We presented social (faces) and non-social (fractals) stimuli serving as CSpos or CSneg. If participants looked at the CSpos, they were rewarded with points 🏆. However, if they looked at the CSneg, they received an aversive electrical stimulation⚡ (Experiment 1) or lost points ❌ (Experiment 2).

It turned out: Participants could adapt their looking behavior and avoided looking towards punished stimuli – social or not 👏. Nevertheless ☝️, they were still faster in looking towards social stimuli.