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September 10, 2025Behavior Research MethodsOpen Access

Reward as a facet of word meaning: Ratings of motivation for 8,601 English words

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DGDoina-Irina GiurgeaPPPenny M. PexmanRBRichard J. Binney

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Overview

Psycholinguistic analysis reveals distinct roles of reward and motivation in semantic processing.

Key Points

  • Motivation ratings for 8,601 words were found to capture unique aspects of word meaning, influencing performance on memory tasks.
  • Behavioral and neurophysiological analyses indicate that reward processing involves distinct mechanisms for pleasure and motivation.
  • A preregistered study established the relevance of reward in semantic processing, utilizing a large-scale participant dataset.
  • Findings suggest combining motivation and emotional valence ratings does not yield additional predictive power for word meaning.

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Giurgea et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a3f954b1d3bfb60ddffbhttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02762-8
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