Statistical analyses
The sample size was The effectiveness of the two distractions in both fear contexts was examined using a one-way repeated measures ANOVA with Instruction-Type (experience, placebo-distraction, control-distraction) as a repeated-measures factor. These analyses included only trials with no shocks/unpleasant pictures, because the presence of shocks/unpleasant pictures could influence fear reports occurring at the end of the trial. In cases where the sphericity assumption was violated, as indicated by Mauchly’s Sphericity Test, we reported the Greenhouse–Geisser adjusted p-values