This study examines the distinction between knowing the meaning of a word and
experiencing the feelings associated with it. We collected affective ratings for a set of …

Differential affective processing has been widely documented for bilinguals: L1 affective
words elicit higher levels of arousal and stronger emotionality ratings than L2 affective words …

This chapter traces the complicated history of language as an aspect of different emotion
theories over the last century. Historically, emotion theorists conceived of emotions …

The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to a global health crisis and caused huge emotional
swings. However, the positive emotional expressions, like self-confidence, optimism, and …

We describe the evolution of a stereotype as it emerged in tweets about the Charlie Hebdo
terrorist attack in Paris in early 2015. Our focus is on terms associated with the Muslim …

The proliferation of COVID-19 fake news on social media poses a severe threat to the health
information ecosystem. We show that affective computing can make significant contributions …

Affective information contained in words is gaining increased attention among neurolinguists
and psycholinguists around the world. This study established the Affective Norms for …

Over recent years, although multi-sensory studies have increasingly revealed modality-
specific mechanisms underlying lexical processing, validated lexical databases with reliable …

This study explores language specificity in the organization and distribution of emotion
words in Mandarin Chinese. Anecdotal references to the prevalence of use of verbs in some …

An essential aspect of human cognition is supported by a rich reservoir of abstract concepts
without tangible external referents (eg,“honor”,“relationship”,“direction”). While decades of …