The influence of emotional words on sentence processing: Electrophysiological and behavioral evidence

► We studied how the emotional content of a word affects sentence processing. ► Brain activity and performance were affected by the emotional content of a word. ► Emotional words impact syntax and semantics differently during sentence processing. ► Sentence processing in real situations becomes a more multifaceted endeavor. ► Modulation of syntax by emotional words is critical finding for linguistic models.