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Integration of two skeptical emotion theories: Dimensional appraisal theory and Russell's psychological construction theory KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This inquiry attempts to integrate two skeptical emotion theories: dimensional appraisal theory and Russell's (2003) psychological construction theory. To bring out the skeptical elements of these theories, I compare them first with two classic theories: affect program theory and discrete appraisal theory. The skeptical theories are similar to each other in that they replace the concept of emotion with the ...
Negative Self-Referent Thinking is Less Sensitive to Aversive Outcomes in People with Higher Levels of Depressive Symptoms KU Leuven
Learning theories of depression have proposed that depressive cognitions, such as negative thoughts with reference to oneself, can develop through a reinforcement learning mechanism. This negative self-reference is considered to be positively reinforced by rewarding experiences such as genuine support from others after negative self-disclosure, and negatively reinforced by avoidance of potential aversive situations. The learning account ...
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the inferior frontal cortex affects the "social scaling" of extrapersonal space depending on perspective-taking ability. KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
When we have to judge the distance between another person and an object (social condition), we judge this distance as being smaller compared to judging the distance between two objects (nonsocial condition). It has been suggested that this compression is mediated by the attribution of a motor potential to the reference frame (other person vs. object). In order to explore the neural basis of this effect, we investigated whether the modulation of ...
The integrated theory of emotional behavior follows a radically goal-directed approach KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
Current emotion research in economics KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
© ISRE and SAGE. Positive and negative feelings were central to the development of economics, especially in utility theory in classical economics. While neoclassical utility theory ignored feelings, behavioral economics more recently reintroduced feelings in utility theory. Beyond feelings, economic theorists use full-fledged specific emotions to explain behavior that otherwise could not be understood or they study emotions out of interest for ...
Bending rules: The shape of the perceptual generalization gradient is sensitive to inference rules KU Leuven
Generalizing what is learned about one stimulus to other but perceptually related stimuli is a basic behavioral phenomenon. We evaluated whether a rule learning mechanism may serve to explain such generalization. To this end, we assessed whether inference rules communicated through verbal instructions affect generalization. Expectancy ratings, but not valence ratings, proved sensitive to this manipulation. In addition to revealing a role for ...
The inferential reasoning theory of causal learning: Towards a multi-process propositional account KU Leuven
One for all: The effect of extinction stimulus typicality on return of fear KU Leuven
Background and Objectives: During exposure therapy, patients are encouraged to approach the feared stimulus, so they can experience that this stimulus is not followed by the anticipated aversive outcome. However, patients might treat the absence of the aversive outcome as an ‘exception to the rule’. This could hamper the generalization of fear reduction when the patient is confronted with similar stimuli not used in therapy. We examined the ...