Emotion Representation in Language Models

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  1. Steering Follows Geometry, Not Labels: Emotion Directions in a Full-Duplex Speech Model

    Oct 6, 2026Pulak KuliControllable Speech GenerationSpeech Language Models

    Independent Researcher

  2. Tracing a Sparse Emotion-Control Circuit in LLM-Based Text-to-Speech

    Oct 4, 2026Hongfei Du, Jiacheng Shi, Yanfu Zhang +1Mechanistic InterpretabilityControllable Speech Generation

    Department of Computer Science, William & Mary, Williamsburg, USA

  3. Usage-Modulated Sentiment Representations in Large Language Models

    Oct 4, 2026Hongfei Du, Jiacheng Shi, Yanfu Zhang +2Causal Interventions in Language ModelsRepresentation Geometry in Language Models

    Department of Computer Science, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

  4. Language Models Act on Hidden Valence

    Sep 28, 2026Cameron Berg, Caspar KaiserEmotion Representation in Language Models

    Reciprocal Research · University of Warwick

  5. Two Emojis of Difference: What Multilingual Affective Generation Benchmarks Actually Measure

    Sep 24, 2026Fardeen Sadab, Adib SakhawatMultilingual Language Model EvaluationLanguage Model Generation Evaluation

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  6. Reading Emotions in the Token Space: Discriminative Adaptation of SpeechLLMs for Emotion Recognition

    Sep 17, 2026Hasindri Watawana, Sergio Burdisso, Esaú Villatoro-Tello +4Speech Emotion RecognitionSpeech Language Models

    Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland · EPFL, Switzerland · Uniphore, USA & India +1

  7. Empathy Is Steerable but Multi-Axial: Mechanism Geometry and Persona Effects in LLMs

    Sep 14, 2026JuHeon Ha, Byounghan Lee, Yunseo Choi +1Language Model SteeringLLM Interpretability

    Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ajou University

  8. You Can't Prefer Emotions You Don't Sample: Intensity Undershoot in DPO-Tuned LLMs

    Sep 7, 2026Hyunwoo Kim, Usama KhalidDirect Preference OptimizationValence-Arousal Modeling

    Department of Computer Software Hanyang University, Seoul

  9. Interpretable Symptom Vectors for Depression in a Large Language Model

    Sep 1, 2026Fangyi Zhu, Ajay Subramanian, Allison Constant +3Depression DetectionRepresentation Geometry in Language Models

    Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA · Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA · Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, CA, USA +2

  10. Some Emotions Run Deeper: Layer-wise Probing and Causal Intervention in Large Language Models

    Sep 1, 2026Tian Fang, Gaël Guibon, Davide BuscaldiCausal Interventions in Language ModelsEmotion Representation in Language Models

    1Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Informatique de Paris Nord, LIPN · 2LORIA, CNRS, Université de Lorraine

  11. Multilingual Emotion Neurons in Large Audio-Language Models

    Aug 9, 2026Xiutian Zhao, Philipp Koehn, Björn Schuller +1Cross-Lingual Representation AlignmentAudio-Language Models

    Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), Johns Hopkins University, USA · Group on Language, Audio & Music (GLAM), Imperial College London, UK

  12. Deal Me Maybe: The Role of Emotions in Multi-Agent Negotiation

    Aug 7, 2026Massimiliano Luca, Apoorva Singh, Bruno LepriMulti-Agent NegotiationAutomated Negotiation

    Bruno Kessler Foundation

  13. VIBE: A VAD-Informed Benchmark for Entity-Centered Affective Profiling of Large Language Model Outputs

    Aug 4, 2026Andrei Chetvergov, Alexander Evseev, Timofei Sivoraksha +4LLM EvaluationLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

  14. Separating Decision-Rule Misalignment from Readout-Coverage Limitations in Speech Language Models

    Aug 3, 2026Linkai Peng, Baorian NuchgedAudio-Language Model EvaluationSpeech Emotion Recognition

    Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA · Department of Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA

  15. Adaptive Emotional Video Captioning via Affective Heterogeneous Graph Reasoning and Multi-task Joint Learning

    Jul 31, 2026Junbo Wang, Liangyu Fu, Yuke Li +2Video CaptioningEmotion Representation in Language Models

    School of Software, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China · School of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China · School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

  16. How Affect Propagates among LLM Agents: Emergent Emotional Contagion in Crowd Simulation

    Jul 27, 2026Funda DurupinarHuman Behavior SimulationAgent-Based Modeling

    Computer Science Department University of Massachusetts Boston, MA 02125

  17. EmoTrace: An Emotion Trajectory-Centered Framework for Psychological Support Dialogue Generation

    Jul 26, 2026Kaitong Weng, Lixin Liu, Zihao Liu +2Mental Health CounselingEmotional Support Conversation

    Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University

  18. REGARD: Regional Affective Differences in Large Language Models

    Jul 22, 2026Andrei Chetvergov, Alexander Evseev, Mikhail Solovev +5Political Bias in Language ModelsValence-Arousal Modeling

    Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia · Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia

  19. Semantic Primes as Explanans for Emotion in Large Language Models

    Jul 21, 2026Frank XingLLM InterpretabilityMechanistic Interpretability

    University of Reading

  20. Can Induced Emotion Bias LLM Behaviors in Sequential Decision Making?

    Jul 14, 2026Minh Khoi Ho, Zihao Zhu, Runchuan Zhu +4Sequential Decision MakingLLM Decision-Making

    MBZUAI · Texas A&M University · National University of Singapore +4

  21. Where Do Models Find Happiness? Emotion Vectors in Open-Source LLMs

    Jun 25, 2026Sinie van der Ben, Raphaël Baur, Yannick Metz +1LLM InterpretabilityValence-Arousal Modeling

    Department of Computer Science, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.

  22. VA-DPO: Valence-Arousal Direct Preference Optimization for Controllable Emotion Generation in Language Models

    Jun 23, 2026Hyunwoo KimLLM AlignmentControllable Text Generation

    Independent Researcher

  23. Do Large Language Models Have Emotions?

    Jun 3, 2026Amit Goldenberg, James J. GrossLLM EvaluationLLM Interpretability

    Harvard Business School · Department of Psychology, Harvard University · Harvard University, Digital, Data and Design Institute +1

  24. Compositional Literary Primitives in Instruction-Tuned LLMs: Cross-Architectural SAE Features for Self, Style, and Affect

    May 11, 2026Joao Paulo Cavalcante Presa, Savio Salvarino Teles de OliveiraLLM InterpretabilityPersonality Modeling in Language Models

    Federal University of Goias (UFG)

  25. The Echo Amplifies the Knowledge: Somatic Marker Analogues in Language Models via Emotion Vector Re-Injection

    May 9, 2026Jared GloverMemory-Augmented Language ModelsCausal Interventions in Language Models

    CapSen Robotics

  26. Negative Before Positive: Asymmetric Valence Processing in Large Language Models

    May 7, 2026Sohan VenkateshLLM InterpretabilityEmotion Representation in Language Models

    Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru

  27. AIPsy-Affect: A Keyword-Free Clinical Stimulus Battery for Mechanistic Interpretability of Emotion in Language Models

    Apr 26, 2026Michael KeemanLLM InterpretabilityEmotion Representation in Language Models

    Keido Labs

  28. Mechanistic Decoding of Cognitive Constructs in Large Language Models

    Apr 16, 2026Yitong Shou, Manhao GuanLLM InterpretabilityCausal Interventions in Language Models

    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. · The authors are with the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.

  29. Too Categorical to be Human: Emotion Concepts in LLMs and Humans

    Aug 7, 2025Sree Bhattacharyya, Evgenii Kuriabov, Lucas Craig +4LLM InterpretabilityEmotion Representation in Language Models

    Department of Informatics and Intelligent Systems, College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University · Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University +1