Murder, she wrote: Enhanced sensitivity to negative word valence.

Murder, She Wrote: Enhanced Sensitivity to Negative Word Valence

Enhanced sensitivity to information of negative (compared to positive) valence has an adaptive value, for example, by expediting the correct choice of avoidance behavior. However, previous evidence for such enhanced sensitivity has been inconclusive. Here we report a clear advantage for negative over positive words in categorizing them as emotional. In 3 experiments, participants classified bri...

Running Head: Enhanced Sensitivity to Negative Word Valence Murder, She Wrote: Enhanced Sensitivity to Negative Word Valence in Press, Emotion

Enhanced sensitivity to information of negative (compared to positive) valence has an adaptive value, for example by expediting the correct choice of avoidance behavior. However, previous evidence for such enhanced sensitivity has been inconclusive. Here we report a clear advantage for negative over positive words in categorizing them as emotional. In three experiments, participants classified ...

Murder, She Wrote

Enhanced sensitivity to information of negative (compared to positive) valence has an adaptive value, for example, by expediting the correct choice of avoidance behavior. However, previous evidence for such enhanced sensitivity has been inconclusive. Here we report a clear advantage for negative over positive words in categorizing them as emotional. In 3 experiments, participants classified bri...

Murder, she wrote or was it merely selective nontreatment?

Enhanced Detection Sensitivity to Negative Emotional Valence: The Role of Awareness, Attention, Anxiety, and Reward

...................................................................................... 3 List of Figures and Tables ................................................................. 5 Acknowledgements ........................................................................ 11 Chapter 1: General Introduction ........................................................ 12 1.1 Preface ...................