The fear-anxiety distinction has been extensively discussed and debated among emotion
researchers. In this study, we tested this distinction from a social-cognitive perspective …

This study examined the hypothesis that emotion is a psychological event constructed from
the more basic elements of core affect and conceptual knowledge. Participants were primed …

In the present study, the authors tested whether conceptual fear knowledge can (a) evoke
bodily reactions and (b) enhance subsequent bodily reactions to fearful stimuli. Participants …

Kok, Peters, Kessels, ten Hoor, and Ruiter (2018) use graphic images on cigarette
packaging as their running example of a fear appeal throughout their review. From our …

The persuasive effects of emotions have been the focus of burgeoning interest in recent
years. Rather than considering how emotions function within traditional paradigms of …

Construal-level theory emphasizes that representing events at greater spatial, temporal,
social, or hypothetical distance results in processing information at high construal levels …

Emotions can offer instrumental benefits, but people do not always take advantage of them.
In this paper, we identify one factor that might propel people to seek emotions that have …

Past theory and research have suggested that motivationally intense affective states narrow
cognitive scope. Research has also suggested manipulations that broaden cognitive scope …

Fear is a negatively valenced discrete emotional state that is an inherent part of the human
experience. With strong evolutionary roots, fear serves important functions, including alerting …

Most theories of affective influences on judgement and choice take a valence-based
approach, contrasting the effects of positive versus negative feeling states. These …