Table 1. Distribution of beauty ratings in Experiments 1A,B (N = 20 each) and Experiment 2 (N =22).

For each stimulus category with or without an added task. Beauty ratings: “definitely not” (B = 0); “perhaps no” (1); perhaps yes (2); “definitely yes” (3). The teddy bear was used only in Experiment 1B. See also Figure S4.

Stimulus Kind	Count without Task				%	Count with Task				%
Beauty Rating	0	1	2	3		0	1	2	3
Experiment 1Aa
Self-selected beautiful	0	0	2	18	90	1	2	9	8	40
High-valence IAPS	0	1	3	16	80	0	5	12	3	15
Mid-valence IAPS	0	8	10	2	10	5	6	5	4	20
Neutral IKEA	8	9	3	0	0	10	8	2	0	0
Candy	4	3	7	6	30	4	2	8	6	30
Experiment 1Ba
Self-selected beautiful	0	0	3	17	85	0	0	9	11	55
High-valence IAPS	0	2	8	10	50	0	4	11	5	25
Mid-valence IAPS	6	1	8	5	25	3	5	9	3	15
Neutral IKEA	9	4	5	2	10	8	6	6	0	0
Candy	5	2	6	7	35	6	6	7	1	5
Teddy bear	2	5	7	6	30	5	5	5	5	25
Experiment 2b
Self-selected beautiful	0	0	0	22	100	1	0	4	17	77
High-valence IAPS	1	3	9	9	41	2	4	8	8	36
Mid-valence IAPS	4	6	7	5	23	4	5	9	4	18
Neutral IKEA	9	4	9	0	0	12	7	3	0	0
Candy	2	2	8	10	45	1	5	11	5	23

For each stimulus, category is with or without an added task. Beauty ratings: “definitely not” (B = 0); “perhaps no” (1); perhaps yes (2); “definitely yes” (3). The teddy bear was used only in experiment 1B.

See also Figure S4.

^aN = 20 each.

^bN = 22.