Orthographic priming also depends on the emotional valence of the neighbor and prime duration: An ERP study

Gobin, Paméla; Faita-Ainseba, Frederique; Mathey, Stéphanie

doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.12.001

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“…First, the decomposition of the neighbor valence by neighbor arousal interaction indicates a slowdown in lexical decision times when the valence of the low-arousal neighbor varied from neutral to negative. The direction of this emotional neighborhood effect is similar to that observed in previous LDT studies (Gobin et al, 2012; Gobin & Mathey, 2010) and can be interpreted in the same way in terms of supplementary activation of the affective system. In return, the affective system would send activation feedback toward the negative neighbor representation that is more strongly activated, thereby increasing lexical competition.…”

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“…They were preceded either by their orthographic neighbor or by a control prime. The results showed an inhibitory emotional orthographic neighborhood effect, with longer reaction times (RTs) for words with a negative orthographic neighbor than for those with a neutral one, regardless of the prime type (see also Faïta-Ainseba et al, 2012; Gobin et al, 2012). This effect was interpreted within an interactive activation (IA) model of visual word recognition (McClelland & Rumelhart, 1981) adapted to affective processing (Gobin & Mathey, 2010; see also Ferrand et al, 2006, for a similar proposal in a dual-route model).…”

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“…In previous studies investigating the emotional orthographic neighborhood effect, all emotional neighbors had a negative valence, while their arousal level was not estimated (Faïta-Ainseba et al, 2012; Gobin et al, 2012; Gobin & Mathey, 2010) or not controlled (Camblats & Mathey, 2016). Emotional valence, which reflects the hedonic specificity of information, and the arousal of words, which refers to the physiological activation level procured by the processing of emotional information (see, for example, Russell, 1980), were confounding variables.…”

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“…Moreover, the processing of high-arousal negative information (corresponding to the most dangerous stimuli) increases vigilance and elicits preparation for action that can facilitate participants’ responses (fast responses while processing dangerous stimuli is adaptive; see Robinson et al, 2004). Although data showing that the arousal level of negative stimulus words influences lexical decision times (e.g., Hofmann et al, 2009; Recio et al, 2014) can be interpreted as vigilance processes during the response in LDT (e.g., Estes & Adelman, 2008; Kuperman et al, 2014), other studies using behavioral or evoked potential data have provided evidence that the emotional effect of words or neighbors also occurs during lexical processing (for a review, see Citron, 2012; Gobin et al, 2012). Nevertheless, the possible contribution of arousal in the emotional orthographic neighborhood effect has never been examined.…”

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This study investigated whether the visual recognition of neutral words might be influenced by the emotional dimensions (i.e., valence and arousal) of orthographically similar lexical representations, and whether this might also depend on emotional-related traits of participants (i.e., alexithymia). To this end, 108 participants performed a lexical decision task with 80 neutral words with a higher frequency orthographic neighbor that varied in valence (from neutral to negative) and arousal (from low to high). The main finding was the expected interaction effect between the valence and arousal of the neighbor on the lexical decision times of neutral stimulus words. Longer reaction times were found when the valence score of the neighbor decreased from neutral to negative for words with a low-arousal orthographic neighbor while this emotional neighbor effect was reversed for words with a high-arousal negative neighbor. This combined influence of the valence and arousal of the neighbor was interpreted in terms of increased lexical competition processes and direct influence of the affective system on the participant’s response. Moreover, this interaction effect was smaller when the level of alexithymia of the participants increased, suggesting that people with a higher level of alexithymia are less sensitive to the emotional content of the neighbor. The results are discussed within an interactive activation model of visual word recognition incorporating an affective system with valence and arousal dimensions, with regard to the role of the alexithymia level of participants.

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The effect of orthographic and emotional neighbourhood in a colour categorization task

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This study investigated whether and how the strength of reading interference in a colour categorization task can be influenced by lexical competition and the emotional characteristics of words not directly presented. Previous findings showed inhibitory effects of high-frequency orthographic and emotional neighbourhood in the lexical decision task. Here, we examined the effect of orthographic neighbour frequency according to the emotional valence of the higher-frequency neighbour in an emotional orthographic Stroop paradigm. Stimuli were coloured neutral words that had either (1) no orthographic neighbour (e.g. PISTIL [pistil]), (2) one neutral higher-frequency neighbour (e.g. tirade [tirade]/TIRAGE [draw]) or (3) one negative higher-frequency neighbour (e.g. idiome [idiom]/IDIOTE [idiotic]). The results showed that colour categorization times were longer for words with no orthographic neighbour than for words with one neutral neighbour of higher frequency and even longer when the higher-frequency neighbour was neutral rather than negative. Thus, it appears not only that the orthographic neighbourhood of the coloured stimulus words intervenes in a colour categorization task, but also that the emotional content of the neighbour contributes to response times. These findings are discussed in terms of lexical competition between the stimulus word and non-presented orthographic neighbours, which in turn would modify the strength of reading interference on colour categorization times.

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Orthographic priming also depends on the emotional valence of the neighbor and prime duration: An ERP study

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The Influence of Negative Orthographic Neighborhood in the Lexical Decision Task: Valence and Arousal Contributions

The Influence of Negative Orthographic Neighborhood in the Lexical Decision Task: Valence and Arousal Contributions

The effect of orthographic and emotional neighbourhood in a colour categorization task

Lexical inhibition of neighbors during visual word recognition: An unmasked priming investigation

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