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Figure 4.3. Examples of stimuli. Stimuli were shown in colour for the<br />

experiment. One pair each of negative objects, neutral objects, positive objects<br />

and neutral backgrounds were used to create 12 versions of each scene to allow<br />

counterbalancing of whether items shown at test were same, similar or new in<br />

comparison to items shown at study.<br />

The ratings obtained for Experiment 5 were used to match the negative,<br />

neutral and positive groups of stimuli for ratings of perceptual features and<br />

familiarity and to provide distinct groups of emotional valence and arousal. It<br />

was more difficult to obtain close matches between the ratings of negative,<br />

neutral and positive object pair groups in this experiment than in Experiment 5<br />

due to the necessity of ensuring that scenes were contextually and graphically<br />

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