Mouse-tracking–measuring computer-mouse movements made by participants while they
choose between response options–is an emerging tool that offers an accessible, data-rich …

Highlights•Mixed feelings include ambivalence: simultaneous positive and negative
evaluations.•Measures of objective and subjective ambivalence can reveal hidden mixed …

In a world where individuals are continuously exposed to information, the experience of
ambivalence has become an intricate part of human existence. Recently, the consequences …

In this article, the authors describe a new theory, the Evaluative Space Approach to
Challenge and Threat (ESACT). Prompted by the Biopsychosocial model of challenge and …

Self‐control leads to positive life outcomes, but it is poorly understood. While previous
research has focused on self‐control failure, self‐control success remains unexplored. The …

Stigmatization and societal punitiveness about pedophilia have a range of potential
consequences, such as the social isolation of people with sexual interest in children, and the …

Meat consumption elicits highly ambivalent feelings. On the one hand, it is associated with
sensory pleasure and tradition; on the other hand, it is linked to moral, ecological, and health …

The 'meat paradox'is the psychological conflict between people's enjoyment of meat and
their moral discomfort in relation to animal suffering. To date, most studies on the meat …

Abstract The International Affective Picture System (IAPS) is a picture set used by
researchers to select pictures that have been prerated on valence. Researchers rely on the …

Nudges have gained popularity as a behavioral change tool that aims to facilitate the
selection of the sensible choice option by altering the way choice options are presented …