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Lecture: Affective Responses to Political Speeches: Evidence from Pupillometry and Self-Assessment in Chinese–English Bilinguals

Many studies show stronger affective reactions in L1 than in L2
This study examined how language (L1 vs. L2) and affective
(Ayçiçeği-Dinn & Caldwell-Harris, 2009). Yet most research has examined
framing (positive, neutral, negative) affect bilinguals’ responses to
isolated words or phrases, leaving discourse-level affective
political speeches, using pupillometry and self-assessment, and
processing, particularly in political speeches employing affective
whether these responses predict persuasion and decision-making.
framing, largely unexplored. Affective framing has been shown to
• RQ1: Does language influence affective responses?
shape audience responses (Nabi, 2003), but whether language and
• RQ2: Does affective framing influence affective responses?
framing jointly influence bilinguals’ emotions remains unclear.
• RQ3: Does language moderate the effect of affective framing on
Pupillometry provides a sensitive index of affective arousal (Iacozza et
affective responses?
al., 2017), while discrepancies with self-reports underscore the
• Exploratory RQ: Are bilinguals’ affective responses linked to their
importance of combining implicit and explicit measures (Thoma, 2021). This study examined how language (L1 vs. L2) and affective
(Ayçiçeği-Dinn & Caldwell-Harris, 2009). Yet most research has examined
framing (positive, neutral, negative) affect bilinguals’ responses to
isolated words or phrases, leaving discourse-level affective
political speeches, using pupillometry and self-assessment, and
processing, particularly in political speeches employing affective
whether these responses predict persuasion and decision-making.

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Day: 2025-11-15
Start time: 11:30
Duration: 00:30
Room: M17.74
Track: Neuro- and Psycholinguistics
Language: en

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