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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Emotionally incongruous information can cause unease.
  • Relational Frame Theory emphasizes context in stimulus relations.
  • The structure of relational series influences element function.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if relational series membership can mitigate emotional dissonance.
  • To examine how stimulus valence transforms within a relational structure.
  • To assess the impact of a salient stimulus (own face) within a relational series.

Main Methods:

  • Trained a seven-term relational series (X>A>B>C>D>E>Y) using blurred faces.
  • Used blurred unfamiliar faces for X, A, B, D, E, Y and participant's own blurred face for C.
  • Collected self-report ratings and electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings before and after training.

Main Results:

  • Stimulus valence transformed for unfamiliar faces based on relational structure.
  • The participant's own face (Stimulus C) maintained high valence post-training.
  • No significant change in valence was observed for the participant's own face.

Conclusions:

  • Relational series membership can alter emotional valence of stimuli.
  • Relational structures may not be sufficient to mitigate emotional dissonance from salient, self-relevant stimuli.
  • Further research is needed on mitigating self-concept-incongruent information.