Cross-validating the Berlin Affective Word List.

Full Abstract

We introduce the Berlin Affective Word List (BAWL) in order to provide researchers with a German database containing both emotional valence and imageability ratings for more than 2,200 German words. The BAWL was cross-validated using a forced choice valence decision task in which two distinct valence categories (negative or positive) had to be assigned to a highly controlled selection of 360 words according to varying emotional content (negative, neutral, or positive). The reaction time (RT) results corroborated the valence categories:
Words that had been rated as "neutral" in the norms yielded maximum RTs. The BAWL is intended to help researchers create stimulus materials for a wide range of experiments dealing with the emotional processing of words.

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Author information

Author/s: Võ, Melissa L H (ML); Jacobs, Arthur M (AM); Conrad, Markus (M);

Affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. lehoa(-atsign-)psy.uni-muenchen.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Validation Studies

Journal: Behavior research methods (Behav Res Methods), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Nov; vol 38 (issue 4) : pp 606-9

Dates: Created 2007/03/30; Completed 2007/05/01; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17393831, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult
Affect
Databases as Topic
Female
Germany

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