(Not) feeling up or down? Lack of evidence for vertical spatial iconicity effects for valence evaluations of emoji stimuli

Kaye, LK, MacKenzie, AK ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6818-2838, Rodriguez-Cuadrado, S, Malone, SA, Stacey, JE ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4035-712X and Garrot, E, 2023. (Not) feeling up or down? Lack of evidence for vertical spatial iconicity effects for valence evaluations of emoji stimuli. Computers in Human Behavior, 149: 107931. ISSN 0747-5632

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Abstract

A key question about the function of emoji is whether or not they are emotional. This is not yet fully established, and the literature presents mixed evidence. We used the Emoji Spatial Stroop Task to explore spatial iconicity effects based on vertical positioning of emoji. Emoji stimuli were presented in three vertical positions whereby participants (N = 87) made a valence evaluation. Accuracy and latency of responses were measured. A 2 (emoji valence; positive, negative) x 3 (vertical position; upper, lower, central) within-participants design was used to determine the impacts of emoji valence and position on accuracy and latency of valence evaluations. Responses were analysed in a 2 × 3 mixed effects binary regression with emoji valence and spatial congruency as fixed effects. No main or interaction effects of emoji valence and spatial congruence were observed. These findings challenge the assumption that we process emoji as symbolic objects that represent emotion concepts.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Computers in Human Behavior
Creators: Kaye, L.K., MacKenzie, A.K., Rodriguez-Cuadrado, S., Malone, S.A., Stacey, J.E. and Garrot, E.
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: December 2023
Volume: 149
ISSN: 0747-5632
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Type
10.1016/j.chb.2023.107931
DOI
S0747563223002820
Publisher Item Identifier
1875489
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Rights: © 2023 the authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added: 20 Mar 2024 09:19
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2024 09:19
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51120

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