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You’re the emotional one: the role of perspective for emotion processing in reading comprehension

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posted on 2023-06-21, 06:02 authored by Scarlett Child, Jane OakhillJane Oakhill, Alan GarnhamAlan Garnham
Two experiments were conducted to explore whether perspective influences the way readers engage with and process emotional information while reading. Texts presenting characters in an emotional situation from either a personal or an onlooker perspective were presented and reading times were measured for each sentence. Participants also provided emotional self-ratings after reading. In the first experiment, positive texts were processed with greater ease, especially when readers experienced the texts from a personal perspective. In Experiment 2, an emotional match/mismatch was inserted so that a final explicit emotion word either matched or mismatched the emotional valence of the text. Mismatch effects were stronger and more consistent for the personal perspective. The two experiments provide evidence that the perspective of the reader can influence emotion processing. Processing of emotional information was easier for the personal perspective, and readers were more sensitive to inconsistent emotional information from that perspective.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience

ISSN

2327-3798

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

7

Volume

33

Page range

878-889

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-01-09

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-01-29

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-01-09

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