"Participants then categorized a variety of clearly valenced [i.e. obviously positive or negative] words (e.g. "poison" or "gift") as pleasant or unpleasant..."
Let's hope this was done among a non-German-speaking sample.
I have to say, it took a couple of minutes on Google for me to figure this one out. Major coincidence, assuming the researcher writing this didn't know what he was saying.
I have to say, it took a couple of minutes on Google for me to figure this one out. Major coincidence, assuming the researcher writing this didn't know what he was saying.
ReplyDeleteI forget that not everyone has the story of Tante Inge and the nut flavored ice cream seared -- seared -- on their memory:
ReplyDeleteTante Inge says she doesn't want any of the Nuss Eis and her nephew asks, "Ist Eis denn Gift?"