Disentangling the facilitation effect of emoji in vocabulary recognition: experimental evidence from semantic matching tasks

BackgroundIn the digital age, visual symbols such as emojis have become integral to everyday communication. Despite their ubiquity, the cognitive and educational functions of emojis remain underexplored, particularly in the context of second language (L2) learning.ObjectivesThis study aims to examin...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Yin Li, Zilong Zhong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-10-01
Subjects:	emoji vocabulary recognition second language learning multimodal learning semantic processing
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1629078/full