ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Neuroticism, Biases and Evaluative Conditioning: An Eye-Tracking Experiment Using Ambivalent Stimuli

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Cognitive Science

  • Anca Lazar
    West University Timisoara
  • Florin Sava
    West University of Timisoara
  • Marine Rougier
    UGent
  • Jan De Houwer
    Ghent University
  • Marco Perugini
    University of Milan-Bicocca

Abstract

This study looks at the link between neuroticism and cognitive mechanisms of evaluative conditioning in terms of attention, memory, and situation interpretation. As neuroticism is characterised by negative biases, we explore if these could potentially act as mediators for the change in liking of conditioned stimuli paired with ambivalent stimuli.

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