TABLE 5.

Comparison on means for the association strength of five tastes and 13 basic emotion from study 3 and study 4.

Anger			Anxiety			Contempt			Depression			Disgust
Taste	Study 3	Study 4	Taste	Study 3	Study 4 (anxious)	Taste	Study 3	Study 4	Taste	Study 3	Study 4	Taste	Study 3	Study 4 (disgusted)
Spicy	4.09	4.00	Bitter	3.16	3.13	Sour	2.06	2.73	Bitter	4.11	4.20	Bitter	2.78	3.43
Bitter	1.99	3.13	Sour	2.53	2.57	Bitter	1.97	2.87	Sour	2.18	2.67	Salty	2.30	1.97
Sour	1.48	2.10	Spicy	1.98	1.93	Spicy	1.87	1.87	Salty	1.93	1.53	Sour	2.18	3.40
Salty	1.41	1.70	Salty	1.89	1.83	Salty	1.63	1.33	Spicy	1.01	1.53	Spicy	1.17	1.23
Sweet	0.44	0.53	Sweet	0.77	0.80	Sweet	0.43	0.50	Sweet	0.63	0.37	Sweet	0.97	0.47
Envy			Fear			Happiness			Love
Taste	Study 3	Study 4	Taste	Study 3	Study 4	Taste	Study 3	Study 4 (happy)	Taste	Study 3	Study 4
Sour	3.88	3.70	Bitter	2.63	3.13	Sweet	4.61	4.53	Sweet	4.43	4.63
Bitter	2.78	3.20	Sour	1.83	2.17	Spicy	1.84	1.47	Spicy	2.05	2.53
Spicy	2.33	2.40	Spicy	1.72	2.40	Sour	1.27	1.20	Sour	1.58	2.73
Salty	1.96	1.53	Salty	1.61	1.53	Salty	1.21	1.13	Salty	1.18	2.07
Sweet	1.09	0.67	Sweet	0.49	0.40	Bitter	0.77	0.90	Bitter	0.87	2.57
Pride			Sadness			Shame			Surprise
Taste	Study 3	Study 4	Taste	Study 3	Study 4 (sad)	Taste	Study 3	Study 4 (shamed)	Taste	Study 3	Study 4 (surprised)
Sweet	3.18	2.63	Bitter	4.02	3.90	Bitter	2.60	2.73	Spicy	2.74	2.80
Spicy	1.89	1.57	Sour	2.84	3.10	Sour	2.34	2.77	Sour	2.12	2.23
Salty	1.01	1.43	Salty	2.32	2.23	Salty	1.82	1.77	Sweet	2.04	2.47
Bitter	0.80	1.43	Spicy	1.90	1.50	Spicy	1.23	1.37	Salty	1.51	1.63
Sour	0.78	1.40	Sweet	0.88	0.50	Sweet	0.58	0.80	Bitter	1.30	1.63

Some emotion words were of the different pattern (noun and adjective) in studies 3 and 4, e.g. for “anxiety” in the study 3, the paired word in study 4 was “anxious.”