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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Affective priming research indicates rapid, transient processing of emotional words.
  • Previous studies on affective word processing lateralization using the divided visual field (DVF) paradigm have produced conflicting findings.
  • General semantic processing research suggests the left hemisphere (LH) is specialized for rapid word processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the lateralization and temporal dynamics of affective word processing.
  • To examine gender differences in the processing of emotional words using a combined DVF and affective priming approach.
  • To explore the role of different stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) in affective word priming.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the divided visual field (DVF) paradigm combined with affective priming.
  • Employed four stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs): 0, 150, 300, and 750 ms.
  • Analyzed priming patterns in male (n=32) and female (n=28) participants.

Main Results:

  • Males exhibited rapid affective word priming in the LH at 0-ms SOA and slower RH priming at 750-ms SOA.
  • Females demonstrated rapid affective word priming in both hemispheres: LH at 300-ms SOA and RH at 150-ms SOA.
  • The LH showed consistent rapid priming of affective words across genders, while the RH displayed gender-specific processing speeds.

Conclusions:

  • Both cerebral hemispheres are capable of processing words with affective meaning, with a leading role for the LH.
  • Gender differences in affective word processing are primarily observed in the RH, with faster processing in females.
  • Enhanced sensitivity to emotional features in females may underlie observed gender differences in right hemisphere affective word processing.