Research interests

Evaluative conditioning • False memory

Publications

• Richter, J., Seffen, A., Benedict, T., & Gast, A. (in press). No evidence of consolidation of evaluative conditioning during waking rest and sleep. Cognition and Emotion. [Preregistrations and Data on OSF]

• Benedict, T., & Gast, A. (in press). Evaluative conditioning with fear- and disgust-evoking stimuli: No evidence that they increase learning without explicit memory. Cognition and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1646213

• Moran, T., Hughes, S. J., Hussey, I., Vadillo, M., Olson, M., Aust, ... Benedict, T. ... & De Houwer, J. (2021). Incidental attitude formation via the surveillance task: A registered replication report of Olson and Fazio (2001). Psychological Science, 32(1), 120–131. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620968526

• Benedict, T., Richter, J., & Gast, A. (2019). The influence of misinformation manipulations on evaluative conditioning. Acta Psychologica,194, 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.01.014

Academic distinctions

• Seedcorn Grant Investigating memory processes underlying evaluative conditioning with functional magnetic resonance imaging (together with Anne Gast (PI), & Christiane Thiel (University of Oldenburg)), awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne, 2017