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Researcher

Sean Joseph Hughes

Awards & Distinctions

79 Results

2025

The role of awareness and demand in evaluative learning

Pieter Van DesselSean Joseph HughesMarco PeruginiColin Tucker SmithZhefei MaoJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

2024

Relating different perspectives on how outcomes of behavior influence behavior

Jan De HouwerMartin FinnYannick BoddezSean Joseph HughesJamie Cummins

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

The shared feature principle in person perception : shared features lead to assumptions about other features

Sean Joseph HughesChristian UnkelbachMarine RougierJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

2023

Effects on the affect misattribution procedure are strongly moderated by influence awareness

Sean Joseph HughesJamie CumminsIan Hussey

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS

From halo to conditioning and back again : exploring the links between impression formation and learning

Marine RougierJan De HouwerJuliette RichetinSean Joseph HughesMarco Perugini

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

Learning in individual organisms, genes, machines, and groups : a new way of defining and relating learning in different systems.

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The role of causal attributions in observational conditioning

Sarah KasranSean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerTom Beckers

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

2022

A propositional perspective on observational conditioning

Sarah KasranJan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

Best research practices for using the Implicit Association Test

Anthony G. GreenwaldMiguel BrendlHuajian CaiDario CvencekJohn F. DovidioMalte FrieseAdam HahnEric HehmanWilhelm HofmannSean Joseph Hughes et al.

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS

Learning via instructions about observations : exploring similarities and differences with learning via actual observations

Sarah KasranSean Joseph HughesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

Nudging societally relevant behavior by promoting cognitive inferences

Pieter Van DesselYannick BoddezSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Observational evaluative conditioning is sensitive to relational information

Sarah KasranSean Joseph HughesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

The role of trait inferences in evaluative conditioning

Tal Moran YorovichSean Joseph HughesPieter Van DesselJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

2021

Incidental attitude formation via the surveillance task : a preregistered replication of the Olson and Fazio (2001) study

Tal Moran YorovichSean Joseph HughesIan HusseyMiguel VadilloMichael OlsonFrederik AustKaroline BadingRobert BalasTaylor BenedictOlivier Corneille et al.

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Risk and resilience predictors of recovery after spinal fusion surgery in adolescents

Melanie BeeckmanSean Joseph HughesJolene Van der Kaap-DeederFrank PlasschaertJozef MichielsenPierre MoensSebastiaan SchelfautLiesbet Goubert

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

When pain becomes uncontrollable : an experimental analysis of the impact of instructions on pain-control attempts

Ama KissiSean Joseph HughesDimitri Van RyckeghemJan De HouwerGeert Crombez

A1 Journal Article in PAIN

2020

A network analysis of potential antecedents and consequences of pain-related activity avoidance and activity engagement in adolescents

Melanie BeeckmanLaura E SimonsSean Joseph HughesTom LoeysLiesbet Goubert

A1 Journal Article in PAIN MEDICINE

A risk-resilience perspective on adolescent pain-related functioning : a multi-method, multi-theoretical approach

Melanie BeeckmanLiesbet GoubertSean Joseph Hughes

Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests : making transparent how design choices shape research results

Justin F. LandyMiaolei (Liam) JiaIsabel L. DingDomenico ViganolaWarren TierneyAnna DreberMagnus JohannessonThomas PfeifferCharles R. EbersoleQuentin F. Gronau et al.

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Hidden invalidity among 15 commonly used measures in social and personality psychology

Ian HusseySean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in ADVANCES IN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Learning to like or dislike : revealing similarities and differences between evaluative learning effects

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Many labs 5 : testing pre-data-collection peer review as an intervention to increase replicability

Charles R. EbersoleMaya B. MathurErica BaranskiDiane-Jo Bart-PlangeNicholas R. ButtrickChristopher R. ChartierKatherine S. CorkerMartin CorleyJoshua K. HartshorneHans IJzerman et al.

A1 Journal Article in ADVANCES IN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Reflecting on 25 years of research using implicit measures : recommendations for their future use

Pieter Van DesselJamie CumminsSean Joseph HughesSarah KasranFemke CathelynTal Moran Yorovich

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL COGNITION

Stroop-like effects of derived stimulus-stimulus relations

Baptist LiefoogheSean Joseph HughesJames R. SchmidtJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION

The impact of instruction- and experience-based evaluative learning on IAT performance : a quad model perspective

Colin Tucker SmithJimmy CalanchiniSean Joseph HughesPieter Van DesselJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION & EMOTION

The influence of extinction and counterconditioning procedures on operant evaluative conditioning and intersecting regularity effects

Sean Joseph HughesSimone MattavelliIan HusseyJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

The psychology of learning : an introduction from a functional-cognitive perspective

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

The rule-based insensitivity effect : a systematic review

Ama KissiColin HarteSean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerGeert Crombez

A1 Journal Article in PEERJ

The shared features principle : if two objects share a feature, people assume those objects also share other features

Sean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerSimone MattavelliIan Hussey

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL

2019

Child Pain In Context (CP-IC) study : protocol

Melanie BeeckmanSean Joseph HughesLaura SimonsLiesbet Goubert

Evaluative conditioning effects are modulated by the nature of contextual pairings

Sean Joseph HughesYang YeJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION & EMOTION

How an understanding of our ability to adhere to verbal rules can increase insight into (mal)adaptive functioning in chronic pain

Melanie BeeckmanSean Joseph HughesAma KissiLaura SimonsLiesbet Goubert

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PAIN

How do actions influence attitudes? An inferential account of the impact of action performance on stimulus evaluation

Pieter Van DesselSean Joseph HughesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

On the assumptions that we make about the world around us : a conceptual framework for feature transformation effects

Jan De HouwerJuliette RichetinSean Joseph HughesMarco Perugini

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

Resilience factors in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents : the role of child and parent psychological flexibility

Melanie BeeckmanSean Joseph HughesDimitri Van RyckeghemEline Van HoeckeJo DehoorneRik JoosLiesbet Goubert

A1 Journal Article in PAIN MEDICINE

The rule-based insensitivity effect in the context of pain

Ama KissiGeert CrombezJan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

Toward a cumulative science of emotion : a functional-cognitive framework for emotion research

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION & EMOTION

When people co-occur with good or bad events : graded effects of relational qualifiers on evaluative conditioning

Sean Joseph HughesYang YePieter Van DesselJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN

2018

A brief introduction to philosophy of science as it applies to clinical psychology

Sean Joseph Hughes

Bookchapter in Process-based CBT : the science and core clinical competencies of cognitive behavioral therapy

An analysis of the scientific status and limitations of the attitudinal entropy framework and an initial test of some of its empirical predictions

Pieter Van DesselJan De HouwerSean Joseph HughesIan Hussey

Editorial material

Consequence-based approach-avoidance training : a new and improved method for changing behavior

Pieter Van DesselSean Joseph HughesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Examining the impact of distance as a contextual cue in evaluative conditioning

Sean Joseph HughesSimone MattavelliJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Examining the moderating impact of plys and tracks on the insensitivity effect : a preliminary investigation

Ama KissiSean Joseph HughesMaarten De SchryverJan De HouwerGeert Crombez

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD

Mechanisms underlying effects of approach-avoidance training on stimulus evaluation

Pieter Van DesselAndreas EderSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION

On the symbolic generalization of likes and dislikes

Sean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-HolmesPieter Van DesselJoão Henrique de AlmeidaIan StewartJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Postoperative Recovery after Spinal Fusion Surgery (PR-SF) study : protocol

Melanie BeeckmanSean Joseph HughesLiesbet Goubert

The development and validation of an implicit measure of competence need satisfaction

Jolene Van der Kaap-DeederJan De HouwerSean Joseph HughesAdriaan SpruytMaarten Vansteenkiste

A1 Journal Article in MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

2017

A systematic review of pliance, tracking, and augmenting

Ama KissiSean Joseph HughesGaëtan MertensPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-HolmesJan De HouwerGeert Crombez

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

Bridging the divide between functional and cognitive psychology

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph HughesDermot Barnes-Holmes

Editorial material

Environmental regularities as a concept for carving up the realm of learning research : implications for relational frame theory

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Implicit cross-community biases revisited : evidence for ingroup favoritism in the absence of outgroup derogation in Northern Ireland

Sean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-HolmesSinead Smyth

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD

Psychological engineering : a functional-cognitive perspective on applied psychology

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN MEMORY AND COGNITION

Toward a unified framework for research on instructions and other messages : an introduction to the special section on the power of instructions

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph HughesMarcel Brass

A1 Journal Article in NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

2016

A contextual behavioral approach to the study of (persecutory) delusions

Corinna StewartIan StewartSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

A functional perspective on personality

Marco PeruginiGiulio CostantiniSean Joseph HughesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

Associative learning as higher-order cognition: learning in human and nonhuman animals from the perspective of propositional theories and relational frame theory

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Evaluative conditioning as a symbolic phenomenon: on the relation between evaluative conditioning, evaluative conditioning via instructions, and persuasion

Jan De HouwerSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL COGNITION

Expanding the boundaries of evaluative learning research: how intersecting regularities shape our likes and dislikes

Sean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerMarco Perugini

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL

Faking revisited : exerting strategic control over performance on the implicit relational assessment procedure

Sean Joseph HughesIan HusseyBethany CorriganKatie JolieCarol MurphyPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Obesity, food restriction, and implicit attitudes to healthy and unhealthy foods: Lessons learned from the implicit relational assessment procedure

Ian McKennaSean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-HolmesMaarten De SchryverRuth YoderDonal O'Shea

A1 Journal Article in APPETITE

Relational frame theory : implications for the study of human language and cognition

Sean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes

Bookchapter in The Wiley handbook of contextual behavioral science

Relational frame theory : the basic account.

Sean Joseph HughesPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes

Bookchapter in The Wiley handbook of contextual behavioral science

The IRAP is non-relative but not a-contextual: changes to the contrast category influence men's dehumanization of women

Ian HusseyDearbhaile Ní MhaoileoinPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-HolmesTomu OhtsukiNaoko KishitaSean Joseph HughesCarol Murphy

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD

The functional-cognitive framework for psychological research: controversies and resolutions

Sean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerMarco Perugini

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

The moderating impact of distal regularities on the effect of stimulus pairings : a novel perspective on evaluative conditioning

Sean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Unreliable yet still replicable: a comment on LeBel and Paunonen (2011)

Maarten De SchryverSean Joseph HughesYves RosseelJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

2015

Highly prevalent but not always persistent: undergraduate and graduate student's misconceptions about psychology.

Sean Joseph HughesFionna LyddyKaplan RobinAustin Lee NicholsHayle Miller

A1 Journal Article in TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY

The relational responding task: toward a new implicit measure of beliefs

Jan De HouwerNiclas HeiderAdriaan SpruytArne RoetsSean Joseph Hughes

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

2014

Associative concept learning, stimulus equivalence, and relational frame theory : working out the similarities and differences between human and non-human behavior

Sean Joseph HughesDermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

The dark-side of rule-governed behavior: an experimental analysis of problematic rule-following in an adolescent population with depressive symptomatology

David McAuliffeSean Joseph HughesDermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

To be or want to be: disentangling the role of actual versus ideal self in implicit self-esteem

Jonathan RemueSean Joseph HughesJan De HouwerRudi De Raedt

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2013

A functional approach to the study of human emotion: the centrality of relational/propositional processes

Dermot Barnes-HolmesSean Joseph Hughes

Bookchapter in Changing emotions

A functional approach to the study of implicit cognition: the IRAP and the REC model

Sean Joseph HughesD Barnes-Holmes

Bookchapter in Advances in relational frame theory & contextual behavioural science : research & applications

Misconceptions about psychological science: a review

Sean Joseph HughesFiona LyddySinead Lambe

A2 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGY LEARNING & TEACHING

The impact of language and response format on student endorsement of psychological misconceptions

Sean Joseph HughesFiona LyddyRobin Kaplan

A1 Journal Article in TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY

2012

Holding on to our functional roots when exploring new intellectual islands : a voyage through implicit cognition

Sean Joseph HughesDermot Barnes-HolmesNigel Vahey

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

2011

Attitudes towards psychology as a science and the persistence of psychological misconceptions in psychology undergraduates.

F LyddySean Joseph Hughes

Bookchapter in Teaching psychology around the world

On the formation and persistence of implicit attitudes: new evidence from the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP)

Sean Joseph HughesDermot Barnes-Holmes

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD

The dominance of associative theorizing in implicit attitude research: propositional and behavioral alternatives

Sean Joseph HughesDermot Barnes-HolmesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD