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Emotionality effects in ambiguous word recognition: The crucial role of the affective congruence between distinct meanings of ambiguous words

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    Identificador: imarina:9218899
    Autors:
    Ferré PHaro JHuete-Pérez DFraga I
    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.
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    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
  • Paraules clau:

    Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Medicine (Miscellaneous),Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology,Physiology,Physiology (Medical),Psychology,Psychology (Miscellaneous),Psychology, Experimental
    Visual word recognition
    Valence
    Lexical decision task
    Emotionality effect
    Ambiguous words
    visual word recognition
    valence
    lexical decision task
    emotionality effect
    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
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