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Swearing, Euphemisms, and Linguistic Relativity

Participants read aloud swear words, euphemisms of the swear words, and neutral stimuli while their autonomic activity was measured by electrodermal activity. The key finding was that autonomic responses to swear words were larger than to euphemisms and neutral stimuli. It is argued that the heighte...

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Autores principales: Bowers, Jeffrey S., Pleydell-Pearce, Christopher W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022341