Exploring the Relationship Between Fiction Reading and Emotion Recognition
Exploring the Relationship Between Fiction Reading and Emotion Recognition
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10.1007/s42761-021-00034-0
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2021-06-01
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MacDonald, Maryellen C.
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Schwering, Steven C.;Ghaffari-Nikou, Natalie M.;MacDonald, Maryellen C.
小说阅读体验会影响情绪识别能力，但其中的因果联系仍未明确。目前的理论表明，小说阅读可以促进对虚构思维的模拟，从而支持情感识别技能。我们研究了语言中情感类别标签的情境化统计经验与情感识别的关联程度。通过语料库分析，我们证明小说文本在情感意义上可靠地使用情感类别标签（例如，宽慰的呼喊），而其他类型通常使用替代含义（例如，飓风救援基金）。此外，小说文本被证明是有关复杂情感的特别可靠的信息来源。在两个行为实验中分析了这些模式对人类情感概念的影响程度。在实验 1（n = 134）中，小说文本的体验预测了对小说文本中情感意义的情感识别。在实验 2 (n = 387) 中，小说阅读体验总体上预测了情绪识别能力。这些结果表明，长期的语言体验，尤其是小说阅读，可以通过在上下文中接触这些情感来支持情感概念。
Fiction reading experience affects emotion recognition abilities, yet the causal link remains underspecified. Current theory suggests fiction reading promotes the simulation of fictional minds, which supports emotion recognition skills. We examine the extent to which contextualized statistical experience with emotion category labels in language is associated with emotion recognition. Using corpus analyses, we demonstrate fiction texts reliably use emotion category labels in an emotive sense (e.g., cry of relief), whereas other genres often use alternative senses (e.g., hurricane relief fund). Furthermore, fiction texts were shown to be a particularly reliable source of information about complex emotions. The extent to which these patterns affect human emotion concepts was analyzed in two behavioral experiments. In experiment 1 (n = 134), experience with fiction text predicted recognition of emotions employed in an emotive sense in fiction texts. In experiment 2 (n = 387), fiction reading experience predicted emotion recognition abilities, overall. These results suggest that long-term language experience, and fiction reading, in particular, supports emotion concepts through exposure to these emotions in context.