Showing papers by "Rainer Banse published in 2012"
TL;DR: Whether, as the name implies, affect-based processes really underlie the AMP is investigated, and a modified AMP that enabled us to separate the influence of affective and nonaffective processes is used.
Abstract: The Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP; Payne, Cheng, Govorun, & Stewart, 2005) is an important tool in implicit social cognition research, but little is known about its underlying mechanisms. This paper investigates whether, as the name implies, affect-based processes really underlie the AMP. We used a modified AMP that enabled us to separate the influence of affective and nonaffective processes. In three studies, evidence for the implication of nonaffective processes was consistently found. In contrast, there was no evidence for affect-based processes. Thus, the AMP rather seems cold than hot. The generalizability of the results obtained with the modified AMP is discussed.
78 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, two alternative explanations are presented and tested using an adapted viewing time paradigm that disentangled task-and stimulus-specific processes for longer response latencies for sexually attractive targets.
Abstract: The amount of time an individual spends gazing at images is longer if the depicted person is sexually appealing. Despite an increasing use of such response latencies as a diagnostic tool in applied forensic settings, the underlying processes that drive the seemingly robust effect of longer response latencies for sexually attractive targets remain unknown. In the current study, two alternative explanations are presented and tested using an adapted viewing time paradigm that disentangled task- and stimulus-specific processes. Heterosexual and homosexual male participants were instructed to rate the sexual attractiveness of target persons differing in sex and sexual maturation from four experimentally assigned perspectives—heterosexual and homosexual perspectives for both sexes. This vicarious viewing time paradigm facilitated the estimation of the independent contributions of task (assigned perspective) and stimuli to viewing time effects. Results showed a large task-based effect as well as a relatively smaller stimulus-based effect. This pattern suggests that, when viewing time measures are used for the assessment of sexual interest, it should be taken into consideration that response latency patterns can be biased by judging images from a selected perspective.
53 citations
TL;DR: In this article, Baddeley proposed the existence of a hedonic detection system based on the assumption that the judgement of simple stimuli will be influenced by the valence of an induced mood.
Abstract: In an attempt to account for the impact of emotion on cognition, Baddeley (2007) proposed the existence of a hedonic detection system. Malfunctioning of this system was assumed to play a crucial role in depression. Exploring this hypothesis requires a simple and rapid way of assessing the neutral point of proposed hedonic detector. We describe two experiments that aim to develop such a method of investigating this system. Both are based on the assumption that the hedonic judgement of simple stimuli will be influenced by the valence of an induced mood. Experiment 1 showed that a negative mood leads to the more negative evaluation of words than the positive mood. Experiment 2 also includes a neutral condition and the evaluation of words, pictures, and faces. In each case the negative mood led to lower hedonic ratings, whereas no difference was found between neutral and positive moods. Implications for further investigating the hypothetical hedonic detector are discussed.
42 citations
TL;DR: This paper investigated the correspondence between implicit and explicit self-concepts of intelligence and how that correspondence is related to performance on different intelligence tests, and found that implicit concepts of intelligence correlate with performance on various intelligence tests.
Abstract: Three studies investigated the correspondence between implicit and explicit self–concepts of intelligence and how that correspondence is related to performance on different intelligence tests. Conf...
15 citations