This study aimed to determine the effect of task aversiveness and fear failure on academic procrastination in students Faculty Psychology at Hang Tuah University. There were 202 participan study. The sampling technique used quota sampling. Analysis hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression. uses a scale aversiveness, procrastination. results showed that there was significant with an R...

Social contact is essential for survival in human society. A previous study demonstrated that interpersonal contact alleviates pain-related distress by suppressing the activity of its underlying neural network. One explanation for this is that attention is shifted from the cause of distress to interpersonal contact. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a functional MRI (fMRI) study wherein eig...

In a recent issue of Science was published an interesting report regarding the role of dopaminergic neurons on reward and aversiveness (Fiorillo, 2013). In contrast to what is claimed by some physiological and computational models (e.g., Schultz et al., 1997), the author provides a number of arguments to support the suggestion that reward and punishment have to be considered as two distinct neu...

Using aversion learning techniques, the relative aversiveness of CO(2) to pigs in comparison to a shock with an electric prodder, and the aversiveness of a CO(2)-stunner crate in comparison to the aversiveness of a V-belt restrainer used for electric stunning were examined. The results showed that 90% CO(2) was considerably less aversive than an electric shock with a prodder. However, during ex...

Whereas reward (appetitiveness) and aversiveness (punishment) have been distinguished as two discrete dimensions within psychology and behavior, physiological and computational models of their neural representation have treated them as opposite sides of a single continuous dimension of "value." Here, I show that although dopamine neurons of the primate ventral midbrain are activated by evidence...

After completing high school education, many decide to choose continue on college. When you become a student, there will definitely be lots of assignments, obligations and challenges faced in order complete your studies completion, so it's not surprising that students experience task aversiveness. Task aversiveness greatly affects the academic procrastination students. This study aims determine...

We often see an upsurge of humor inspired by tragic circumstances: this happened also during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak. However, little is known about emotional response to tragedy-triggered humor, let alone Covid-19 humor. With a large-scale survey completed early stages Italy's lockdown, we studied appreciation (funniness and aversiveness) different formats shared on so...

Carbon dioxide can produce aversive stimulation of the upper airways, and in their recent review Conlee et al. (2005) emphasized: ‘y Leach et al. (2002) concluded that CO2, either alone or in combination with argon, cannot be used humanely at any concentration and is therefore unacceptable as a euthanasia agent for laboratory rodents, particularly when more humane methods exist. The findings of...

We are grateful to Dr Ronald Wood for providing in his letter in the July issue (Wood 2005) his expert views and methodologies that could potentially be used in future to test the behavioural effects of airborne contaminants and irritants. Dr Wood seems to accept in his letter that carbon dioxide is aversive but he is unsure how aversive, and believes that it can be safely and humanely used in ...