Increasing verbal knowledge mediates development of multidimensional emotion representations
Publication information:
Nook, E. C., Sasse, S. F., Lambert, H. K., McLaughlin, K. A., & Somerville, L. H. (2017). Increasing verbal knowledge mediates development of multidimensional emotion representations. Nature Human Behaviour, 1(12), 881-889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0238-7 (Original work published 2017)
Abstract
\textlessp\textgreaterNook et al. show that emotion concept representations develop from a monodimensional focus on positive versus negative valence in childhood to multidimensional organization in adulthood. This expansion is facilitated by increasing verbal knowledge.\textless/p\textgreater