The term "evolution" was chosen for its neutral connotation implying either a worsening or an improvement.
As this is a rather new variant possibly with neutral connotation (Chuang and Fon 2017), females from a more innovative 漳 Chiang dialect were rather open in adopting the category.
Are their positive, negative or neutral connotations to the casting of these characters?
These young adults know, from personal experience, that racial identity is a fluid, culturally determined phenomenon, and that how they are seen, racially, and whether that perception carries positive, negative or neutral connotations, depends on where they are.
On the basis of the adjectives selected and cluster analysis, it was found that "loud" in Japan, Sweden and China has neutral connotations, while "loud" in Germany and the U.S.A. has negative connotations.
Comparable research using images, facial expressions, or words with affective or neutral connotations revealed relatively robust effects of emotion on memory [32] [35].
There were high numbers of negative and neutral connotations associated with responses toward hearing aids.
No statistically significant differences were observed in neutral connotations reported by respondents among any of the four countries.
Figure 1 shows the frequency of the positive, negative, and neutral connotations for hearing loss-related aspects in all countries.
Figure 2 shows the positive, negative, and neutral connotations for hearing aid-related aspects in all countries.
