Paul J. Whalen

24.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
89 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Whalen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Whalen has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Whalen's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (44 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (28 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (25 papers). Paul J. Whalen is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (44 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (28 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (25 papers). Paul J. Whalen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Paul J. Whalen's co-authors include Scott L. Rauch, Michael Davis, Sean C. McInerney, Lisa M. Shin, Michael A. Jenike, Nancy L. Etcoff, Leah H. Somerville, George Bush, Bruce R. Rosen and M. Justin Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Whalen

88 papers receiving 18.9k citations

Hit Papers

The amygdala: vigilance and emotion 1996 2026 2006 2016 2000 1998 1996 2000 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. The amygdala: vigilance and emotion
    2000 2.3k citations Paul J. Whalen et al. profile →
  2. Masked Presentations of Emotional Facial Expressions Modulate Amygdala Activity without Explicit Knowledge
    1998 1.7k citations Paul J. Whalen, Scott L. Rauch et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  3. Response and Habituation of the Human Amygdala during Visual Processing of Facial Expression
    1996 1.4k citations Nancy L. Etcoff, Paul J. Whalen et al. profile →
  4. Exaggerated amygdala response to masked facial stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional MRI study
    2000 860 citations Scott L. Rauch, Paul J. Whalen et al. profile →
  5. A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Responses to Overtly Presented Fearful Faces in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    2005 722 citations Lisa M. Shin, Christopher I. Wright et al. profile →
  6. Anterior cingulate cortex dysfunction in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder revealed by fMRI and the counting stroop
    1999 659 citations George Bush, Scott L. Rauch et al. profile →
  7. The structural and functional connectivity of the amygdala: From normal emotion to pathological anxiety
    2011 657 citations M. Justin Kim, Paul J. Whalen et al. profile →
  8. Fear, Vigilance, and Ambiguity
    1998 655 citations Paul J. Whalen profile →
  9. The counting stroop: An interference task specialized for functional neuroimaging-validation study with functional MRI
    1998 591 citations George Bush, Paul J. Whalen et al. profile →
  10. Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites
    2004 580 citations Paul J. Whalen, F. Caroline Davis et al. profile →
  11. The emotional counting stroop paradigm: a functional magnetic resonance imaging probe of the anterior cingulate affective division
    1998 554 citations Paul J. Whalen, George Bush et al. profile →
  12. A functional MRI study of human amygdala responses to facial expressions of fear versus anger.
    2001 500 citations Paul J. Whalen, Lisa M. Shin et al. Emotion profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul J. Whalen United States 52 13.7k 6.2k 3.8k 3.3k 2.8k 89 19.5k
K. Luan Phan United States 69 12.5k 0.9× 7.8k 1.3× 5.2k 1.4× 3.7k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 312 21.4k
Monique Ernst United States 77 9.6k 0.7× 7.4k 1.2× 6.9k 1.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 268 20.1k
Kevin S. LaBar United States 65 12.1k 0.9× 4.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 176 16.8k
Amit Etkin United States 55 11.7k 0.9× 7.1k 1.1× 4.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 140 20.8k
Ahmad R. Hariri United States 75 10.4k 0.8× 6.6k 1.1× 6.7k 1.8× 3.9k 1.2× 3.6k 1.3× 241 24.2k
B.J. Casey United States 66 11.7k 0.9× 5.2k 0.8× 6.3k 1.7× 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 145 23.3k
Todd A. Hare Switzerland 42 9.1k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 5.1k 1.3× 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 77 17.1k
Diego A. Pizzagalli United States 80 13.9k 1.0× 9.5k 1.5× 5.2k 1.4× 2.5k 0.8× 3.7k 1.3× 368 25.5k
Bruce N. Cuthbert United States 56 12.7k 0.9× 10.7k 1.7× 7.4k 2.0× 4.8k 1.4× 2.0k 0.7× 119 26.5k
Stephan F. Taylor United States 62 10.4k 0.8× 4.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 222 16.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, M. Justin, et al.. (2017). Human Amygdala Tracks a Feature-Based Valence Signal Embedded within the Facial Expression of Surprise. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(39). 9510–9518. 18 indexed citations
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Kim, M. Justin, et al.. (2017). Intolerance of uncertainty predicts increased striatal volume.. Emotion. 17(6). 895–899. 22 indexed citations
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Taylor, James M. & Paul J. Whalen. (2014). Fearful, but not angry, expressions diffuse attention to peripheral targets in an attentional blink paradigm.. Emotion. 14(3). 462–468. 17 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Mark, F. Caroline Davis, Michelle VanTieghem, Paul J. Whalen, & David J. Bucci. (2012). Differential effects of acute and regular physical exercise on cognition and affect. Neuroscience. 215. 59–68. 162 indexed citations
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Somerville, Leah H., Dylan D. Wagner, Gagan S. Wig, et al.. (2012). Interactions Between Transient and Sustained Neural Signals Support the Generation and Regulation of Anxious Emotion. Cerebral Cortex. 23(1). 49–60. 157 indexed citations
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Kim, M. Justin, et al.. (2010). Anxiety Dissociates Dorsal and Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex Functional Connectivity with the Amygdala at Rest. Cerebral Cortex. 21(7). 1667–1673. 310 indexed citations
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Whalen, Paul J. & Elizabeth A. Phelps. (2009). The human amygdala.. Guilford Press eBooks. 244 indexed citations
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Davis, F. Caroline, et al.. (2009). Regional Response Differences Across the Human Amygdaloid Complex during Social Conditioning. Cerebral Cortex. 20(3). 612–621. 87 indexed citations
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Nitschke, Jack B., Issidoros Sarinopoulos, Desmond J. Oathes, et al.. (2009). Anticipatory Activation in the Amygdala and Anterior Cingulate in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Prediction of Treatment Response. American Journal of Psychiatry. 166(3). 302–310. 268 indexed citations
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Demos, Kathryn E., William M. Kelley, Sharon Ryan, F. Caroline Davis, & Paul J. Whalen. (2008). Human Amygdala Sensitivity to the Pupil Size of Others. Cerebral Cortex. 18(12). 2729–2734. 73 indexed citations
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Shin, Lisa M., George Bush, Paul J. Whalen, et al.. (2007). Dorsal anterior cingulate function in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 20(5). 701–712. 57 indexed citations
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Somerville, Leah H., Gagan S. Wig, Paul J. Whalen, & William M. Kelley. (2006). Dissociable Medial Temporal Lobe Contributions to Social Memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 18(8). 1253–1265. 42 indexed citations
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Rauch, Scott L., Katharine A. Phillips, Nikos Makris, et al.. (2003). A preliminary morphometric magnetic resonance imaging study of regional brain volumes in body dysmorphic disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 122(1). 13–19. 83 indexed citations
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Fischer, Håkan, Christopher I. Wright, Paul J. Whalen, et al.. (2002). Brain habituation during repeated exposure to fearful and neutral faces: A functional MRI study. Brain Research Bulletin. 59(5). 387–392. 213 indexed citations
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Wright, Christopher I., Håkan Fischer, Paul J. Whalen, et al.. (2001). Differential prefrontal cortex and amygdala habituation to repeatedly presented emotional stimuli. Neuroreport. 12(2). 379–383. 435 indexed citations
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Rauch, Scott L., Paul J. Whalen, Tim Curran, et al.. (2001). Probing striato-thalamic function in obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome using neuroimaging methods.. PubMed. 85. 207–24. 89 indexed citations
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Rauch, Scott L., Lisa M. Shin, Paul J. Whalen, & Roger K. Pitman. (1998). Neuroimaging and the Neuroanatomy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. CNS Spectrums. 3(S2). 30–41. 96 indexed citations
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Whalen, Paul J., Scott L. Rauch, Nancy L. Etcoff, et al.. (1997). Masked presentation of fearful faces activates the amygdala without conscious awareness: An fMRI study. 5. 2 indexed citations
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Kapp, Bruce S., William F. Supple, & Paul J. Whalen. (1994). Effects of electrical stimulation of the amygdaloid central nucleus on neocortical arousal in the rabbit.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 108(1). 81–93. 109 indexed citations
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Whalen, Paul J. & Bruce S. Kapp. (1991). Contributions of the amygdaloid central nucleus to the modulation of the nictitating membrane reflex in the rabbit.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 105(1). 141–153. 57 indexed citations

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