Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19): Predictors in an online study conducted in March 2020 G Mertens, L Gerritsen, S Duijndam, E Salemink, IM Engelhard Journal of anxiety disorders 74, 102258, 2020 | 1561 | 2020 |
Optimism, mindfulness, and resilience as potential protective factors for the mental health consequences of fear of the coronavirus LMW Vos, M Habibović, I Nyklíček, T Smeets, G Mertens Psychiatry Research 300, 113927, 2021 | 143 | 2021 |
Navigating the garden of forking paths for data exclusions in fear conditioning research TB Lonsdorf, M Klingelhöfer-Jens, M Andreatta, T Beckers, A Chalkia, ... Elife 8, e52465, 2019 | 134 | 2019 |
A review on the effects of verbal instructions in human fear conditioning: Empirical findings, theoretical considerations, and future directions G Mertens, Y Boddez, D Sevenster, IM Engelhard, J De Houwer Biological Psychology 137, 49-64, 2018 | 112 | 2018 |
A systematic review of pliance, tracking, and augmenting A Kissi, S Hughes, G Mertens, D Barnes-Holmes, J De Houwer, ... Behavior modification 41 (5), 683-707, 2017 | 81 | 2017 |
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence for unaware fear conditioning G Mertens, IM Engelhard Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 108, 254-268, 2020 | 78 | 2020 |
The role of intolerance of uncertainty in classical threat conditioning: Recent developments and directions for future research J Morriss, DV Zuj, G Mertens International Journal of Psychophysiology 166, 116-126, 2021 | 73 | 2021 |
The latent and item structure of COVID-19 fear: A comparison of four COVID-19 fear questionnaires using SEM and network analyses G Mertens, S Duijndam, T Smeets, P Lodder Journal of Anxiety Disorders 81, 102415, 2021 | 68 | 2021 |
A review on mental imagery in fear conditioning research 100 years since the ‘Little Albert’study G Mertens, AM Krypotos, IM Engelhard Behaviour Research and Therapy 126, 103556, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
Potentiation of the startle reflex is in line with contingency reversal instructions rather than the conditioning history G Mertens, J De Houwer Biological psychology 113, 91-99, 2016 | 58 | 2016 |
Preregistration of analyses of preexisting data G Mertens, AM Krypotos Psychologica Belgica 59 (1), 338, 2019 | 50 | 2019 |
Fear of COVID-19 predicts vaccination willingness 14 months later G Mertens, P Lodder, T Smeets, S Duijndam Journal of anxiety disorders 88, 102574, 2022 | 49 | 2022 |
The mere exposure instruction effect P Van Dessel, G Mertens, CT Smith, J De Houwer Experimental psychology, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
A step-by-step guide on preregistration and effective data sharing for psychopathology research. AM Krypotos, I Klugkist, G Mertens, IM Engelhard Journal of Abnormal Psychology 128 (6), 517, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
Pandemic panic? Results of a 14-month longitudinal study on fear of COVID-19 G Mertens, P Lodder, T Smeets, S Duijndam Journal of affective disorders 322, 15-23, 2023 | 36 | 2023 |
Human fear conditioning is moderated by stimulus contingency instructions G Mertens, Y Boddez, AM Krypotos, IM Engelhard Biological Psychology 158, 107994, 2021 | 36* | 2021 |
Fear expression and return of fear following threat instruction with or without direct contingency experience G Mertens, M Kuhn, AK Raes, R Kalisch, J De Houwer, TB Lonsdorf Cognition and Emotion 30 (5), 968-984, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
Tackling fear: Beyond associative memory activation as the only determinant of fear responding Y Boddez, A Moors, G Mertens, J De Houwer Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 112, 410-419, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
Induction of conditioned avoidance via mental imagery AM Krypotos, G Mertens, A Leer, IM Engelhard Behaviour Research and Therapy 132, 103652, 2020 | 27* | 2020 |
Behavioral and physiological evidence challenges the automatic acquisition of evaluations O Corneille, G Mertens Current Directions in Psychological Science 29 (6), 569-574, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |