The Effect of Emotional Valence on Auditory Word Recognition Memory in English as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Arriagada-Mödinger, Francia; Ferreira, Roberto A.
Titel	The Effect of Emotional Valence on Auditory Word Recognition Memory in English as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 51 (2022) 2, S.309-322 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ferreira, Roberto A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-022-09841-3
Schlagwörter	Psycholinguistics; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Processing; Memory; Word Recognition; Auditory Stimuli; Reaction Time; Accuracy; Spanish; Native Speakers; Auditory Perception; Emotional Response; Task Analysis; Vocabulary Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psycholinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Gedächtnis; Worterkennung; Auditive Stimulation; Reaktionsvermögen; Spanisch; Muttersprachler; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Emotionales Verhalten; Aufgabenanalyse; Aktiver Wortschatz
Abstract	The present study investigated the effect of emotional valence on auditory word recognition memory in English as a foreign language. Participants included 48 native Spanish speakers whose foreign language was English. They viewed four emotionally negative, four positive, and four neutral videos that, in total, contained 48 emotionally valenced target words. After watching the videos, participants completed an auditory word recognition memory task where target words, and the same number of fillers, were presented. The results showed a statistically significant main effect of valence on both reaction times and accuracy. Positive words were recognised more accurately and faster than neutral and negative words, but no difference between neutral and negative stimuli was found. These findings fit in well within the gradient model of automatic vigilance, which implies that emotional valence has a monotonic effect on processing latencies during auditory recognition memory in a foreign language. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01