Overview of task structure on both learning days and the associative inference test phase on day 3. In this example, the pineapple (PS) is presented first, followed by the guitar (CS). Then, on day 2, each CS item is presented and followed by a picture/sound combination (US) that can either be neutral or aversive. All pairs on both days 1 and 2 are presented a total of three times. During the last block of pair presentations on each day, participants are asked to indicate the vividness of their imagined story for each pair. Finally, during the associative inference test, PS items are presented followed by the corresponding US. Participants are asked to predict and imagine the incoming US when the PS is on the screen, after which they are asked whether they indeed imagined the correct item, whether they imagined something neutral or negative, and how vivid their imagination was.
