The view that emotions can provide defeasible justification for evaluative beliefs is widespread in the emotion literature. Despite this, the question of whether epistemic emotions can provide defeasible justification for theoretical beliefs has been ...
Laura Silva
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Surprise, Curiosity, and Confusion Promote Knowledge Exploration: Evidence for Robust Effects of Epistemic Emotions [PDF]
Research has started to acknowledge the importance of emotions for complex learning and cognitive performance. However, research on epistemic emotions has only recently become more prominent.
Elisabeth Vogl +7 more
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Measuring emotions during epistemic activities: Psychometric validation of the Persian epistemic emotions scale [PDF]
As there are not enough measurement instruments to assess emotions during epistemic activities, this research aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the epistemic emotions scale among speakers of the Persian language.
Ahvanuiee Mohsen Rezaiee +2 more
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The Epistemic Role of Outlaw Emotions
Outlaw emotions are emotions that stand in tension with one’s wider belief system, often allowing epistemic insight one may have otherwise lacked. Outlaw emotions are thought to play crucial epistemic roles under conditions of oppression.
Laura Silva
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Investigating epistemic emotions experienced while reading refutation texts through a fine-grained measure of emotion [PDF]
The current study addressed the often-overlooked role of epistemic emotions in refuting misinformation by replicating and expanding on the work of Trevors and Kendeou (2020).
Yi-Lun Jheng +5 more
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When emotion meets reason: the development and validation of EpiCT-CI scale to measure epistemic emotions in critical thinking application and cultural identity constructions [PDF]
IntroductionEpistemic emotion is a significant concept in education, but traditional scales rarely focus on the status of epistemic emotions in intercultural issues.
Yue Peng
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Epistemic Emotions and Epistemic Cognition Predict Critical Thinking About Socio-Scientific Issues
When thinking critically about socio-scientific issues, individuals’ expectations about the nature of knowledge and knowing, as well as their emotions when these expectations are met or not, may play an important role in critical thinking. In this study,
Krista R. Muis +3 more
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Affective Reactions When Learning That Our Answer Is Biased: The Role of Negative Feedback in the Arousal of Epistemic Emotions [PDF]
This study investigated how different types of feedback influence emotional reactions in decision-making tasks involving high-confidence errors. The sample consisted of 596 undergraduate and postgraduate university students.
Katerina Nerantzaki +2 more
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Exploring curiosity, interest, and surprise: normative ratings of a magic trick video dataset in Italy [PDF]
Epistemic emotions, including curiosity, interest, and surprise, play a crucial role in learning and cognitive processes by bridging motivation and knowledge acquisition. The Magic Curiosity Arousing Tricks (MagicCATs) dataset, comprising 166 magic trick
Erika Marascia +7 more
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Demystifying the Relations of Motivation and Emotions in Game-Based Learning
Accumulating evidence indicates that game-based learning is emotionally engaging. However, little is known about the nature of emotions in game-based learning.
Kristian Kiili +3 more
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