The so-called 'replicability crisis' has sparked methodological discussions in many areas of
science in general, and in psychology in particular. This has led to recent endeavours to …

The authors review the literature on the 2 main models of the placebo effect: expectancy
theory and classical conditioning. A path is suggested to dissolving the theoretical impasse …

We describe evidence for an evolved module for fear elicitation and fear learning with four
primary characteristics. First, it is preferentially activated by stimuli related to survival threats …

Higher cognitive functions such as attention have been difficult to model in genetically
tractable organisms. In humans, attention-distracting stimuli interfere with trace but not delay …

Figure 8.1 The artificial grammar used by Reber (1967) to generate strings. Strings such as
VXVS can be constructed by following a path through the grammar from the starting node at …

This paper reviews evidence that increases the probability that many animals experience at
least simple levels of consciousness. First, the search for neural correlates of consciousness …

Memory is composed of several different abilities that are supported by different brain
systems. The distinction between declarative (conscious) and nondeclarative (non …

Classical conditioning paradigms, such as trace conditioning, in which a silent period
elapses between the offset of the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the delivery of the …

Sequence knowledge acquired by repeated exposure to targets in a speeded localization
task was studied in 3 experiments that sought to test A. Destrebecqz and A. Cleeremans's …

The goal of this volume is to bring together the most recent empirical and theoretical
developments in the basic science of fear learning and to translate these developments to …