Anders Flykt

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Anders Flykt is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Anders Flykt has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Social Psychology, 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Anders Flykt's work include Animal and Plant Science Education (13 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (11 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (10 papers). Anders Flykt is often cited by papers focused on Animal and Plant Science Education (13 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (11 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (10 papers). Anders Flykt collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Portugal. Anders Flykt's co-authors include Francisco Esteves, Arne Öhman, Maria Johansson, Jens Frank, Klaus R. Scherer, Elise Dan‐Glauser, Jens Karlsson, Ole‐Gunnar Støen, Arne Öhman and Roberto Caldara and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Conservation, Journal of Experimental Psychology General and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Anders Flykt

38 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Emotion drives attention: Detecting the snake in the grass. 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Emotion drives attention: Detecting the snake in the grass.
    2001 1.6k citations Arne Öhman, Anders Flykt et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
  2. Emotion drives attention: Detecting the snake in the grass.
    2001 1.5k citations Arne Öhman, Anders Flykt et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anders Flykt Sweden 19 2.7k 1.4k 1.1k 550 287 38 3.9k
Eliza Bliss‐Moreau United States 29 3.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 187 0.3× 308 1.1× 88 5.4k
Mariska E. Kret Netherlands 30 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 372 0.7× 323 1.1× 114 4.2k
Michael Domjan United States 36 1.7k 0.6× 518 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 835 1.5× 170 0.6× 145 5.1k
Michel Cabanac Canada 28 816 0.3× 428 0.3× 825 0.7× 460 0.8× 220 0.8× 89 4.2k
Toshikazu Hasegawa Japan 42 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 2.2k 1.9× 198 0.4× 543 1.9× 154 5.6k
Stephanie D. Preston United States 20 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 2.8k 2.4× 140 0.3× 686 2.4× 52 5.1k
Robert O. Deaner United States 27 866 0.3× 570 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 122 0.2× 380 1.3× 52 3.0k
Steve Langton United Kingdom 30 2.1k 0.8× 909 0.7× 573 0.5× 154 0.3× 124 0.4× 62 3.4k
April Fallon United States 20 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 571 1.0× 622 2.2× 38 5.4k
Mark S. Blumberg United States 45 2.6k 1.0× 595 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 171 0.3× 446 1.6× 183 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Anders Flykt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anders Flykt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anders Flykt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anders Flykt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anders Flykt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anders Flykt. Anders Flykt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johansson, Maria, Terry Hartig, Jens Frank, & Anders Flykt. (2024). Vulnerability and fascination with wildlife encounters and psychological restoration in local natural settings. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 30(1). 112–131. 4 indexed citations
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Johansson, Maria, Anders Flykt, Jens Frank, & Terry Hartig. (2024). Wildlife and the restorative potential of natural settings. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 94. 102233–102233. 4 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders, et al.. (2023). Emotion recognition accuracy only weakly predicts empathic accuracy in a standard paradigm and in real life interactions. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1154236–1154236. 2 indexed citations
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Johansson, Maria, Atle Mysterud, & Anders Flykt. (2020). Livestock owners’ worry and fear of tick-borne diseases. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 331–331. 18 indexed citations
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Eklund, Ann, Maria Johansson, Anders Flykt, Henrik Andrén, & Jens Frank. (2020). Drivers of intervention use to protect domestic animals from large carnivore attacks. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 25(4). 339–354. 7 indexed citations
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Johansson, Maria, et al.. (2019). Communication Interventions and Fear of Brown Bears: Considerations of Content and Format. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 7 indexed citations
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Johansson, Maria, Ole‐Gunnar Støen, & Anders Flykt. (2016). Exposure as an Intervention to Address Human Fear of Bears. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 21(4). 311–327. 11 indexed citations
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Johansson, Maria, Jens Frank, Ole‐Gunnar Støen, & Anders Flykt. (2016). An Evaluation of Information Meetings as a Tool for Addressing Fear of Large Carnivores. Society & Natural Resources. 30(3). 281–298. 23 indexed citations
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Frank, Jens, Maria Johansson, & Anders Flykt. (2015). Public attitude towards the implementation of management actions aimed at reducing human fear of brown bears and wolves. Wildlife Biology. 21(3). 122–130. 51 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders, et al.. (2013). Fear of Wolves and Bears: Physiological Responses and Negative Associations in a Swedish Sample. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 18(6). 416–434. 36 indexed citations
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Johansson, Maria, Jens Karlsson, Eja Pedersen, & Anders Flykt. (2012). Factors Governing Human Fear of Brown Bear and Wolf. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 17(1). 58–74. 88 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders, et al.. (2012). Fear makes you stronger: Responding to feared animal targets in visual search. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 74(7). 1437–1445. 13 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders, Elise Dan‐Glauser, & Klaus R. Scherer. (2009). Using a Probe Detection Task to Assess the Timing of Intrinsic Pleasantness Appraisals. Swiss Journal of Psychology. 68(3). 161–171. 3 indexed citations
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Soares, Sandra C., Francisco Esteves, & Anders Flykt. (2008). Fear, but not fear-relevance, modulates reaction times in visual search with animal distractors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 23(1). 136–144. 33 indexed citations
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Aue, Tatjana, Anders Flykt, & Klaus R. Scherer. (2006). First evidence for differential and sequential efferent effects of stimulus relevance and goal conduciveness appraisal. Biological Psychology. 74(3). 347–357. 65 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders, Francisco Esteves, & Arne Öhman. (2006). Skin conductance responses to masked conditioned stimuli: Phylogenetic/ontogenetic factors versus direction of threat?. Biological Psychology. 74(3). 328–336. 55 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders & Roberto Caldara. (2006). Tracking fear in snake and spider fearful participants during visual search: A multi-response domain study. Cognition & Emotion. 20(8). 1075–1091. 48 indexed citations
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Flykt, Anders. (2005). Visual search with biological threat stimuli: Accuracy, reaction times, and heart rate changes.. Emotion. 5(3). 349–353. 55 indexed citations
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Öhman, Arne, Anders Flykt, & Francisco Esteves. (2001). Emotion drives attention: Detecting the snake in the grass.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 130(3). 466–478. 1464 indexed citations breakdown →
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Flykt, Anders. (1999). A threat imminence approach to human fear responding : direction of threath, aversive contexts, and electrodermal responses. 5 indexed citations

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