I am a predoctoral fellow (FPU20/03345) in the Psychology Department at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, where I am doing the PhD in Cognitive Science and Language under the supervision of Dr. Pilar Ferré. The general aim of my dissertation project is to study the relationship/interaction between language and epistemically unwarranted/suspect beliefs.
My research interests are:
- Epistemically unwarranted/suspect beliefs (EUB/ESB). Beliefs such as paranormal, pseudoscientific and conspiracy are widespread in the population, with associated problems at both the social and individual levels. Understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of such EUB/ESB is crucial to prevent/counteract such adverse consequences.
- Individual differences in language. With the purpose to draw general/universal conclusions about language processing, individual differences have traditionally been ignored in psycholinguistic research. Recently, however, there has been a move to systematically studying individual differences affecting language as a means of advancing towards a richer and more realistic psycholinguistic knowledge.
- Affective language processing. Where does the emotional content of words lie and how does it interact during psycholinguistic processing? What dimensions define the affective space of words? What factors influence the affective processing of language?
PUBLICATIONS 2025:
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Huete-Pérez, D., Davies, R. , Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J., & Ferré, P. (2025). Individual differences in associative/semantic priming: Spreading of activation in semantic memory and epistemically unwarranted beliefs. PLoS One, 20(2), e0313239. 10.1371/journal.pone.0330531
PUBLICATIONS 2023:
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Huete-Pérez, D., & Ferré, P. (2023). Individual differences in visual word recognition: The role of epistemically unwarranted beliefs on affective processing and signal detection. Language and Cognition, 15(2), 314-336. 10.1017/langcog.2022.38
PUBLICATIONS 2022:
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Huete-Pérez, D., Morales-Vives, F., Gavilán, J. M., Boada, R., & Haro, J. (2022). Popular Epistemically Unwarranted Beliefs Inventory (PEUBI): A psychometric instrument for assessing paranormal, pseudoscientific and conspiracy beliefs. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36(6), 1260-1276. 10.1002/acp.4010
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Santaniello, G., Ferré, P., Sanchez-Carmona, A., Huete-Pérez, D., Albert, J., & Hinojosa, J. A. (2022). Gamma Oscillations in the Temporal Pole Reflect the Contribution of Approach and Avoidance Motivational Systems to the Processing of Fear and Anger Words. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:802290. 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.802290
PUBLICATIONS 2021:
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Ferré, P., Haro, J., Huete-Pérez, D., & Fraga, I. (2021). Emotionality effects in ambiguous word recognition: The crucial role of the affective congruence between distinct meanings of ambiguous words. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 1234-1243. 10.1177/1747021821990003
PUBLICATIONS 2020:
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Huete-Pérez, D., Haro, J., Fraga, I., & Ferré, P. (2020). HEROÍNA: Drug or hero? Meaning-dependent valence norms for ambiguous Spanish words. Applied Psycholinguistics, 41, 259 - 283. 10.1017/S014271641900050X
PUBLICATIONS 2019:
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Huete-Pérez, D., Haro, J., Hinojosa, J. A., & Ferré, P. (2019). Does it matter if we approach or withdraw when reading? A comparison of fear-related words and anger-related words. Acta Psychologica, 197, 73-85. 10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.04.018