ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Hemispheric Processing of Emojis: The Influence of Textual Constraint

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Research Proposal

  • Mallory Fogus
    DePaul University
  • Yibai Xu
    DePaul University
  • Sandra Virtue
    DePaul University

Abstract

Emojis are frequently used during our everyday communication, however, little is known about how text with emojis influences left and right hemispheric processing. This divided visual field study will examine how the causal constraint in a text and the specific type of emoji influence hemispheric processing during reading.