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[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 31 (3) of Health Psychology (see record 2011-23780-001). The bars in Figure 2 were mislabeled. The black bars should have been labeled the “Used” words category and the grey bars should have been labeled as the “Did Not Use” category. All versions of this article have been corrected.] Objective: This study examined whether specific types of positive and negative emotional words used in the autobiographies of well-known deceased psychologists were associated with longevity. Methods: For each of the 88 psychologists, the percent of emotional words used in writing was calculated and categorized by valence (positive or negative) and arousal (activated [eg, lively, anxious] or not activated [eg, calm, drowsy]) based on existing emotion scales and models of emotion categorization. Results: After controlling for sex, year of publication, health …