Emotionally charged messages can distort truth perception, and recent research highlights the impact of emotional language on news beliefs. While past studies have focused on emotional valence, the role of emotional arousal in shaping beliefs remains underexplored, particularly regarding its long-term effects. This research investigates both immediate and delayed beliefs in response to headlines with high-arousal sentence starters (HASS), such as “Shocking!.” Across five longitudinal experiments ( N immediate = 1,329; N delayed = 687), including two preregistered studies and a mini meta-analysis, we found that HASS initially suppresses belief. However, this effect diminishes over time, leading to a rebound in belief. These findings underscore the importance of emotional language in truth perception and suggest that practitioners should exercise caution when employing HASS in communication strategies.

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标题中的立即和延迟信念，具有高唤醒性句子开头

充满情感的信息会扭曲真相感知，最近的研究强调了情感语言对新闻信念的影响。虽然过去的研究侧重于情绪效价，但情绪唤醒在塑造信念中的作用仍未得到充分探索，尤其是关于其长期影响。本研究调查了对带有高唤醒句子启动器 （HASS） 的标题的即时和延迟信念，例如“令人震惊！在五个纵向实验中 （ Nimmediate = 1,329;Ndelayed = 687），包括两项预先注册的研究和一项小型荟萃分析，我们发现 HASS 最初会抑制信念。然而，这种影响会随着时间的推移而减弱，导致信念反弹。这些发现强调了情感语言在真理感知中的重要性，并建议从业者在沟通策略中使用 HASS 时应谨慎行事。