Kaat Alaerts

6.6k total citations
90 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kaat Alaerts is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaat Alaerts has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Social Psychology, 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 21 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kaat Alaerts's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (36 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (20 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (15 papers). Kaat Alaerts is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (36 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (20 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (15 papers). Kaat Alaerts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and United States. Kaat Alaerts's co-authors include Nicole Wenderoth, Stephan P. Swinnen, Jean Steyaert, Jellina Prinsen, Julio Rodriguez‐Larios, Sylvie Bernaerts, Evelien Nackaerts, Bart Boets, Elke Heremans and Pieter Meyns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kaat Alaerts

80 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaat Alaerts Belgium 27 1.4k 1.1k 382 321 289 90 2.1k
Uta Sailer Germany 30 1.7k 1.2× 763 0.7× 156 0.4× 669 2.1× 251 0.9× 82 2.7k
Line S. Löken Sweden 11 1.3k 1.0× 875 0.8× 101 0.3× 768 2.4× 113 0.4× 16 2.1k
Martha D. Kaiser United States 25 1.9k 1.4× 576 0.5× 391 1.0× 539 1.7× 401 1.4× 33 2.3k
Kristin Prehn Germany 26 1.1k 0.8× 695 0.6× 87 0.2× 575 1.8× 466 1.6× 45 2.2k
Olga Dal Monte United States 22 834 0.6× 647 0.6× 85 0.2× 328 1.0× 121 0.4× 51 1.6k
Albertus A. Wijers Netherlands 27 1.6k 1.2× 462 0.4× 432 1.1× 504 1.6× 170 0.6× 42 2.2k
Shirley Fecteau Canada 27 1.6k 1.2× 420 0.4× 214 0.6× 735 2.3× 339 1.2× 58 2.5k
India Morrison Sweden 14 1.3k 0.9× 792 0.7× 79 0.2× 657 2.0× 139 0.5× 20 2.1k
Christoph Berger Germany 22 723 0.5× 1.7k 1.6× 131 0.3× 1.2k 3.7× 894 3.1× 52 3.1k
Anat Perry Israel 19 923 0.7× 875 0.8× 192 0.5× 331 1.0× 148 0.5× 55 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaat Alaerts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaat Alaerts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Prinsen, Jellina, et al.. (2025). Toward effective oxytocin interventions in autism: Overcoming challenges and harnessing opportunities. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 39(3). 179–186. 3 indexed citations
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Daniëls, Nicky, Tiffany Y. Tang, Stephanie Van der Donck, et al.. (2024). Chronic oxytocin administration stimulates the oxytocinergic system in children with autism. Nature Communications. 15(1). 58–58. 19 indexed citations
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Tang, Tiffany Y., Stephanie Van der Donck, Jean Steyaert, et al.. (2024). Face Processing in Prematurely Born Individuals—A Systematic Review. Brain Sciences. 14(12). 1168–1168.
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Daniëls, Nicky, Stephanie Van der Donck, Tiffany Y. Tang, et al.. (2024). Impact of chronic intranasal oxytocin administration on face expression processing in autistic children: a randomized controlled trial using fMRI. Molecular Autism. 15(1). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Daniëls, Nicky, Stephanie Van der Donck, Tiffany Y. Tang, et al.. (2023). Can repeated intranasal oxytocin administration affect reduced neural sensitivity towards expressive faces in autism? A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 64(11). 1583–1595. 14 indexed citations
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Bruyn, Nele De, et al.. (2023). Altered Dynamic Resting State Functional Connectivity Associated With Somatosensory Impairments in the Upper Limb in the Early Sub-Acute Phase Post-Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 37(7). 423–433. 2 indexed citations
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Alaerts, Kaat, et al.. (2023). Differences in cardiac vagal modulation and cortisol response in adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in autism spectrum disorders. 104. 102166–102166. 3 indexed citations
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Daniëls, Nicky, Jean Steyaert, Jellina Prinsen, et al.. (2023). Effects of multiple-dose intranasal oxytocin administration on social responsiveness in children with autism: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Molecular Autism. 14(1). 16–16. 33 indexed citations
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Daniëls, Nicky, Viktoria Chubar, Stephan Claes, et al.. (2023). Endogenous oxytocin levels in children with autism: Associations with cortisol levels and oxytocin receptor gene methylation. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 235–235. 12 indexed citations
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Donck, Stephanie Van der, Sofie Vettori, Milena Dzhelyova, et al.. (2022). Frequency-Tagging EEG of Superimposed Social and Non-Social Visual Stimulation Streams Provides No Support for Social Salience Enhancement after Intranasal Oxytocin Administration. Brain Sciences. 12(9). 1224–1224. 2 indexed citations
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Steyaert, Jean, et al.. (2021). A Systematic Review of Self-Reported Stress Questionnaires in People on the Autism Spectrum. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 10(2). 295–318. 13 indexed citations
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Peeters, Mathieu, et al.. (2021). Endogenous Oxytocin Levels in Autism—A Meta-Analysis. Brain Sciences. 11(11). 1545–1545. 39 indexed citations
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Daniëls, Nicky, et al.. (2021). Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) DNA methylation is associated with autism and related social traits – A systematic review. Research in autism spectrum disorders. 85. 101785–101785. 23 indexed citations
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Rodriguez‐Larios, Julio & Kaat Alaerts. (2020). EEG alpha–theta dynamics during mind wandering in the context of breath focus meditation: An experience sampling approach with novice meditation practitioners. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(6). 1855–1868. 31 indexed citations
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Daniëls, Nicky, et al.. (2020). Intranasal oxytocin enhances approach-related EEG frontal alpha asymmetry during engagement of direct eye contact. Brain Communications. 2(2). fcaa093–fcaa093. 11 indexed citations
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, Bart Boets, Jean Steyaert, Nicole Wenderoth, & Kaat Alaerts. (2020). Oxytocin treatment attenuates amygdala activity in autism: a treatment-mechanism study with long-term follow-up. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 383–383. 27 indexed citations
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Swinnen, Stephan P. & Kaat Alaerts. (2015). Granularity of the mirror neuron system: A complex endeavor. Physics of Life Reviews. 12. 120–122. 2 indexed citations
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Alaerts, Kaat, et al.. (2013). Underconnectivity of STS Predicts Socio-Cognitive Deficits in Autism. Biological Psychiatry. 73(9). 1 indexed citations

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