Habituation of Stimulus-Elicited Involuntary Cognitions: Implications for Psychopathology

We will replicate and extend a paradigm that reveals that involuntary cognitions, in response to stimuli, can habituate. In our variant, we will examine the duration of stimulus-specific habituation and whether associations learned in the laboratory can yield similar effects. This exploratory research has implications for psychopathology and clinical interventions.