TY - JOUR
T1 - Affective reactivity in language
T2 - The role of psychophysiological arousal
AU - Burbridge, Jennifer A.
AU - Larsen, Randy J.
AU - Barch, Deanna M.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - Several studies have found that individuals with schizophrenia and their relatives, as well as healthy controls, exhibit greater language disturbance when discussing affectively negative as compared to positive or neutral topics. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that negative emotion impairs language production, at least in part by increasing physiological arousal. The authors had 35 healthy adults produce speech in response to affectively negative, positive, and neutral questions while the authors recorded heart rate and skin conductance. Participants displayed greater amounts of reference errors, higher heart rates, and a higher frequency of nonspecific skin conductance responses when discussing affectively negative as compared to positive or neutral topics.
AB - Several studies have found that individuals with schizophrenia and their relatives, as well as healthy controls, exhibit greater language disturbance when discussing affectively negative as compared to positive or neutral topics. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that negative emotion impairs language production, at least in part by increasing physiological arousal. The authors had 35 healthy adults produce speech in response to affectively negative, positive, and neutral questions while the authors recorded heart rate and skin conductance. Participants displayed greater amounts of reference errors, higher heart rates, and a higher frequency of nonspecific skin conductance responses when discussing affectively negative as compared to positive or neutral topics.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/22244440754
U2 - 10.1037/1528-3542.5.2.145
DO - 10.1037/1528-3542.5.2.145
M3 - Article
C2 - 15982080
AN - SCOPUS:22244440754
SN - 1528-3542
VL - 5
SP - 145
EP - 153
JO - Emotion
JF - Emotion
IS - 2
ER -