 29 2.45 (0.33) 2.72 (0.28) 2.43 (0.33)

SD refers to the standard deviation