ISSN: 2578-5095
Authors: Vargha B* and Labadi B
In this pilot study we tested whether or not the direction of reading (independently from its content) influences participants’ emotional experience. We tested a small sample of 30 Japanese people in a repeated measure setting. Participants completed a short emotion-recognition task following two different reading direction conditions: left-toright and top-to-bottom. Results show that reading direction tends to have an impact on recognition of expression of emotion. Based on these positive results, we believe further research is necessary to verify the observed effects and to refine present findings.
Keywords: Reading Direction; Reading; Perception; Emotion Recognition; Facial Expressions
