A Cognitive Study of Happiness Metaphors in Persian and English

Safarnejad, Fatemeh; Ho-Abdullah, Imran; Awal, Norsimah Mat

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.015

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“…In addition, the results of this study support the learned connection theory of colour. Orange has a positive meaning and represents warmth, pleasure and satisfaction (Safarnejad et al, 2014). Colour-related emotions are highly dependent on personal preference and one's past experience with that particular colour (Kaya & Epps, 2004).…”

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Can orange colour facilitate the processing of happiness? An exploration study on happiness metaphor

Hui,

Kong,

Lin

et al. 2023

Int J Psychol

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Colour is a ubiquitous perceptual stimulus, and theoretical models of colour and psychological functioning posit that colour plays a key role in influencing the behaviour and mental function of a person. One investigation and two experiments investigated the colour metaphor representation of happiness concepts and the mapping mode of the colour metaphor of happiness concepts. A questionnaire was conducted to explore the relationship between colour preference and happiness. Study 2 shows that the identification of happiness words was facilitated more when words were viewed on an orange background than when viewed on a blue background. Study 3 further verifies the links of the connection between colour and happiness at the sentence level, and the orange‐happiness facilitation effect was replicated. These results document a novel influence of colour on emotion recognition processes, where an orange background may facilitate the processing of the concept of happiness and provide support for conceptual metaphor theory and colour‐in‐context theory.

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Can orange colour facilitate the processing of happiness? An exploration study on happiness metaphor

Hui,

Kong,

Lin

et al. 2023

Int J Psychol

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“…There are two potential accounts for why blue and gray backgrounds did not affect facial expression judgments. First, according to the conceptual metaphor theory, "happiness is light" (Safarnejad et al, 2014;Yu, 1995), whereas "sadness is dark" (Forceville and Renckens, 2013). The lightness-happiness association is observable in phrases such as "feeling bright" and "bright future" in English and Japanese (i.e., the future is expected to be happy and successful).…”

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Effects of color–emotion association on facial expression judgments

Takei

Imaizumi

2022

Heliyon

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Color and emotion are metaphorically associated in the human mind. This color-emotion association affects perceptual judgment. For example, stimuli representing colors can affect judgment of facial expressions. The present study examined whether colors associated with happiness (e.g., yellow) and sadness (e.g., blue and gray) facilitate judgments of the associated emotions in facial expressions. We also examined whether temporal proximity between color and facial stimuli interacts with any of these effects. Participants were presented with pictures of a happy or sad face against a yellow-, blue-, or gray-colored background and asked to judge whether the face represented happiness or sadness as quickly as possible. The face stimulus was presented simultaneously (Experiment 1) or preceded for one second by the colored background (Experiment 2). The analysis of response time showed that yellow facilitated happiness judgment, while neither blue nor gray facilitated sadness judgment. Moreover, the effect was found only when the face and color stimuli were presented simultaneously. The results imply that the association of sadness with blue and gray is weak and, consequently, does not affect emotional judgment. Our results also suggest that temporal proximity is critical for the effect of the color-emotion association (e.g., yellow-happiness) on emotional judgment.

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“…There are two potential accounts for why blue and gray backgrounds did not affect facial expression judgments. First, according to the conceptual metaphor theory, "happiness is light" (Safarnejad et al, 2014;Yu, 1995), whereas "sadness is dark" (Forceville & Renckens, 2013). The lightness-happiness association is observable in phrases such as "feeling bright" and "bright future" in English and Japanese (i.e., the future is expected to be happy and successful).…”

Section: Yellow-happiness But Not Blue/gray-sadness Association Affects Emotional Judgmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of color–emotion association on facial expression judgments

Takei¹,

Imaizumi²

2021

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Color and emotion are metaphorically associated in the human mind. This color–emotion association affects perceptual judgment. For example, stimuli representing colors can affect judgment of facial expressions. The present study examined whether colors associated with happiness (e.g., yellow) and sadness (e.g., blue and gray) facilitate judgments of the associated emotions in facial expressions. We also examined whether temporal proximity between color and facial stimuli interacts with any of these effects. Participants were presented with pictures of a happy or sad face against a yellow-, blue-, or gray-colored background and asked to judge whether the face represented happiness or sadness as quickly as possible. The face stimulus was presented simultaneously (Experiment 1) or preceded for one second by the colored background (Experiment 2). The analysis of response time showed that yellow facilitated happiness judgment, while neither blue nor gray facilitated sadness judgment. Moreover, the effect was found only when the face and color stimuli were presented simultaneously. The results imply that the association of sadness with blue and gray is weak and, consequently, does not affect emotional judgment. Our results also suggest that temporal proximity is critical for the effect of the color–emotion association (e.g., yellow–happiness) on emotional judgment.

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A Cognitive Study of Happiness Metaphors in Persian and English

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Can orange colour facilitate the processing of happiness? An exploration study on happiness metaphor

Can orange colour facilitate the processing of happiness? An exploration study on happiness metaphor

Effects of color–emotion association on facial expression judgments

Effects of color–emotion association on facial expression judgments

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