Taboo words' impact mediated by context, listeners' likelihood of being offended

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A new paper by University of Illinois educational psychology professor Kiel Christianson suggests that the physiological and psychological effects of profanity and other taboo words on people who read or hear them may be due largely -- but not entirely -- to the context and individual audience members' likelihood of being offended.

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