How valence affects language processing: Negativity bias and mood congruence in narrative comprehension

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-555

  Egidi, Giovanna ^a   Gerrig, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MOOD; READING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NARRATION; REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 67650360776     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.5.547     Document Type: Article

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