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  • Marcin Naranowicz
    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
  • Katarzyna Jankowiak
    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
  • Patrycja Kakuba
    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
  • Katarzyna Bromberek-Dyzman
    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
  • Guillaume Thierry
    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Positive and negative moods tend to have differential effects on lexico-semantic processing in the native language (L1). Though accumulating evidence points to dampened sensitivity to affective stimuli in the non-native language (L2), little is known about the effects of positive and negative moods on L2 processing. Here, we show that lexico-semantic processing is differently affected by positive and negative moods only in L1. Unbalanced Polish–English bilinguals made meaningfulness judgments on L1 and L2 sentences during two EEG recording sessions featuring either positive- or negative-mood-inducing films. We observed a reduced N1 (lexical processing) for negative compared to positive mood in L2 only, a reduced N2 (lexico-semantic processing) in negative compared to positive mood in L1 only, a reduced N400 (lexico-semantic processing) for meaningless compared to meaningful L1 sentences in positive mood only, and an enhanced late positive complex (semantic integration and re-analysis) for L2 compared to L1 meaningful sentence in negative mood only. Altogether, these results suggest that positive and negative moods affect lexical, lexico-semantic, and semantic processing differently in L1 and L2. Our observations are consistent with previous accounts of mood-dependent processing and emotion down-regulation observed in bilinguals.

Keywords

  • bilingualism, emotion regulation, event-related potentials, lexico-semantic processing, meaning integration, mood
Original languageEnglish
Article number12030316
JournalBrain Sciences
Volume12
Issue number3
Early online date26 Feb 2022
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Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2022

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