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Abstract
This paper presents a controlled database of 80 neutral, negative, positive and taboo spoken French words rated by 166 participants on scales for emotional valence, arousal, threat value and shock value. Ratings were provided for each word spoken in a neutral and in an emotionally congruent tone of voice. The data point to the importance of taking into account various emotional dimensions of a stimulus: although strongly correlated, these emotional dimensions cannot be mingled and their impact on emotional evaluation varies according to the emotional category of the word. This also holds true for the influence of the tone of voice in which the words are uttered.
Highlights
Many studies are concerned with the influence of the emotional content of stimuli on cognitive processes
This paper presents a controlled database of 80 neutral, negative, positive and taboo spoken French words rated by 166 participants on scales for emotional valence, arousal, threat value and shock value
The present study provides norms for four emotional dimensions of a corpus of 80 spoken French words uttered in a neutral and in an emotionally congruent tone of voice
Summary
Many studies are concerned with the influence of the emotional content of stimuli on cognitive processes. The dot probe task (e.g., MacLeod, Mathews, & Tata, 1986), the emotional Stroop task (e.g., Pratto & John, 1991) and the emotional variant of the attentional cuing paradigm (e.g., Fox, Russo, Bowles, & Dutton, 2001) are most frequently used. In these studies, pictures, faces, and words are presented as emotional stimuli. The use of verbal material in these studies has been criticised Given their symbolic nature, written words may not threaten the participant as directly as do pictures (e.g., Mogg & Bradley, 1998). The significant effects of the emotional content of pictures which have been reported in unselected participants (e.g., Waters, Lipp, & Spence, 2004) are difficult to repli-
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