December 21, 2020

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December 21, 2020/ Kristen Lindquist

Kristen Lindquist speaks to National Geographic about the role of categorization and language in emotional experiences

Kristen A. Lindquist

Recent Articles

Children’s emotion word knowledge is associated with adaptive emotion regulation: Links to family-level and child-level factors.

Shipkova, M., Milojevich, H., Lindquist, K.A. & Sheridan, M.S. (in press). Emotion.
Linking interoception and emotion.

Feldman, M.J, Bliss-Moreau, E. & Lindquist, K.A. (2024). Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Language access differentially alters functional connectivity during emotion perception across cultures.

Lesin, C., Carter, M.J., Doyle, C.M., & Lindquist, K.A. (2024). Frontiers in Psychology.

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