dc.contributor.author
Usée, Franziska
dc.contributor.author
Jacobs, Arthur M.
dc.contributor.author
Lüdtke, Jana
dc.date.accessioned
2020-12-03T09:52:21Z
dc.date.available
2020-12-03T09:52:21Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/27516
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-27272
dc.description.abstract
Reading is known to be a highly complex, emotion-inducing process, usually involving connected and cohesive sequences of sentences and paragraphs. However, most empirical results, especially from studies using eye tracking, are either restricted to simple linguistic materials (e.g., isolated words, single sentences) or disregard valence-driven effects. The present study addressed the need for ecologically valid stimuli by examining the emotion potential of and reading behavior in emotional vignettes, often used in applied psychological contexts and discourse comprehension. To allow for a cross-domain comparison in the area of emotion induction, negatively and positively valenced vignettes were constructed based on pre-selected emotional pictures from the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS; Marchewka et al., 2014). We collected ratings of perceived valence and arousal for both material groups and recorded eye movements of 42 participants during reading and picture viewing. Linear mixed-effects models were performed to analyze effects of valence (i.e., valence category, valence rating) and stimulus domain (i.e., textual, pictorial) on ratings of perceived valence and arousal, eye movements in reading, and eye movements in picture viewing. Results supported the success of the experimental manipulation: emotionally positive stimuli (i.e., vignettes, pictures) were perceived more positively and less arousing than emotionally negative ones. The cross-domain comparison indicated that vignettes are able to induce stronger valence effects than their pictorial counterparts, no differences between vignettes and pictures regarding effects on perceived arousal were found. Analyses of eye movements in reading replicated results from experiments using isolated words and sentences: perceived positive text valence attracted shorter reading times than perceived negative valence at both the supralexical and lexical level. In line with previous findings, no emotion effects on eye movements in picture viewing were found. This is the first eye tracking study reporting superior valence effects for vignettes compared to pictures and valence-specific effects on eye movements in reading at the supralexical level.
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Emotion induction
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dc.subject
Eye Movements
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dc.subject.ddc
100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie
dc.title
From Abstract Symbols to Emotional (In-)Sights
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.title.subtitle
An Eye Tracking Study on the Effects of Emotional Vignettes and Pictures
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
905
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00905
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Frontiers in Psychology
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
11
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00905
refubium.affiliation
Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
refubium.note.author
Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1664-1078
dcterms.isPartOf.zdb
2563826-9