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Brunel J, Delord S, Mathey S. Inhibition in the emotional Hayling task: can hypnotic suggestion enhance cognitive control on a prepotent negative word? Cogn Emot 2024:1-9. [PMID: 38888553 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2367712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Recent studies suggest that instrumental hypnosis is a useful experimental tool to investigate emotional and language processing effects. However, the capacity of hypnotic suggestions to intervene during the response inhibition of emotional words remains elusive. This study investigated whether hypnotic suggestion can improve the inhibition of prepotent negative word responses in an emotional Hayling sentence completion task. High-suggestible participants performed a computerised emotional Hayling task. They were first asked to select the appropriate words ending highly predictable sentences among two propositions (initiation part), and then to select the filler words that did not end the sentences correctly (inhibition part). Half of the expected final words had a negative emotional valence, while the other half was neutral. The task was performed in a control condition (without suggestion) and with a hypnotic suggestion to decrease emotional reactivity. The results revealed that hypnotic suggestion (compared to the control condition) hastened response times on negative final words in the inhibition part, showing that hypnotic suggestion can enhance cognitive control over prepotent negative word responses in a sentence completion task. We suggest that this modulation stems from a reduction in the emotional relevance of the final words caused by the hypnotic suggestion.
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Pillaud N, Ballot C, Robert C, Mathey S, Ric F. Is the approach avoidance compatibility effect moderated by word imageability? Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 2024; 77:1281-1294. [PMID: 37649391 DOI: 10.1177/17470218231194499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The approach/avoidance (AA) compatibility effect refers to the fact that individuals respond faster by an approach movement to positive than to negative stimuli, whereas they respond faster by an avoidance movement to negative than to positive stimuli. Although this effect has been observed in many studies, the underlying mechanisms remain still unclear. On the basis of recent studies suggesting a key role of sensorimotor information in the emergence of the AA compatibility effect, the present study aimed to investigate the specific role of visual information, operationalised through word imageability, in the production of the AA compatibility effect. We orthogonally manipulated the emotional valence (positive/negative) and the imageability (low/high) of words in an incidental online-AA task (i.e., in the absence of valence processing goals) using a stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) of 300 ms. In line with previous studies, Experiment 1 revealed an AA compatibility effect in the absence of valence processing goals. However, this effect was not moderated by word imageability. In Experiment 2, we examined whether the absence of influence of word imageability could be due to the short SOA (300 ms) used in this experiment. We used the same design as in Experiment 1 and manipulated the SOA (400 vs 600 ms). We again observed an AA compatibility effect which was not moderated by word imageability, whatever the SOA used. The results of both experiments suggest the absence of any influence of sensorimotor information in the AA compatibility effect, at least when provided by the to-be-approached/avoided stimulus.
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- Nicolas Pillaud
- Laboratoire de Psychologie, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Ying L, Ruyang Y, Chuanbin N, Yeqing W, Qing L, Yufan Z, Fei G. ANCW: Affective norms for 4030 Chinese words. Behav Res Methods 2023:10.3758/s13428-023-02226-x. [PMID: 37801213 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-023-02226-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Affective information contained in words is gaining increased attention among neurolinguists and psycholinguists around the world. This study established the Affective Norms for Chinese Words (ANCW) with valence, arousal, dominance, and concreteness ratings for 4030 words that were Chinese adaptations of the CET-4 (The National College English Test Band 4) official syllabus. Despite the existing Chinese affective norms such as the Chinese Affective Words System (CAWS), the ANCW provides much more and richer Chinese vocabulary. By using 7-point (ranging from 1 to 7) Likert scales in a paper-and-pencil procedure, we obtained ratings for all variables from 3717 Chinese undergraduates. The ANCW norms possessed good response reliability and were compatible with prior normative studies in Chinese. The pairwise correlation analysis revealed quadratic relations between valence and arousal, arousal and dominance, as well as valence and concreteness. Additionally, valence and dominance, as well as arousal and concreteness, presented a linear correlation, and concreteness and dominance were correlated. The ANCW provides reliable and standardized stimulus materials for further research involving emotional language processing.
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- Lv Ying
- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China
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- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China
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- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China
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- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China
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- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China
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- School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, People's Republic of China
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Brunel J, Delord S, Mathey S. Hypnotic suggestion modulates visual recognition of negative words depending on word arousal. Conscious Cogn 2023; 115:103569. [PMID: 37660419 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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This study examined whether and how emotional hypnotic suggestions modulate the visual recognition of negative words. We investigated the influence of hypnotic suggestions aimed at modifying emotional reactivity on the arousal effect in negative words. High and low suggestible individuals performed a go/no-go lexical decision task in three intra-individual conditions: with a suggestion to increase emotional reactivity, with a suggestion to decrease emotional reactivity and without hypnotic suggestion. Results showed that hypnotic suggestions modulated the arousal facilitation effect differently depending on the level of suggestibility of the participants. In high suggestible individuals, response times for low-arousal negative words varied oppositely according to the suggestion administered, while no modulations were retrieved for high-arousal ones. In contrast, no suggestion effects were found for low suggestible participants. Altogether, these findings suggest a higher influence of hypnotic suggestions on emotional words that require longer processing times in high suggestible individuals.
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Song D, Wen H, Dong Y. Affective Norms for Chinese Words of Typical Life Scenes Rated by Older Adults (ANCO). JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH 2023; 52:1115-1140. [PMID: 37022625 DOI: 10.1007/s10936-023-09948-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The present study provides an affective norm collected from older adults for 1,050 Chinese words that are closely related to the typical life scenes commonly encountered by older adults. Data were collected for key affective dimensions of valence and arousal using the method of adapted Self-Assessment Manikin (Bradley & Lang, 1994) in a paper-and-pencil procedure. The results showed that the current database (ANCO) was of high reliability and validity. Valence and arousal were in an asymmetrically quadratic relationship in the valence-by-arousal space; i.e., older adults rated negative words as the highest arousing, followed by positive and neutral words. In addition, by comparing affective ratings of the shared words between the present norm collected from older Chinese adults and previous norms collected from young Chinese adults (Wang et al., 2008; Yao et al., 2017; Yu et al., 2016), we found that compared with young adults, older ones perceived negative words as more negative and more arousing, and perceived positive words as more positive and less arousing. ANCO can serve as a valuable source of information for age-related affective research and help explicate the effects of emotion on linguistic and cognitive processes.
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- Dangui Song
- Language Processing and Development Lab, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Language Processing and Development Lab, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Language Processing and Development Lab, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Su Y, Li Y, Li H. Familiarity ratings for 24,325 simplified Chinese words. Behav Res Methods 2023; 55:1496-1509. [PMID: 35668341 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-022-01878-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The present work collected familiarity norms for 20,275 two-character, 1231 three-character, and 2819 four-character simplified Chinese words from 1300 native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. The familiarity of each word was rated on a 7-point scale by at least 21 participants. The results supported the reliability and validity of the present familiarity ratings, which is the first large familiarity database for Chinese in the field. These familiarity norms can be downloaded from the supplemental materials. Furthermore, the contribution of familiarity to Chinese lexical processing was investigated using the present familiarity ratings and previous data (lexical features and visual lexical decision), mainly from two major Chinese lexicon projects, MELD-SCH and CLP. Regression analysis suggests that familiarity explained a substantial percentage of the variance in lexical processing of both simplified and traditional Chinese words, over and above the effects of word frequency and other lexical features, including age of acquisition (AoA). Further analysis identified a significantly greater familiarity effect for lower-frequency words than that for higher-frequency words. Together, among the first, our findings support the important contribution of familiarity with Chinese words to lexical processing, especially for low-frequency words.
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- Yongqiang Su
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Children's Reading and Learning, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Room 1415, Houzhu Building, No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Children's Reading and Learning, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Room 1415, Houzhu Building, No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian, Beijing, China.
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Raslescu A, Kreicker S, Gillespie AL, Berners-Lee W, Murphy SE, Harmer CJ. Positive and negative personality descriptors: UK dataset of self-referential valence, imageability and subjective frequency ratings of 300 adjectives for use in cognitive-emotional tasks. Data Brief 2022; 46:108831. [PMID: 36591385 PMCID: PMC9801080 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Experimental tasks comparing participants' performance for categorising, remembering, and recognising positive and negative words are widely used in the emotional cognitive domain. Such tasks are commonly used in experimental psychology and psychiatry research, and have been shown to be sensitive biomarkers of depression and antidepressant drug action [1,2]. In addition, several of these tasks investigate self-referential processing i.e., the processing of information relevant to oneself; this has been shown to modify the way emotional words are encoded and remembered and may be a target that is amenable to treatment [3,4]. In practice, the development of such tasks for implementation in research studies often depends on the selection and matching of words according to characteristics such as valence or arousal, imageability, word frequency and word length to investigate differences in a chosen domain of interest whilst keeping important confounds constant. This introduces a need for ratings covering a range of word attributes that have been shown to affect processing. In particular, ratings of self-referential valence (how positively or negatively subjects feel about a word when this is used to describe themselves/their circumstances) have been seldom included in databases, despite the frequent investigation of the concept in research [1,5]. Other important attributes often considered in the process of matching and selection are word imageability and subjective frequency [6,7]. To facilitate the word selection and matching process required in cognitive-emotional task development, the present dataset provides subjective ratings for 150 positive and 150 negative adjectives describing personality characteristics. Across four online surveys, the 300 words were rated on self-referential valence, imageability and subjective frequency by representative samples of 200 UK-based, English-speaking adults. Basic demographics and data on depressive symptoms and state anxiety were collected from all participants. Comprehensive descriptive statistics and word length were calculated for each of the 300 words. All data cleaning and statistical analysis was performed in R. Our work is based on years of experience using the Oxford Emotional Task Battery [1,5] and may be particularly relevant for researchers using self-referential cognitive tasks with UK-based samples.
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