Abstract
Objectives
The processing of emotional words was tested.
Methods
Thirty-five, right handed males participated in the study. A divided visual field technique with different presentation times (10ms, 120ms, 1000ms) was used.
Results
At the conscious level, in contrast to the unconscious level, emotional words that were presented in the right visual field were processed significantly faster and better than words that were presented in the left visual field.
Conclusion
At the unconscious level, no strong support for either the valence- or the right hemisphere theory is found. At the conscious level, however, normal language processing is the most dominant process.
The processing of emotional words was tested.
Methods
Thirty-five, right handed males participated in the study. A divided visual field technique with different presentation times (10ms, 120ms, 1000ms) was used.
Results
At the conscious level, in contrast to the unconscious level, emotional words that were presented in the right visual field were processed significantly faster and better than words that were presented in the left visual field.
Conclusion
At the unconscious level, no strong support for either the valence- or the right hemisphere theory is found. At the conscious level, however, normal language processing is the most dominant process.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 227-227 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | International Journal of Psychology |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Claudia DalbertKeywords
- Emotional words
- Conscious
- Unconscious
- Processing