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. 2022 Jul 8;13:894034. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894034

TABLE 3B.

Mean causal material and causal agent property ratings taken across all participants are indicated in each table entry, with rows corresponding to one of the fourteen sound tokens and columns corresponding to the five materials and one agent.

Category Sound name Wood Metal Air Liquid Body Agent
Neutral (N1) Tool scraping 1.3 4.9 1.3 1.0 1.4 3.5
Unpleasant (U1) Fork scraping plate 1.3 5.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 4.3
Neutral (N2) Ringing church bells 1.3 5.0 1.8 1.1 1.2 3.0
Unpleasant (U2) Ringing fire alarm 1.2 4.9 1.6 1.1 1.2 2.1
Neutral (N3) Squeezing spray bottle 2.0 2.1 3.3 1.9 1.8 3.3
Misophonic (M3) Nose sniffling 1.3 1.1 4.0 1.2 4.8 4.8
Neutral (N4) Sink draining 1.1 1.2 1.3 4.9 2.3 3.5
Misophonic (M4) Slurping beverage 1.0 1.1 1.7 4.5 4.3 4.7
Neutral (N5) Stirring cereal 2.6 1.8 1.3 3.7 2.3 3.6
Misophonic (M5) Chewing food 3.3 1.7 1.2 1.6 3.1 3.9
Neutral (N6) Woodpecker tapping 4.2 1.9 1.3 1.1 1.7 3.8
Misophonic (M6) Clicking a pen 2.1 3.5 1.3 1.2 2.1 4.0
Pleasant (P7) Wind blowing 1.2 1.6 4.9 1.4 1.5 1.9
Pleasant (P7) Stream flowing 1.1 1.2 1.3 5.0 1.9 2.1

The intended valence category (neutral, unpleasant, misophonic, or pleasant) is indicated in the far-left column. Properties judged to have the highest likelihood of being the cause of a sound are colored in blue (mean > 4.0). Entries colored in green indicate means >3 and <=4. Entries colored in yellow indicate means >2 and <=3.