Table 1.

Valence and arousal values for each category of pictures

Picture categories	Emotional valence	Arousal
Pleasant-body	7.40 ± 0.98	6.10 ± 1.40
Pleasant-nonbody	7.45 ± 0.85	6.40 ± 1.10
Neutral-body	5.30 ± 1.20	6.05 ± 1.04
Neutral-nonbody	5.43 ± 0.95	6.00 ± 0.90
Unpleasant-body	2.10 ± 0.70	6.45 ± 0.80
Unpleasant-nonbody	2.20 ± 0.93	6.39 ± 1.15

Valence scores range from 1 (very unpleasant) to 9 (very pleasant), whereas arousal scores range from 1 (calm) to 9 (excited). Values did not differ significantly between body and nonbody subsets for both pleasant and unpleasant groups. Values are expressed as mean ± SD.