Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe psychiatric disorder marked by restrictive eating, distorted body image, and high relapse rates. While cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a widely used treatment, its mechanisms of action in AN remain incompletely understood, particularly beyond self-reported symptom change. This study investigated the effects of a 12-week CBT intervention on both […]

Abstract: This study employed a situated approach to evaluate how female pre-service elementary school teachers’ mathematics self-concept impacts their emotional and physiological responses when confronted with mathematics tasks. We assessed participants’ (N=70, Mage = 20.6 years) self-concept before inviting them into the laboratory, where they solved arithmetic pattern tasks. We recorded their psychophysiological arousal via skin […]

While emotional neutrality (e.g., maintaining a neutral face, speaking with a calm voice) can help entrepreneurs project a sought-after image of rationality, the effectiveness of such displays is context-dependent and gendered. In the emotionally resonant world of crowdfunding, the value of neutrality is ambiguous, as it may conflict with audience expectations of expressiveness. Building on […]

Abstract Carousel ads introduce a unique interactive element to in-feed social media advertising by prompting consumers to swipe sideways. Four studies offer novel insights into the “carousel effect” that results from the interactivity and multi-card structure of carousel ads. An exploratory investigation of how consumers perceive and experience carousel ads reveals four experiential themes: curiosity, […]

Abstract The present study investigated the links between music-induced physiological response and active engagement with music to understand individual differences in musical competence. Building on McPherson and Williamon’s differentiated model of musical giftedness and talent as the theoretical foundation, the study treated individuals’ music-induced physiological response as an indicator of natural abilities. Active engagement with […]

Abstract Non-autistic observers often interpret autistic emotional expressions more negatively, though it is unclear whether this reflects observer bias or genuine differences in autistic people’s emotional experience and expression. To examine this, 20 autistic and 20 non-autistic adults reported the intensity of their felt emotion while re-experiencing video-recorded events eliciting mild and strong happiness, sadness, […]

Abstract This paper investigates the physiological responses of individuals driving both on a real route and within a vehicle simulator designed as a digital twin of that route. The analysis of observed data patterns in stress response bio signals provides sufficient evidence of similarity to validating the driving simulation digital twin as a reliable replacement […]

Abstract: Objectives This research jointly combines voters. biometric facial expression analysis while viewing images of candidates and party logos with traditional surveys to define and quantify novel indicators of affective voting. The paper explains the innovative methodology and analyzes the results of the experiment carried out before the 2023 elections in Spain to understand how […]

Abstract: Very short answer questions (VSAQs) have gained attention for their superior psychometric properties compared to multiple-choice questions (MCQs). While VSAQs require knowledge recall, MCQs primarily involve knowledge recognition. This difference in cognitive processes may lead to varying cognitive workloads, defined as the amount of mental processing in working memory. Previous studies have not demonstrated […]

Abstract This study examined genetic and environmental influences on twins’ and parents’ positive and negative affect during a parent–child conflict discussion and a positive discussion, captured by automated facial coding. Associations with internalizing, externalizing, and ADHD symptoms were examined. Twins (N = 560 50.94%; female; Mage = 9.72, SD = .94; data collected 2017–2020) and parents (N = 302; 583 videos) were […]