Since the early twentieth century, psychologists have known that there is consensus in
attributing social and personality characteristics from facial appearance. Recent studies …

Conflict-monitoring theory proposes that conflict between incompatible responses is
registered by a dedicated monitoring system, and that this conflict signal triggers changes of …

Cognitive theories of depression and anxiety have traditionally emphasized the role of
attentional biases in the processing of negative information. The dot-probe task has been …

Abstract Purpose of Review During food go/no-go training, people consistently withhold
responses toward no-go food items. We discuss how food go/no-go training may change …

In a series of 6 experiments (5 preregistered), we examined how not responding to
appetitive stimuli causes devaluation. To examine this question, a go/no-go task was …

Training individuals to inhibit their responses towards unhealthy foods has been shown to
reduce food intake relative to a control group. Here we aimed to further explore these effects …

The present study explores whether presenting specific palatable foods in close temporal
proximity of stop signals in a go/no-go task decreases subsequent evaluations of such foods …

Disinhibition is present in various maladaptive behaviors, including substance use
disorders. Most previous research has assumed that disinhibition is a psychological …

Stimuli that resemble humans, but are not perfectly human-like, are disliked compared to
distinctly human and non-human stimuli. Accounts of this “Uncanny Valley” effect often focus …

Understanding the formation and modification of preferences is important for explaining
human behavior across many domains. Here we examined when and how preferences for …