Emotion effects in visual language processing [Elektronische Ressource] / Mareike Bayer. Gutachter: Werner Sommer ; Annekathrin Schacht ; Manfred Krifka

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dissertation Emotion Effects in Visual Language Processing Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat) Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II Mareike Bayer Dekan: Prof. Dr. Elmar Kulke Gutachter: 1. Werner Sommer 2. Annekathrin Schacht 3. Manfred Krifka Eingereicht am 22.09.2011 Datum der Disputation: 16.12.2011 Table of Contents Abstract ...................................................................................................................... 3 Zusammenfassung ..................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ................. 5 Theoretical Background .......................................................................................... 6 Time course and boundary conditions of emotion effects in ERPs........................ 10 Autonomic arousal or cognitive facilitation? Evidence from pupillary responses ... 12 Large letters, large emotions? The role of stimulus-driven attention in visual word recognition ............................ 13 Summary and integration of results ....................................................................... 14 General and domain-specific mechanisms in emotion processing ..................... 14 Contributions of valence and arousal . 16 Emotion processing: an adaptive system for relevance detection ......................