Emotions on our mind: cognitive appraisal and its contribution to verbal emotion processing and emotion regulation

我们所做的每一个陈述，无论是口头的还是书面的，都是从信息接受者的评价中获得其意义的。情绪评价理论认为，人们的评价方式，即他们如何评价和解释与个人相关的情绪刺激的意义，调节了他们情绪反应的强度和性质。本项目旨在揭示言语情绪加工和情绪调节中评价相关变化的时间动态。一系列的三个实验，协调的研究将进行，其中评价和再评价相关的变化，在处理情感挑战性的词，以及刺激相关性的实验变化将通过中央（脑电图- erp）和外围生理测量（惊吓反射），以及情绪和情绪调节的行为和自我报告测量进行调查。

Every statement we make, whether it is spoken or written, receives its meaning from its evaluation by the recipient of the message. Appraisal theories of emotion suggest that the way people appraise, that is, how they evaluate and interpret the meaning of emotional stimuli with regard to their personal relevance modulates the strength and nature of their emotional reactions. The current project intends to shed light on the temporal dynamics underlying appraisal related changes in verbal emotion processing and emotion regulation. A series of three experimental, coordinated studies will be conducted in which appraisal- and reappraisal-related changes in the processing of emotionally challenging words as well as experimental variations in stimulus-relevance will be investigated with central- (EEG-ERP) and peripheral-physiological measures (startle reflex), together with behavioural and self-report measures of emotion and emotion-regulation.