The influence of repetitive thoughts of CS-US pairing on expectancy learning and evaluative conditioning
A Fundamental Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7149945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thierry Kosinski (0000-0003-2589-6838, Univ. Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie: Interactions Temps Émotions Cognition, corresponding author), Vincent Leleu (0000-0002-7368-0938, Univ. Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie: Interactions Temps Émotions Cognition) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 808-820 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognition & Emotion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02699931.2024.2398615 |
| PMID | 39221781 |
| OpenAlex | W4402146979 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
Repetitive thinking is a common phenomenon, also implicated in a variety of mental disorders. The content of repetitive thoughts can take the form of prediction of aversive events (in worry) or evoking negatively valenced information (in rumination), for instance. Investigating the influence of repetitive thinking through the lens of associative learning could help deepen our understanding of the mechanisms involved in its effects.In two experiments, non-clinical participants were exposed to CS-US pairings with the aim of creating non-threatening expectancy learning (Experiment 1) or evaluative conditioning (Experiment 2). After each conditioning trial, participants were instructed to initiate repetitive thoughts about the pairing (i.e. rehearse) or follow control instructions.Experiment 1 (N = 64) showed that such intervention strengthen the association between the mental representations of the CS and the US, leading to a stronger US expectancy in response to the CS. In Experiment 2 (N = 107), an evaluative conditioning effect was observed; however, it was not influenced by instructions.The study demonstrated that simulated repetitive thinking strengthens the CS-US association and leads to greater US expectancy in expectancy learning, despite appearing not to influence the evaluative conditioning effect. The potential implications of these findings on repetitive thinking are discussed
Anxiety · Associative learning · Associative property · Classical conditioning · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Conditioning · Developmental psychology · Engram · Epistemology · Expectancy theory · Phenomenon · Rumination · Worry · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Mental Health Research Topics · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology
A Heuristic for Developing Transdiagnostic Models of Psychopathology
The propositional nature of human associative learning
Preliminary exploration of worry
The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ)
Repetitive Negative Thinking as a Transdiagnostic Process
A Conceptual and Theoretical Analysis of Evaluative Conditioning
Mediators of the Gender Difference in Rumination
Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought
Consolidation of Long-Term Memory
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |