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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2025. Vol. 18, no. 2, 206–219
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2025180212
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

ENRuN database: emotional ratings of russian nouns

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. Databases with emotional ratings of stimuli are necessary for studying the processing of emotional information and in other studies where the control of emotional aspects of stimuli is required. Emotional tone of stimuli is traditionally assessed within two different approaches, dimensional (ratings on continuous dimensions) and categorical (ratings of associations with discreet emotional categories). Databases with emotional ratings of words exist in different languages, but few of them implement both approaches, although their combination allows for more subtle description of stimuli. Methods and materials. The article describes ENRuN (Emotional Norms for Russian Nouns) database that includes emotional ratings of 378 Russian nouns. Each word was rated within the dimensional (valence and arousal) and categorical approach (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and disgust). Results. The relationships between these parameters were found to be non-linear, which is discussed in the perspective of modern models of affect structure. Generally, the pattern of these relationships corresponds to the results obtained in other languages; this confirms the validity of the ratings. Conclusions. The ENRuN database can be used in a wide range of experimental studies of the processing of emotional stimuli.

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Keywords: ENRuN database, emotional ratings of words, dimensional approach, categorical approach, valence, arousal, emotion categories

Journal rubric: Tools

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2025180212

Funding. Support from the Basic Research Program of HSE University is gratefully acknowledged.

Supplemental data. Supplemental data. The ENRuN database is available from https://doi.org/www.10.13140/RG.2.2.33177.62566

Received 02.07.2024

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For citation: Lyusin, D.V., Sysoeva, T.A. (2025). ENRuN database: emotional ratings of russian nouns. Experimental Psychology (Russia), 18(2), 206–219. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2025180212

© Lyusin D.V., Sysoeva T.A., 2025

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Information About the Authors

Dmitry V. Lyusin, Candidate of Science (Education), Leading Research Fellow, Laboratory for Cognitive Research, HSE University, Leading Research Fellow, Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Creativity, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4429-8086, e-mail: ooch@mail.ru

Tatiana A. Sysoeva, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory for Cognitive Research, HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-3537, e-mail: tatiana.sysoeva@mail.ru

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