APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

"It's, Um, a Tragedy": Picture Valence and Arousal Influence Word Choices and Fluency during Emotional Storytelling

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Cognitive

  • White Katherine
    Rhodes College
  • Annika Johnson
    Rhodes College
  • Benjamin Barfield
    Rhodes College
  • Brianna Williams
    Rhodes College
  • Sareen Mirza
    Rhodes College
  • Lise Abrams
    Pomona College

Abstract

Telling stories about highly-arousing negative pictures produces changes in language, including increased disfluencies, fewer emotional words, and more impersonal pronouns. These results suggest that regulation of attention to emotion is reflected in language.

Communication

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