正向和負向情緒對述情障礙者的語意處理的影響

The Influence of Positive and Negative Emotions on Semantic Processing in Alexithymia

雖然當代理論強調情緒在訊息處理歷程所扮演的角色，但尚未檢驗台灣述情障礙者之內隱情緒對於閱讀理解之控制歷程影響。因此，本研究採用情緒語意判斷作業，檢驗台灣述情障礙者的情緒對語意理解的影響。研究操弄情緒向度（正向、負向、中性）和語意關聯強度（強、弱）兩個變項來檢驗情緒語意處理。受試者被要求判斷兩個依序出現的中文情緒詞是否意義相關。本研究有兩個主要發現。第一、相較於低述情障礙者，高述情障礙者展現對於弱語意關聯情緒詞的促進效應。第二、此促進效應與其述情障礙特質有緊密相關。在本研究中，由於高述情障礙者個體在訊息處理的早期階段對於情緒訊息的敏感度，致使個體得以在語意判斷進行快速反應。

Although the role of emotional processing is emphasized in contemporary models of information processing, emotional influence has not been examined implicitly for controlled processing of verbal comprehension in Taiwanese alexithymics. Thus, the current study examines the role of emotional influence on semantic processing for Taiwanese alexithymics in an emotional semantic judgment task. Emotion valence (positive, negative, and neutral) and association strength (strong, weak) were independently varied to study emotional semantic processing. Participants were asked to decide whether two sequentially presented Chinese emotional words were related in meaning. This study identified two main results. First, compared to individuals with low alexithymia, individuals with high alexithymia demonstrated facilitation effects for emotion words during weak association. Second, these facilitation effects were closely related to their alexithymia traits. In the present study, individuals with alexithymia displayed increased activation of sensitivity to emotional stimuli at the early stage of information processing, which enabled quick responses during semantic judgment.