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Benjamin Buttlar

@benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social

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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trier. I'm particularly interested in cognitive conflicts and how people make and follow through with decisions that go against their attitudes. Check out my work at benjaminbuttlar.de

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Benjamin Buttlar @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Rosi und ich freuen uns schon darauf! Im Science Slam erklären wir, warum wir manchmal bei Entscheidungen, wie etwa beim Fleischessen, hin- und hergerissen sind und was das mit uns macht. Wenn du mehr über diese Ambivalenz oder Wissenschaftskommunikation im Allgemeinen wissen willst, komm vorbei!

Benjamin und Rosi stehen an der Theke und prosten dir zu.

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Benjamin Buttlar @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

This supports a core idea in ambivalence research: People can reduce felt ambivalence through information seeking. But it’s not that simple. Our data showed that this process can’t be fully explained by the resolution of the attitudinal conflict. 7/10

Figure showing that potential ambivalence does not reduce when people seek univalent information, but remains the same. As with felt ambivalence, it increases when people seek ambivalent information.

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Benjamin Buttlar @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

What did we find? When people feel ambivalent about the initial information, they do seek more pieces of information about a stock’s development. This indeed helps reduce their felt ambivalence, but only if the new information is clearly positive or negative (univalent). 5/10

Figure showing that felt ambivalence reduces when people seek univalent information, but increases when they seek ambivalent information.

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Benjamin Buttlar @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

🚨 New Preprint Alert! 🚨 We explored how AI image generation can foster effective climate change communication by making it more personal and impactful. 🌍✨

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