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Using the Revised Dictionary of Affect in Language to quantify the emotional undertones of samples of natural language.
Whissell C. Whissell C. Psychol Rep. 2009 Oct;105(2):509-21. doi: 10.2466/PR0.105.2.509-521. Psychol Rep. 2009. PMID: 19928612
Whissell's Dictionary of Affect in Language, originally designed to quantify the Pleasantness and Activation of specifically emotional words, was revised to increase its applicability to samples of natural language. Word selection for the revision privileged natural …
Whissell's Dictionary of Affect in Language, originally designed to quantify the Pleasantness and Activation of specifically e …
Emotional fluctuations in Bob Dylan's lyrics measured by the dictionary of affect accompany events and phases in his life.
Whissell C. Whissell C. Psychol Rep. 2008 Apr;102(2):469-83. doi: 10.2466/pr0.102.2.469-483. Psychol Rep. 2008. PMID: 18567218
Lyrics for Bob Dylan's songs between 1962 and 2001 (close to 100,000 words) were scored with the help of the Dictionary of Affect in Language (Whissell, 2006). Means for Pleasantness, Activation, and Imagery are reported for 22 Blocks characterizing this time span. …
Lyrics for Bob Dylan's songs between 1962 and 2001 (close to 100,000 words) were scored with the help of the Dictionary of Affect in …
The Dictionary of Affect in Language as a tool for the assessment of affective tone in a descriptive task.
Petrone B, Whissell C. Petrone B, et al. Percept Mot Skills. 1988 Dec;67(3):789-90. doi: 10.2466/pms.1988.67.3.789. Percept Mot Skills. 1988. PMID: 3226828
Responses produced by subjects were scored for two dimensions of affective tone (activation, evaluation) by matching words to the Dictionary of Affect in Language that includes scores for the two dimensions for several thousand commonly used words. ...
Responses produced by subjects were scored for two dimensions of affective tone (activation, evaluation) by matching words to the Diction …
Update of the Hevner adjective checklist.
Schubert E. Schubert E. Percept Mot Skills. 2003 Jun;96(3 Pt 2):1117-22. doi: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.3c.1117. Percept Mot Skills. 2003. PMID: 12929763
The words consisted of the original 67 from Hevner's adjective circle, and additional words were taken from Russell's circumplex model of emotion (1980) and Whissell's dictionary of affect (1989). The words and clusters were then grouped according to their position …
The words consisted of the original 67 from Hevner's adjective circle, and additional words were taken from Russell's circumplex model of em …
Modification of activation and evaluation properties of narratives by weak complex magnetic field patterns that simulate limbic burst firing.
Richards PM, Persinger MA, Koren SA. Richards PM, et al. Int J Neurosci. 1993 Jul-Aug;71(1-4):71-85. doi: 10.3109/00207459309000594. Int J Neurosci. 1993. PMID: 8407157
In two separate experiments a total of 71 volunteers were asked to generate spontaneous narratives that were scored automatically by the Whissell Dictionary of Affect. During the narratives, weak (1 microT; 10 mG) magnetic fields were applied briefly through the tem …
In two separate experiments a total of 71 volunteers were asked to generate spontaneous narratives that were scored automatically by the …
Explaining inconsistencies in Shakespeare's character Henry V on the basis of the emotional undertones of his speeches.
Whissell C. Whissell C. Psychol Rep. 2011 Jun;108(3):843-55. doi: 10.2466/28.PR0.108.3.843-855. Psychol Rep. 2011. PMID: 21879631
Some analysts highlight this character's reformation and others his Machiavellian tendency to moderate his disposition in tune with changing situations. The Dictionary of Affect in Language (Whissell, 2009) was used to score the emotional undertones of words in Henr …
Some analysts highlight this character's reformation and others his Machiavellian tendency to moderate his disposition in tune with changing …
The flow of emotion through Beowulf.
Whissell C. Whissell C. Psychol Rep. 2006 Dec;99(3):835-50. doi: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.835-850. Psychol Rep. 2006. PMID: 17305204
The Old English saga Beowulf was studied in translation with the help of the Dictionary of Affect in Language which quantifies the emotional connotations of words. Statistically significant differences in Pleasantness and Activation were evident across segments of the poem …
The Old English saga Beowulf was studied in translation with the help of the Dictionary of Affect in Language which quantifies the em …
Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXVII. Increased geomagnetic activity and decreased pleasantness of spontaneous narratives for percipients but not agents.
Churchill DR, Persinger MA, Thomas AW. Churchill DR, et al. Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Aug;79(1 Pt 2):387-92. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.1.387. Percept Mot Skills. 1994. PMID: 7808872
The evaluation and activity dimensions of the words that composed the narratives were scored by the Whissell Dictionary of Affect in Language. The increased global geomagnetic activity two days before the experiments was significantly associated (rhos about 0.60) wi …
The evaluation and activity dimensions of the words that composed the narratives were scored by the Whissell Dictionary of Aff …
Pleasantness, activation, and sex differences in advertising.
Whissell C, McCall L. Whissell C, et al. Psychol Rep. 1997 Oct;81(2):355-67. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.355. Psychol Rep. 1997. PMID: 9354085
Advertisements in men's, women's, girls', and boys' magazines (n = 38,195 words) were scored objectively in terms of 15 measures of linguistic style, e.g., use of common words, use of long words, use of specific words and emotional tone (pleasantness and activation, as measured b …
Advertisements in men's, women's, girls', and boys' magazines (n = 38,195 words) were scored objectively in terms of 15 measures of linguist …
Emotion and style in an English translation of the Quran.
Whissell C. Whissell C. Psychol Rep. 2004 Apr;94(2):523-44. doi: 10.2466/pr0.94.2.523-544. Psychol Rep. 2004. PMID: 15154182
Variables were assessed with the help of computer programs and the Dictionary of Affect in Language. On the basis of words used at unusually high frequencies, the translation of the Quran was seen to be emphatically about Allah, his Prophets and Message, and believers. ...
Variables were assessed with the help of computer programs and the Dictionary of Affect in Language. On the basis of words used at un …
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