Emotions in Reading, Learning, and Communication

Catherine Bohn-Gettler is Professor of Educational Psychology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, and studies emotion and reading. She studies interdisciplinary connections between cognition, emotion, and instructional contexts to improve student learning and holistic development. Kate has achieved national and international distinction in the field of cognitive psychology, with more than 30 original research publications. She is co-Editor-in-Chief for Discourse Processes, together with Johanna K. Kaakinen. Johanna K. Kaakinen is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Turku, and studies cognitive processes underlying text comprehension. Her areas of expertise include cognitive psychology, reading comprehension and eye movements. She is co-Editor-in-Chief for Discourse Processes, together with Catherine Bohn-Gettler.

Introduction: Emotions in Reading, Learning, and Communication 1. Here’s Hoping It’s not Just Text Structure: The Role of Emotions in Knowledge Revision and the Backfire Effect 2. The Roles of Identity Conflict, Emotion, and Threat in Learning from Refutation Texts on Vaccination and Immigration 3. Effects of Emotions, Topic Beliefs, and Task Instructions on the Processing and Memory for a Dual-Position Text 4. Emotional Responses to Seductive Scientific Texts During Online and Offline Reading Tasks 5. Emotions and the Comprehension of Single versus Multiple Texts during Game-based Learning 6. Emotions in Reading and Learning from Texts: Progress and Open Problems 7. Commentary on the Special Issue on Emotions in Reading, Learning, and Communication: A Big Step Forward, More Giant Leaps to Come