Sex differences in emoji use, familiarity, and valence

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Highlights：

• Sex differences in familiarity and valence were found for 70 iOS smiley emojis.

• Women reported greater overall use of emojis and had higher familiarity ratings.

• Women rated the negative emojis as more negative than did the men.

• No sex differences in valence judgments were found for the positive emojis.

摘要

•Sex differences in familiarity and valence were found for 70 iOS smiley emojis.•Women reported greater overall use of emojis and had higher familiarity ratings.•Women rated the negative emojis as more negative than did the men.•No sex differences in valence judgments were found for the positive emojis.

论文关键词：Smiley,Emoji,Sex differences,Valence ratings,Facial emotion,Negativity bias

论文评审过程：Received 8 July 2019, Revised 16 January 2020, Accepted 12 February 2020, Available online 20 February 2020, Version of Record 5 March 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106305