Autor segons l'article: Ferré P; Haro J; Huete-Pérez D; Fraga I
Departament: Psicologia
Autor/s de la URV: Ferré Romeu, Maria Pilar / Haro Rodriguez, Juan / Huete Pérez, Daniel
Paraules clau: Visual word recognition Valence Lexical decision task Emotionality effect Ambiguous words visual word recognition valence lexical decision task emotionality effect
Resum: There is substantial evidence that affectively charged words (e.g., party or gun) are processed differently from neutral words (e.g., pen), although there are also inconsistent findings in the field. Some lexical or semantic variables might explain such inconsistencies, due to the possible modulation of affective word processing by these variables. The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which affective word processing is modulated by semantic ambiguity. We conducted a large lexical decision study including semantically ambiguous words (e.g., cataract) and semantically unambiguous words (e.g., terrorism), analysing the extent to which reaction times (RTs) were influenced by their affective properties. The findings revealed a valence effect in which positive valence made RTs faster, whereas negative valence slowed them. The valence effect diminished as the semantic ambiguity of words increased. This decrease did not affect all ambiguous words, but was observed mainly in ambiguous words with incongruent affective meanings. These results highlight the need to consider the affective properties of the distinct meanings of ambiguous words in research on affective word processing.
Àrees temàtiques: Psychology, experimental Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Physiology (medical) Physiology Neuropsychology and physiological psychology Medicine (miscellaneous) General psychology General medicine Experimental and cognitive psychology Ciencias sociales
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: daniel.huete@urv.cat daniel.huete@urv.cat mariadelpilar.ferre@urv.cat juan.haro@urv.cat
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-8851-963X 0000-0001-8851-963X 0000-0002-3192-0040 0000-0002-3456-4731
Data d'alta del registre: 2024-07-27
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747021821990003
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referència a l'article segons font original: Quarterly Journal Of Experimental Psychology. 74 (7): 1234-1243
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Ferré P; Haro J; Huete-Pérez D; Fraga I (2021). Emotionality effects in ambiguous word recognition: The crucial role of the affective congruence between distinct meanings of ambiguous words. Quarterly Journal Of Experimental Psychology, 74(7), 1234-1243. DOI: 10.1177/1747021821990003
DOI de l'article: 10.1177/1747021821990003
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2021
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications