Abhay Alaukik
Biographic Data
| ID | 4621280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhay Alaukik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhay |
| FAMILY NAME | Alaukik |
| SIGNATURE | ALAUKIK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8540-4052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When longing goes wrong: Nostalgia can cause a preference for harmful aspects of the past
Nostalgia has many benefits for individuals; it can increase meaning, well‐being, and belongingness. In contrast, we show in six studies the harmful policy implications of nostalgia. We propose that nostalgia can lead people to appreciate negative aspects of the past and oppose modern measures to reduce them, with negative implications for health, safety, and well‐being. Four correlational studies ( N total = 3081) show that nostalgia proneness c…
Understanding Attitude Associations by Modeling Decision Processes on the Implicit Association Test: A Tutorial on the Tug-of-War Model
In this tutorial, we describe a newly developed model of Implicit Association Test (IAT) data—the Tug-of-war model—which introduces a theoretically meaningful association parameter and mathematically specified mechanism through which the parameter explains the IAT data. We outline the model’s benefits over existing alternatives, estimate its parameters for a large data set (N > 10,000), and describe inferences that can be drawn from it. Additiona…
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When longing goes wrong: Nostalgia can cause a preference for harmful aspects of the past
Nostalgia has many benefits for individuals; it can increase meaning, well‐being, and belongingness. In contrast, we show in six studies the harmful policy implications of nostalgia. We propose that nostalgia can lead people to appreciate negative aspects of the past and oppose modern measures to reduce them, with negative implications for health, safety, and well‐being. Four correlational studies ( N total = 3081) show that nostalgia proneness c…
Understanding Attitude Associations by Modeling Decision Processes on the Implicit Association Test: A Tutorial on the Tug-of-War Model
In this tutorial, we describe a newly developed model of Implicit Association Test (IAT) data—the Tug-of-war model—which introduces a theoretically meaningful association parameter and mathematically specified mechanism through which the parameter explains the IAT data. We outline the model’s benefits over existing alternatives, estimate its parameters for a large data set (N > 10,000), and describe inferences that can be drawn from it. Additiona…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (1 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (1 works) · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Preference (1 works) · Psychoanalysis (1 works) · Psychology (1 works)