Christina Kauschke
Christina Kauschke appears on this site as first author of the 2019 Frontiers in Psychology narrative review of emotional valence in the processing of facial and verbal stimuli.
Who they are
The work of Christina Kauschke reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Negativity Bias.
Key papers
Kauschke, C., Bahn, D., Vesker, M., & Schwarzer, G. (2019). The role of emotional valence for the processing of facial and verbal stimuli: Positivity or negativity bias? Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1654. What it reports: A narrative review of word and face processing. Words showed no consistent advantage for positive or negative content, results for faces varied with the method, and children showed a clear positivity advantage that faded with age and sometimes reversed.
Key ideas
Negativity Bias: The tendency for negative information to carry more weight than equally strong positive information. This article follows it from the 2001 reviews to book sales and to the limits found in consumer settings.
Sources
- Kauschke, C., Bahn, D., Vesker, M., & Schwarzer, G. (2019). The role of emotional valence for the processing of facial and verbal stimuli: Positivity or negativity bias? Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1654.