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Dissociating the effects of attention and contingency awareness on evaluative conditioning effects in the visual paradigm

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posted on 2023-06-07, 13:41 authored by Andy FieldAndy Field, Annette C Moore
Two experiments are described that investigate the effects of attention in moderating evaluative conditioning (EC) effects in a picture-picture paradigm in which previously discovered experimental artifacts (e.g., Field & Davey, 1999) were overcome by counterbalancing conditioned stimuli (CSs) and unconditioned stimuli (USs) across participants. Conditioned responses for individuals who had attention enhanced were compared against a control group and groups for whom attention was impeded using a distracter task. In a second experiment the effects of attention were dissociated from those of contingency awareness by using backward-masked US presentations. The results of these experiments indicate that although associative EC effects may not be disrupted by a lack of contingency awareness, attention is an important factor in establishing conditioning. These results shed some light onto the possible boundary conditions that could explain past inconsistencies in obtaining EC effects in the visual paradigm.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Cognition and Emotion

ISSN

0269-9931

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

19

Page range

217-243

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2007-01-17

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