Affective responses to emotional words are boosted in communicative situations

Rohr, Lana; Rahman, Rasha Abdel

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.01.031

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“…Source reconstructions of the generators of significant ERP differences were generated and statistically assessed with SPM8 for EEG (Litvak and Friston, 2008;Ló pez et al, 2014) following recommended procedures. First, a realistic boundary element head model was derived from SPM's template head model based on the MNI brain.…”

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“…First, a realistic boundary element head model was derived from SPM's template head model based on the MNI brain. Electrode positions were then transformed to match the template head, which generates reasonable results even when individual subjects' heads differ from the template (Litvak et al, 2011). Average electrode positions as provided by BioSemi were coregistered with the cortical mesh template for source reconstruction.…”

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“…The LPP occurs from ϳ500 ms after word presentation and is implicated in stimulus evaluation and memory processing (Kanske and Kotz, 2007;Herbert et al, 2008;Hofmann et al, 2009;Schacht and Sommer, 2009a). Emotional intensity plays an important role in amplifying ERPs, but EEG data further suggest distinct functional stages with initial alerting by negative stimuli and later evaluative processing favoring positive content , Luo et al, 2010.…”

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“…Communication theories posit that meaning is derived from interaction with others (Blumer, 1969), implying that the perceived identity of a communicative partner should affect the way language content is processed. When emotional content is communicated, context is likely to be especially important because emotional language is particularly relevant for humans (Barrett et al, 2007;Lieberman et al, 2007). Neuroscience research has amply demonstrated the prioritized processing of emotional language (for review, see .…”

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“…We chose a social feedback situation as a particularly salient context (Eisenberger et al, 2011;Korn et al, 2012). Participants were either told that a human would give them personal feedback by endorsing positive, negative, or neutral trait adjectives or they expected random feedback from a computer.…”

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Perceived Communicative Context and Emotional Content Amplify Visual Word Processing in the Fusiform Gyrus

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The personal significance of a language statement depends on its communicative context. However, this is rarely taken into account in neuroscience studies. Here, we investigate how the implied source of single word statements alters their cortical processing. Participants' brain event-related potentials were recorded in response to identical word streams consisting of positive, negative, and neutral trait adjectives stated to either represent personal trait feedback from a human or to be randomly generated by a computer. Results showed a strong impact of perceived sender. Regardless of content, the notion of receiving feedback from a human enhanced all components, starting with the P2 and encompassing early posterior negativity (EPN), P3, and the late positive potential (LPP). Moreover, negative feedback by the "human sender" elicited a larger EPN, whereas positive feedback generally induced a larger LPP. Source estimations revealed differences between "senders" in visual areas, particularly the bilateral fusiform gyri. Likewise, emotional content enhanced activity in these areas. These results specify how even implied sender identity changes the processing of single words in seemingly realistic communicative settings, amplifying their processing in the visual brain. This suggests that the concept of motivated attention extends from stimulus significance to simultaneous appraisal of contextual relevance. Finally, consistent with distinct stages of emotional processing, at least in contexts perceived as social, humans are initially alerted to negative content, but later process what is perceived as positive feedback more intensely.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Effect of emotion on memory for words and their context

Riegel

Wierzba

Grabowska

et al. 2015

J of Comparative Neurology

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Emotion influences various cognitive processes, such as memory. This beneficial or detrimental effect can be studied with verbal material, yet in this case a broad term of context has to be taken into account. The present work reviews recent literature and proposes that traditional differentiation between semantic and environmental context should be replaced with a novel conceptualization of hippocampus-dependent relational memory and item memory (related to the activations of cuneus and left amygdala). Additionally, instead of list-learning paradigms, words should be memorized in the context of sentences or stories for better control over their meaning. The recent evidence suggests that of particular importance for ecological validity in research paradigms is the presence of communicative and social context of verbal material related to such processes as theory of mind and brain activations in temporoparietal junction, posterior cingulate cortex, and dorsal medial prefrontal cortex. We propose that studying memory of verbal material within context gives a better understanding of enhancing and impairing effects of emotion as well as of the underlying brain mechanisms.

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Affect-Language Interface: A Pragmatic Perspective

Jończyk

2016

Affect-Language Interactions in Native and Non-Native English Speakers

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Affective responses to emotional words are boosted in communicative situations

Cited by 33 publications

References 77 publications

Perceived Communicative Context and Emotional Content Amplify Visual Word Processing in the Fusiform Gyrus

Perceived Communicative Context and Emotional Content Amplify Visual Word Processing in the Fusiform Gyrus

Effect of emotion on memory for words and their context

Affect-Language Interface: A Pragmatic Perspective

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