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General Instructions:
Welcome to the Language and Emotion study! Please wait until a researcher says you may begin. (Remains onscreen until the right arrow is pressed)
The goal of this experiment is to better understand how people react to language (6 sec)
You will be asked to complete three different tasks, followed by a short survey (6 sec)
Before we begin, please make sure your fingers are on the correct keys (6 sec)
Your right index finger should be on the left arrow key (6 sec)
Your right ring finger should be on the right arrow key (6 sec)
(keyboard diagram image) (4 sec)
If you are ready to begin, please press the right arrow key (...)
AMP Instructions:
Welcome to the first task! In this task, you will see a selection of words (6 sec)
After seeing each word, you will see a nonsense word (6 sec)
After this, you will see a string of "&" symbols (6 sec)
Upon seeing the "&" symbols, you will rate whether the nonsense word you just saw made you feel pleasant or unpleasant (10 sec)
If the nonsense word made you feel pleasant, press the right arrow key (6 sec)
If the nonsense word made you feel unpleasant, press the left arrow key (6 sec)
(AMP keys reminder image) (6 sec)
Remember you are rating the nonsense word, NOT the word that came before it (6 sec)
Let's do a practice round (6 sec)
When you are ready to begin press the right arrow key (...)
AMP practice round of (4 words)
Great job! (4 sec)
Remember that LEFT is unpleasant and RIGHT is pleasant (6 sec)
(AMP keys reminder image) (4 sec)
If you are ready to begin, please press the right arrow key (4 sec)
Let's go! (6 sec)
AMP (82 words x 4)
AMP Feedback
To what extent did you base your ratings on the nonsense words you saw? (Scale from 1-7; 1 = Not at all, 7 = Completely)
To what extent did you base your ratings on the words that appeared before the nonsense words? (Scale from 1-7; 1 = Not at all, 7 = Completely)
To what extent did you respond randomly in this task? (Scale from 1-7; 1 = Not at all, 7 = Completely)
LDT Instructions
Welcome to the second task! (line break) In this task, you will see a selection of words and nonsense words (6 sec)
You will see a word or a nonsense word quickly followed by a string of symbols (6 sec)
Upon seeing the symbols, you should decide as quickly as possible whether you saw a word or nonsense word (8 sec)
If you think you saw a real word, press the right arrow key (6 sec)
If you think you saw a nonsense word, press the left arrow key (6 sec)
Please make sure your fingers are in the correct place (6 sec)
(keyboard diagram image) (6 sec)
(LDT keys reminder image) (6 sec)
The words may be difficult to see, but please do the best you can (6 sec)
Let's do a practice round
When you are ready to begin, press the right arrow key
LDT Practice (2 words)
Great job! (6 sec)
Remember that LEFT is nonsense word and RIGHT is real word (6 sec)
(LDT keys reminder image) (6 sec)
If you are ready to begin, please press the right arrow key (6 sec)
LDT (200 words)
Welcome to the third task! In this task, you will see a selection of tweets
You will be asked to rate how the tweet made you feel.
If the tweet made you feel pleasant, press the RIGHT arrow key
If the tweet made you feel unpleasant, press the LEFT arrow key
(tweets keys reminder image)
When you are ready to begin, press the right arrow key
LDT Feedback
To what extent did you respond randomly in this task? (Scale from 1-7; 1 = Not at all, 7 = Completely)
Tweets (30)
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