In order to explore the affective priming effect of emotion-label words and emotion-laden words, the current study used unmasked (Experiment 1) and masked (Experiment 2) priming paradigm by including emotion-label words (e.g., sadness, anger) and emo...
The dissociation between emotion-label and emotion-laden words has been investigated in both behavioral and electrophysiological studies. However, how individual differences modulates the processing of emotional words has not been fully explored. Tra...
Words are the basic units of language and vital for comprehending the language system. Lexical processing research has always focused on either conceptual or affective word meaning. Previous studies have indirectly compared the conceptual and affecti...
Research using traditional experimental paradigms (e.g., Priming, Stroop and Simon tasks), narratives and interview type data have revealed that bilingual speakers process and express emotion differently in their two languages. In the current study,...
Warmth and competence are fundamental dimensions of social cognition. This also applies to the interpretation of ambiguous symbolic stimuli in terms of their relation to warmth or competence. The affective state of an individual may affect the way pe...
Traditional sentiment analysis methods use lexicons or machine learning models to classify text as positive or negative. These approaches are unable to capture nuance or intensity in short or informal texts. We propose a novel method that uses the Se...
Controversial events are social incidents that trigger wide discussion and strong emotions, often touching on public interests, moral judgment, or social values. Their diffusion typically involves moral evaluations and affect-laden language. Prior wo...
Globally, the effects of widowhood on the welfare, health, financial security and education of the widow’s children in many contexts have been the subject of much research. This paper aims to uncover the nexus among culture, gender and language...