Poster Session 1: no. 2The Conference's website is located at http://events.unitn.it/en/psb2010Emotion is characterised by a two-dimensional structure: valence describes the extent to which an emotion is positive or negative, whereas arousal refers to the intensity of an emotion, how exciting or calming it is. Emotional content of verbal material influences cognitive processing during lexical decision, naming, emotional Stroop task and many others.
Converging findings showed that emotionally valenced words (positive or negative) are processed faster than neutral words, as shown by reaction time and ERP measures, suggesting a prioritisation of emotional …published_or_final_versio
