Emotion words in the mental lexicon

• DOI: 10.1075/ml.3.1.04sut
• Publication Date: 2008-04-13T21:22:50Z
• Authors: Tina M. Sutton; Jeanette Altarriba
• Keywords: Stroop effect; Color term

The representation of emotion words in memory is a relatively new area research within the cognitive domain. In present paper, these will be examined with use Stroop paradigm. past, this paradigm has been used to investigate wide variety word types, including color and color-related words. Only few studies have current study investigates particular set that were either congruent or incongruent they presented (e.g., ENVY green ink red ink), much like standard stimuli (RED ink). results Experiment 1 revealed can studied same manner as words, such fire . When items together, block 2, still produced interference effect, but emotionally neutral did not. 2 suggest evaluative information (i.e., negative valence) automatically accessed regardless task at hand. speaks need include valence an important factor models recognition.