Reading emotional words within sentences: The impact of arousal and valence on event-related potentials

Bayer, Mareike; Sommer, Werner; Schacht, Annekathrin

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.09.004

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“…This is in line with previous reports demonstrating modulations of emotion effects by varying task requirements (Bayer et al, 2010;Schupp et al, 2007a;Schacht & Sommer, 2009a,b). For instance, Schacht and Sommer 2009a using a lexical decision task reported an EPN in the same time range as it was observed in the present study.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Emotionality in a second language: It's a matter of time

Opitz¹,

Degner²

2012

Neuropsychologia

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Emotionality in a second language: It's a matter of time

Opitz¹,

Degner²

2012

Neuropsychologia

137

113

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“…During word processing, the LPC was the component of interest as our primary focus was in the intentional processing of these words (Brown et al, 2012;Citron, 2012). Consistent with the literature, a greater LPC over centro-parietal and parietal electrodes was expected to emerge for words high in valence, despite arousal levels (e.g., Bayer et al, 2010;Olofsson et al, 2008;Recio et al, 2014). That is, we did not expect an interaction of valence and arousal for LPC activity time locked to presentation of the cue.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Although both valence and arousal seem to impact the LPC they do not necessarily interact such that greater amplification is often observed in emotional relative to neutral items regardless of arousal level (Bayer et al, 2010;Citron et al, 2013). In contrast to the EPN, the LPC is reflective of explicit processing and allocation of attentional resources.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…fMRI studies have shown that processing of valence and arousal are supported by distinct brain networks (Kensinger & Corkin, 2004) and have varying temporal representations (Bayer, Sommer, & Schacht, 2010;Citron, Weekes, & Ferstl, 2013;Olofsson, Nordin, Sequeira, & Polich, 2008;Recio, Conrad, Hansen, & Jacobs, 2014). In the ERP literature, two prominent components associated with emotional word processing include the early posterior negativity (EPN) and the LPC (for reviews see Citron, 2012, and, Olofsson et al, 2008.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Neural modulation of directed forgetting by valence and arousal: An event-related potential study

Gallant

Dyson

2016

Brain Research

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Intentional forgetting benefits memory by removing no longer needed information and promoting processing of more relevant materials. This study sought to understand how the behavioural and neurophysiological representation of intentional forgetting would be impacted by emotion. We took a novel approach by examining the unique contribution of both valence and arousal on emotional directed forgetting. Participants completed an item directed forgetting task for positive, negative, and neutral words at high and lower levels of arousal while brain activity was recorded using electroencephalography (EEG). Behaviourally, recognition of to-beremembered (TBR) and to-be-forgotten (TBF) items varied as a function of valence and arousal with reduced directed forgetting for high arousing negative and neutral words. In the brain, patterns of frontal and posterior activation in response to TBF and TBR cues respectively replicated prior EEG evidence to support involvement of inhibitory and selective rehearsal mechanisms in item directed forgetting. Interestingly, emotion only impacted cue-related posterior activity, which varied depending on specific interactions between valence and arousal.Together, results suggest that the brain handles valence and arousal differently and highlights the importance of considering in a collective manner the multidimensional nature of emotion in experimentation.

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“…Some studies observe similar LPC effects for positive and negative words (Schacht), while other studies find bigger LPC for positive words (Herbert 2006), and yet other studies find a more negative ERP for emotionally negative words (Herbert 2008). A similar LPC effect has been found not only for single words, but also for emotion words embedded in sentence context (Bayer et al 2010;Holt et al 2008) and for emotional images (Schupp et al 2000). The LPC has been associated with motivational engagement (Schupp et al 2000), enhanced attention, and deeper stimulus encoding (Herbert et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 74%

Processing of Emotion Words by Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence from Reaction Times and EEG

Lartseva

Dijkstra

Kan

et al. 2014

J Autism Dev Disord

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This study investigated processing of emotion words in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using reaction times and event-related potentials (ERP). Adults with (n = 21) and without (n = 20) ASD performed a lexical decision task on emotion and neutral words while their brain activity was recorded. Both groups showed faster responses to emotion words compared to neutral, suggesting intact early processing of emotion in ASD. In the ERPs, the control group showed a typical late positive component (LPC) at 400-600 ms for emotion words compared to neutral, while the ASD group showed no LPC. The between-group difference in LPC amplitude was significant, suggesting that emotion words were processed differently by individuals with ASD, although their behavioral performance was similar to that of typical individuals.

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Reading emotional words within sentences: The impact of arousal and valence on event-related potentials

Cited by 123 publications

References 50 publications

Emotionality in a second language: It's a matter of time

Emotionality in a second language: It's a matter of time

Neural modulation of directed forgetting by valence and arousal: An event-related potential study

Processing of Emotion Words by Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence from Reaction Times and EEG

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