Topics:

Second language processing
Aesthetic perception
Figurative language processing
Emotion and language
Stimulus databases
Conceptual metaphors
Semantic categorisation
Preprints

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

Second language processing

• Citron, F.M.M. (2023). The neurolinguistics of the second language pragmatics system. In K. Morgan-Short & J.G. van Hell (Eds.).The Routledge Handbook of second language acquisition and neurolinguistics. New York: Routledge. Access Preprint here.
• Citron, F.M.M., Michaelis, N., & Goldberg, A.E. (2020). Metaphorical language processing and amygdala activation in L1 and L2. Neuropsychologia, 140, 107381. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107381
• Citron, F.M.M., Oberecker, R., Friederici, A.D. & Mueller, J.L. (2011). Mass counts: ERP correlates of non-adjacent dependency learning under different exposure conditions. Neuroscience Letters, 487, 282-286. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.038

Aesthetic perception

• Rasse, C., Onysko, A., & Citron, F.M.M. (2020). Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation: A psycholinguistic approach. Language and Cognition, 12, 310-342. doi: 10.1017/langcog.2019.47
• Citron, F.M.M. & Zervos, E.A. (2018). A neuroimaging investigation into figurative language and aesthetic perception. In A. Baicchi, J. Sanford, & R. Digonnet (Eds.). Sensory perceptions in language, embodiment, and epistemology (pp. 77-94). Springer. Download postprint here.

Figurative language processing

• Mon, S.K., Nencheva, M., Citron, F.M.M., Lew-Williams, C., & Goldberg, A.E. (2021, accepted). Conventional metaphors elicit greater real-time engagement than literal paraphrases or concrete sentences. Journal of Memory and Language.
• Citron, F.M.M., Michaelis, N., & Goldberg, A.E. (2020). Metaphorical language processing and amygdala activation in L1 and L2. Neuropsychologia, 140, 107381. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107381
• Citron, F.M.M., Lee, M., & Michaelis, N. (2020). Affective and psycholinguistic norms for German conceptual metaphors (COMETA). Behavior Research Methods, 52,1056-1072. doi: 10.3758/s13428-019-01300-7
• Citron, F.M.M., Cacciari, C., Funcke, J.M., Hsu, C.-T., & Jacobs, A. (2019). Idiomatic expressions evoke stronger emotional responses in the brain than literal sentences. Neuropsychologia, 133, 233-248. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.05.020
• Citron, F.M.M. & Zervos, E.A. (2018). A neuroimaging investigation into figurative language and aesthetic perception. In A. Baicchi, J. Sanford, & R. Digonnet (Eds.). Sensory perceptions in language, embodiment, and epistemology (pp. 77-94). Springer. Download postprint here.
• Pomp, J., Bestgen, A.-K., Schulze, P., Mueller, C., Citron, F.M.M., Suchan, B., & Kuchinke, L. (2018). Lexical olfaction recruits olfactory orbitofrontal cortex in metaphorical and literal contexts. Brain & Language, 179, 11-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2018.02.001
• Citron, F.M.M. (2018). Review of “Interpreting figurative meaning“ by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. and Herbert L. Colston. Metaphor & Symbol, 33, 58-59. doi: 10.1080/10926488.2018.1407996
• Citron, F.M.M., Güsten, J., Michaelis, N., & Goldberg, A.E. (2016). Conventional metaphors in longer passages evoke affective brain response. NeuroImage, 139, 218-230. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.06.020
• Citron, F.M.M., Cacciari, C., Kucharski, M., Beck, L., Conrad, M., & Jacobs, A.M. (2016). When emotions are expressed figuratively: Psycholinguistic and affective norms of 619 idioms for German (PANIG). Behavior Research Methods, 48, 91-111. doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0581-4 PANIG NORMS
  
• Citron, F.M.M. & Goldberg, A.E. (2014). Metaphorical sentences are more emotionally engaging than their literal counterparts. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 2585-2595. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00654

Emotion and language

• NEW!!! Lee, K., & Citron, F.M.M. (2024). Riding the emotional rollercoaster? Emotions in online doctoral studies. Studies in Continuing Education. Manuscript accepted.
• Citron, F.M.M., Cortese, M.J., & Khanna, M.M. (2023). Editorial: “How emotion relates to language, memory, and cognition”, Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1170912. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1170912 → Check out the articles featured in our Research Topic!
• Mon, S.K., Nencheva, M., Citron, F.M.M., Lew-Williams, C., & Goldberg, A.E. (2021, accepted). Conventional metaphors elicit greater real-time engagement than literal paraphrases or concrete sentences. Journal of Memory and Language.
• Citron, F.M.M. (2019). Language that conveys emotion: a commentary on Hinojosa, Moreno and Ferré (2019). Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 35, 865-867. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2019.1706714
• Citron, F.M.M., Abugaber, D., & Herbert, C. (2016). Approach and withdrawal tendencies during written word processing: effects of task, emotional valence and emotional arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, Section Language Sciences, 6, 1935. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01935
• Hsu, C.-T., Jacobs, A.M., Citron, F.M.M. & Conrad, M. (2015). The emotion potential of words and passages in reading Harry Potter – An fMRI study. Brain & Language, 142, 96-114. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.01.011
• Citron, F.M.M., Weekes, B.S. & Ferstl, E.C. (2014). Arousal and emotional valence interact in written word recognition. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 29, 1257-1267. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2014.897734
• Citron, F.M.M., Gray, M.A., Critchley, H.D., Weekes, B.S. & Ferstl, E.C. (2014). Emotional valence and arousal affect reading in an interactive way: Neuroimaging evidence for an approach-withdrawal framework. Neuropsychologia, 56, 79-89. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.01.002
• Citron, F.M.M., Weekes, B.S. & Ferstl, E.C. (2013). Effects of valence and arousal on written word recognition: Time course and ERP correlates. Neuroscience Letters, 533, 90-95. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.054
• Citron, F.M.M. (2012). Neural correlates of written emotion word processing: A review of recent electrophysiological and hemodynamic neuroimaging studies. Brain & Language, 122, 211-226. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.12.007
• Citron, F.M.M., Weekes, B.S. & Ferstl, E.C. (2014). How are affective word ratings related to lexico-semantic properties? Evidence from the Sussex Affective Word List (SAWL). Applied Psycholinguistics, 35, 313-331. doi: 10.1017/S0142716412000409 SAWL NORMS

Stimulus databases

• Citron, F.M.M., Lee, M., & Michaelis, N. (2020). Affective and psycholinguistic norms for German conceptual metaphors (COMETA). Behavior Research Methods, 52,1056-1072. doi: 10.3758/s13428-019-01300-7
• Citron, F.M.M., Cacciari, C., Kucharski, M., Beck, L., Conrad, M., & Jacobs, A.M. (2016). When emotions are expressed figuratively: Psycholinguistic and affective norms of 619 idioms for German (PANIG). Behavior Research Methods, 48, 91-111. doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0581-4 PANIG NORMS
• Citron, F.M.M., Weekes, B.S. & Ferstl, E.C. (2014). How are affective word ratings related to lexico-semantic properties? Evidence from the Sussex Affective Word List (SAWL). Applied Psycholinguistics, 35, 313-331. doi: 10.1017/S0142716412000409 SAWL NORMS

Conceptual metaphors

• Rasse, C., Onysko, A., & Citron, F.M.M. (2020). Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation: A psycholinguistic approach. Language and Cognition, 12, 310-342. doi: 10.1017/langcog.2019.47
• Citron, F.M.M. & Goldberg, A.E. (2014). Social context modulates the effect of physical warmth on perceived interpersonal kindness: a study of embodied metaphors. Language and Cognition, 6, 1-11. doi: 10.1017/langcog.2013.4
• Citron, F., & Goldberg, A. (2014, June 13). Weight did not affect importance/burdersomness. Retrieved 13:11, June 20, 2014 from http://www.psychfiledrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTk0
• Citron, F., Kucharski, M., & Goldberg, A. (2014, June 13). Weight did not affect value and importance judgments. Retrieved 11:51, June 15, 2014 from http://www.psychfiledrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTkz

Semantic categorisation

• Zani, A., Marsili, G., Senerchia, A., Orlandi, A., Citron, F.M.M., Rizzi, E. & Proverbio, A.M. (2015). ERP signs of categorical and supra-categorical processing of visual information. Biological Psychology, 104, 90-107. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.11.012

PREPRINTS (note that preprints are not publications):

• Citron, F.M.M. (2019, December 9). Language that conveys emotion: a commentary on Hinojosa, Moreno and Ferré (2019). doi: 10.31234/osf.io/gvx4e. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/gvx4e/
• Citron, F.M.M., Michaelis, N., & Goldberg, A.E. (2019, October 24). Metaphorical language processing and amygdala activation in L1 and L2. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/fqr48. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/fqr48
• Rasse, C., Onysko, A., & Citron, F.M.M. (2019, October 25). Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation: A psycholinguistic approach. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/a43p8. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/a43p8