Editorial: The Janus Face of Language: Where Are the Emotions in Words and Where Are the Words in Emotions?

Cornelia Herbert¹, Thomas Ethofer^{2

3}, Andreas J Fallgatter^{2

4}, Peter Walla^{5

6

7}, Georg Northoff⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Emotion and Motivation Research, Institute of Psychology and Education, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Department for Biomedical Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
⁴ LEAD Graduate School, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
⁵ Cognitive Neuroscience & Behaviour Lab (CanBeLab), Department of Psychology, Webster Vienna Private University, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Faculty of Psychology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

PMID: 29867635
PMCID: PMC5966553
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00650

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Editorial: The Janus Face of Language: Where Are the Emotions in Words and Where Are the Words in Emotions?

Cornelia Herbert et al. Front Psychol. 2018.

. 2018 May 17:9:650.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00650. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Cornelia Herbert¹, Thomas Ethofer^{2

3}, Andreas J Fallgatter^{2

4}, Peter Walla^{5

6

7}, Georg Northoff⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Emotion and Motivation Research, Institute of Psychology and Education, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Department for Biomedical Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
⁴ LEAD Graduate School, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
⁵ Cognitive Neuroscience & Behaviour Lab (CanBeLab), Department of Psychology, Webster Vienna Private University, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Faculty of Psychology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

PMID: 29867635
PMCID: PMC5966553
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00650

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Keywords: embodiment; emotion and language; language as context; mood; multilingualism; neuronal and behavioral mechanisms of emotional word processing; poetic aesthetics; self-reference.

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