The cognitive mechanisms underlying the impact of contextual diversity on the processing of emotional word meanings in reading comprehension: eye movement studies

The study aimed to investigate the differences in semantic processing of emotional words in Chinese reading, as well as the role of lexical context diversity in these processes. In Study 1 (positive emotions), emotional label words were shown for a longer period of time, while words with high contextual diversity were processed more quickly. There was no interaction between these two factors. In Study 2 (negative emotions), the semantic processing differences between emotional label words and emotional load words remained intact. However, these differences were modulated by contextual diversity: emotional label words were shown for a longer period of time only in low-context scenarios. This suggests that…