Iconic representations are ubiquitous; they fill children's cartoons, add humor to newspapers, and bring emotional tone to online communication. Yet, the communicative function they serve remains unaddressed by cognitive psychology. Here, we examined the hypothesis that iconic representations communicate emotional information more efficiently than their realistic counterparts. In Experiment 1, ...

OBJECTIVE This article presents the results of interviews conducted with children regarding their cognitive and affective responses toward a narrative and a non-narrative cartoon. The findings will be used to further explore the role of a narrative in motivating continued active videogame play. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty children (8-11 years old of mixed gender) watched two cartoons (narrat...

Anhedonia, reduced positive affect and enhanced negative affect are integral characteristics of major depressive disorder (MDD). Emotion dysregulation, e.g. in terms of different emotion processing deficits, has consistently been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate mood changes in depressive patients using a multidimensional approach for the measurement of emotional reacti...

BACKGROUND Multiple studies have indicated that the Joe Camel advertising campaign has been successful in marketing tobacco to children and adolescents, whereas other studies have reported that current tobacco warning messages are ineffective. OBJECTIVE To determine the importance and believability of familiar and novel tobacco warning messages with and without cartoons that were modeled afte...

Political cartoons are a ubiquitous form of satire which assists the public to interpret political life. This study examined the tone and content of 107 political, satirical cartoon images published in mainstream Australian newspapers in 2005 and 2006. The cartoons illustrated the sweeping reforms of the industrial relations system at a turbulent time in Australia’s political history. We invest...

A comparative intercultural study on the so-called basic emotions anger, joy, fear, and sadness as well as neutral utterances was carried out based on samples of dubbed speech. The languages studied were the American English original of a popular TV series (Ally McBeal) as well as its German and Japanese dubbings. The production by the main male and female characters in all three languages as w...

The authors of the article explore how cartoon characters are perceived in advertising products famous brands among young people. To study this issue, focus groups were held, which representatives youth audience took part. demonstrate stimulus material, 22 from animated films selected (cartoons Soviet period, Disney studios cartoons and other foreign cartoons). For a large number products, espe...