Commentary: Scalar diversity, negative strengthening, and adjectival semantics.

Front Psychol · 2025 · PMC12537432 · PMID 41127374

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The arousal of the stronger adjective was only marginally significant in the full model, while the valence of both the weak and strong adjectives were not significant predictors, suggesting minimal impact of valence on SI derivation.

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