Bram Vervliet

14.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
92 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Bram Vervliet is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bram Vervliet has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 45 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 44 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bram Vervliet's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (65 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (44 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (42 papers). Bram Vervliet is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (65 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (44 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (42 papers). Bram Vervliet collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Bram Vervliet's co-authors include Dirk Hermans, Michelle G. Craske, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Boushra Dalile, Kristin Verbeke, Michael Treanor, Tomislav D. Zbozinek, Christopher Conway, Merel Kindt and Debora Vansteenwegen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bram Vervliet

91 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The role of short-chain fatty acids in microbiota–gut–brain communication

2019 2.1k citations Boushra Dalile, Lukas Van Oudenhove et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
Maximizing exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach

2014 1.4k citations Michelle G. Craske, Michael Treanor et al. Behaviour Research and Therapy profile →
Beyond extinction: erasing human fear responses and preventing the return of fear

2009 605 citations Bram Vervliet et al. profile →
Fear Extinction and Relapse: State of the Art

2013 504 citations Bram Vervliet, Michelle G. Craske et al. profile →
Neural signatures of human fear conditioning: an updated and extended meta-analysis of fMRI studies

2015 459 citations Miquel À. Fullana, Ben J. Harrison et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Omissions of threat trigger subjective relief and prediction error-like signaling in the human reward and salience systems 2025 ·eLife ·(unknown), Lukas Van Oudenhove, Bram Vervliet	1
2	Childhood adversity is associated with reduced threat‐safety discrimination and increased fear generalization in 12‐ to 16‐year‐olds 2024 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·(unknown), Aleksandra Lecei, (unknown), (unknown), Koen Schruers, Bram Vervliet, Bart Boets, Ruud van Winkel	1
3	Understanding clinical fear and anxiety through the lens of human fear conditioning 2023 ·Nature Reviews Psychology ·Tom Beckers, Dirk Hermans, Iris Lange, Laura Luyten, Sara Scheveneels, Bram Vervliet	66
4	Optimizing exposure therapy with an inhibitory retrieval approach and the OptEx Nexus 2022 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·Michelle G. Craske, Michael Treanor, Tomislav D. Zbozinek, Bram Vervliet	94
5	More engagement in inefficient avoidance through partial reinforcement 2022 ·Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry ·(unknown), Bram Vervliet	4
6	The role of short-chain fatty acids in microbiota–gut–brain communication breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ·Boushra Dalile, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Bram Vervliet, Kristin Verbeke	2129
7	Further characterization of relief dynamics in the conditioning and generalization of avoidance: Effects of distress tolerance and intolerance of uncertainty 2019 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·(unknown), Bart Jacobs, Bram Vervliet	66
8	Fear extinction in the human brain: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies in healthy participants 2018 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Miquel À. Fullana, Anton Albajes‐Eizagirre, Carles Soriano‐Mas, Bram Vervliet, Narcı́s Cardoner, (unknown), Joaquim Raduà, Ben J. Harrison	208
9	Maximizing the generalization of fear extinction: Exposures to a peak generalization stimulus 2018 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·Dieter Struyf, Dirk Hermans, Bram Vervliet	26
10	An integrative review of attention biases and their contribution to treatment for anxiety disorders 2015 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Tom J. Barry, Bram Vervliet, Dirk Hermans	66
11	Emotional attentional control predicts changes in diurnal cortisol secretion following exposure to a prolonged psychosocial stressor 2015 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Bert Lenaert, Tom J. Barry, Koen Schruers, Bram Vervliet, Dirk Hermans	12
12	Maximizing exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach breakdown → 2014 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·Michelle G. Craske, Michael Treanor, Christopher Conway, Tomislav D. Zbozinek, Bram Vervliet	1392
13	Stimulus generalization and return of fear in C57BL/6J mice 2012 ·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience ·Yannick Boddez, Zsuzsanna Callaerts‐Vegh, Bram Vervliet, Frank Baeyens, Rudi D’Hooge, Dirk Hermans, Tom Beckers	12
14	Generalization versus contextualization in automatic evaluation. 2010 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology General ·Bertram Gawronski, Robert J. Rydell, Bram Vervliet, Jan De Houwer	79
15	Reducing chronic anxiety by making the threatening event predictable: An experimental approach 2009 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·(unknown), Bram Vervliet, Dirk Hermans, Frank Baeyens, Debora Vansteenwegen	32
16	Contextual fear induced by unpredictability in a human fear conditioning preparation is related to the chronic expectation of a threatening US 2007 ·Biological Psychology ·Debora Vansteenwegen, (unknown), Bram Vervliet, (unknown), Dirk Hermans	72
17	Learning and memory in conditioned fear extinction: Effects of d-cycloserine 2007 ·Acta Psychologica ·Bram Vervliet	65
18	Concurrent excitors limit the extinction of conditioned fear in humans 2006 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·Bram Vervliet, Debora Vansteenwegen, Dirk Hermans, Paul Eelen	35
19	Conditioned fear extinction and reinstatement in a human fear-potentiated startle paradigm 2006 ·Learning & Memory ·Seth D. Norrholm, Tanja Jovanović, Bram Vervliet, Karyn M. Myers, Michael Davis, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Erica Duncan	138
20	Return of fear in a human differential conditioning paradigm caused by a return to the original acquistion context 2004 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·Debora Vansteenwegen, Dirk Hermans, Bram Vervliet, (unknown), Tom Beckers, Frank Baeyens, Paul Eelen	147

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