The co-occurrence of a person, object or concept and a valent stimulus can change how a
person evaluates the person, object or concept. Such effects of stimulus pairings on attitudes …

This special issue of Cognition and Emotion assembles recent advances in theorising and
empirical research on the automaticity of evaluative learning. Based on a taxonomy of …

Humans can vividly simulate hypothetical experiences. This ability draws on our memories
(eg, of familiar people and locations) to construct imaginings that resemble real-life events …

Attitudes are at the core of many topical issues, and a meeting point for research and
discussion. This pervasiveness is not surprising given an attitude's utility in reducing the …

A neutral stimulus can acquire valence by being paired with a valenced stimulus, leading to
a new attitude towards the previously neutral stimulus. There is, however, considerable …

When attempting to encourage eating, explicitly providing statements like “eating is
pleasant” may produce little effect. This may be due to subjective, negatively-valenced …

Emotion can color what we perceive and subsequently remember in myriad ways. Indeed, it
is well established that emotion enhances some aspects of memory, while impairing others …

Previous research into the influence of postconditioning revaluation of unconditioned stimuli
(USs) on evaluative conditioning (EC) effects produced inconsistent results. One potential …

Used in many communities, Theatre for Development (TfD) allows performers and
audiences to interrogate their cultural history and their society to promote positive social …

A student sits in front of a computer in an experiment. On the screen, the instructions indicate
that the first task in the experiment is a perceptual task. Photos will appear on the screen …