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ArticleCognition & emotion2026

Eliciting social approach-avoidance conflict within a novel experimental paradigm: psychometric and computational evidence with a successful pre-registered replication.

Travis C Evans, Mikael Rubin, Jiya Arora, Sam Agnoli, Audreyana Jagger-Rickels, Brian Albanese, Joseph DeGutis, Jennifer C Britton, Michael Esterman

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Article in Cognition & emotion, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Travis C EvansDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Mikael RubinDepartment of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Jiya AroraDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Sam AgnoliNational Center for PTSD Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Audreyana Jagger-RickelsNational Center for PTSD Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Brian AlbaneseDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Joseph DeGutisNational Center for PTSD Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Jennifer C BrittonDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Michael EstermanNational Center for PTSD Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

Personalized Neuromodulation Targeting Dysregulated Motivational Responses Underlying Social Avoidance BehaviorK23MH135222 · NIMH · AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT AUBURN · PI Travis Clark Evans · 2024 to 2026
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NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH135222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Affective facial expressions elicit approach-avoidance motivational responses that shape social behavior. Qualitatively, individuals report frequently experiencing competing motivations to approach and avoid other individuals in social contexts (i.e. social approach-avoidance conflict; AAC). Moreover, theoretical frameworks propose that successful navigation of social AAC plays a critical role in adaptive social behavior. However, despite an extensive array of well-validated,

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Conflict, PsychologicalFacial ExpressionSocial BehaviorAdolescentAdultAvoidance LearningFemaleHappinessHumansMaleMotivationPsychometricsRewardYoung AdultApproach-avoidance conflictcomputationaldrift diffusionexperimentalsocial motivation

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PMID40763348
PMCPMC13085876

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