ArticleCurrent directions in psychological science2015
Does language do more than communicate emotion?
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Language can certainly communicate emotions, but growing research suggests that language also helps constitute emotion by cohering sensations into specific perceptions of "anger," "disgust," "fear," etc. The powerful role of language in emotion is predicted by a
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