The problem of the measurement of emotion is a widely debated one. In this article we propose an instrument, the Homogenization of Classification Functions Measure (HOCFUN), designed for assessing the influence of emotional arousal on a rating task consisting of the evaluation of a sequence of images. The instrument defines an indicator (κ) that measures the degree of homogenization of the ratings given over 2 rating scales (pleasant-unpleasant and relevant-irrelevant). Such a degree of homogenization is interpreted as the effect of emotional arousal on thinking and therefore lends itself to be used as a marker of emotional arousal. A preliminary study of validation was implemented. The association of the κ indicator with 3 additional indicators was analyzed. Consistent with the hypotheses, the κ indicator proved to be associated, even if weakly and nonlinearly, with a marker of the homogenization of classification functions derived from a separate rating task and with 2 indirect indicators of emotional activation: the speed of performance on the HOCFUN task and an indicator of mood intensity. Taken as a whole, such results provide initial evidence supporting the HOCFUN construct validity.

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分类功能测量的同质化（HOCFUN）：一种测量思维中情感唤醒的显着性的方法。

测量情绪的问题是一个广泛争论的问题。在本文中，我们提出了一种工具，即“分类函数均等化”（HOCFUN），该工具旨在评估情绪唤起对评分任务的影响，评分任务包括对图像序列的评估。仪器定义了一个指标（κ），用于衡量在2个等级量表（令人愉快-不愉快和相关-不相关）上给出的评分的同质化程度。如此程度的同质化被解释为情感唤醒对思维的影响，因此很适合用作情感唤醒的标志。进行了验证的初步研究。分析了κ指标与3个其他指标的关联。与假设一致，κ指标被证明是相关的，即使是弱的和非线性的，也具有来自单独的评估任务的分类函数的同质性标记，并且具有2种间接的情绪激活指标：HOCFUN任务的执行速度和情绪强度指标。总的来说，这些结果提供了支持HOCFUN构建体有效性的初步证据。