Peter J. Lang

74.1k citations

251 papers · 52.8k indexed · 24 hit papers · h-index 100

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.01%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes 69
- Mental Health Research Topics 19
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 92
- Neural dynamics and brain function 41
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 34
- Face Recognition and Perception 27
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms 20
Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.05%
Sensory Systems top 0.02%
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies 26
Social Psychology top 0.01%

Co-authors: Margaret M. Bradley Bruce N. Cuthbert Mark K. Greenwald Alfons O. Hamm Maurizio Codispoti Dean Sabatinelli Christopher J. Patrick Scott R. Vrana
Cited by: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience
Journals: Psychophysiology (66 papers)Journal of Abnormal Psychology (24 papers)Biological Psychology (15 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Spain

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Lang

247 papers receiving 50.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2009 Biological Psychology
2008 Psychophysiology
2002 Psychophysiology
2001 Psychophysiology
2001 Emotion
2000 Psychophysiology
2000 Psychophysiology
1999 International Affective Picture System (IAPS): Instruction Manual and Affective Ratings (Tech. Rep. No. A-4)
1998 Psychophysiology
1997 Medical Entomology and Zoology
1997 Neuropsychologia
1995 American Psychologist
1995 Medical Entomology and Zoology
1995 American Psychologist
1994 Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
1993 Psychophysiology
1993 Journal of Abnormal Psychology
1993 Journal of Abnormal Psychology
1992 Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
1992 Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
1990 Psychological Review
1979 Psychophysiology
1974 Behavior Therapy
1964 Behaviour Research and Therapy

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1	Hippocampal and amygdala volumes vary with transdiagnostic psychopathological dimensions of distress, anxious arousal, and trauma Biological Psychology ·Nicola Sambuco,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	2023	10
2	Motivated action: Pupil diameter during active coping Biological Psychology ·Paloma Cyntia da Silva Figueiredo Siqueira,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	2020	7
3	Aversive perception in a threat context: Separate and independent neural activation Biological Psychology ·Nicola Sambuco,Vincent D. Costa,Peter J. Lang,Margaret M. Bradley	2020	11
4	Avoidance and escape: Defensive reactivity and trait anxiety Behaviour Research and Therapy ·Paloma Cyntia da Silva Figueiredo Siqueira,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	2018	26
5	Imagery in Therapy: An Information Processing Analysis of Fear – Republished Article Behavior Therapy ·Peter J. Lang	2016	39
6	Explicit and spontaneous retrieval of emotional scenes: Electrophysiological correlates. Emotion ·Mathias Weymar,Margaret M. Bradley,樊光耀,Peter J. Lang	2013	11
7	Orienting and Emotional Perception: Facilitation, Attenuation, and Interference Frontiers in Psychology ·Margaret M. Bradley,Andreas Keil,Peter J. Lang	2012	98
8	Affective engagement for facial expressions and emotional scenes: The influence of social anxiety Biological Psychology ·Bethany C. Wangelin,Margaret M. Bradley,S. Keskin,Peter J. Lang	2012	52
9	Aversive Imagery in Panic Disorder: Agoraphobia Severity, Comorbidity, and Defensive Physiology Biological Psychiatry ·Lisa M. McTeague,Peter J. Lang,Marie-Claude Laplante,Margaret M. Bradley	2011	56
10	Integrity of emotional and motivational states during the prodromal, first-episode, and chronic phases of schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Cindy M. Yee,明久遠藤,Hye Kyung Kwon,Liudmila Iurevna Piterskaia,Peter J. Lang,Peter Bachman,Terrance J. Williams,Carrie E. Bearden,Tyrone D. Cannon,Michael F. Green,Kenneth L. Subotnik,Joseph Ventura,Keith H. Nuechterlein	2010	29
11	Communalities and differences in fear potentiation between cardiac defense and eyeblink startle Psychophysiology ·Reem Alassaf,Pedro Guerra,Miguel Á. Muñoz,José Luís Mata,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang,Jaime Vila	2009	15
12	Gender differences in reported dental fear and fear of dental pain Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology ·Marc W. Heft,Xiaoxian Meng,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	2007	58
13	Emotion, motivation, and the brain: Reflex foundations in animal and human research Progress in brain research ·Peter J. Lang,Michael Davis	2006	297
14	A multi‐process account of startle modulation during affective perception Psychophysiology ·Margaret M. Bradley,Maurizio Codispoti,Peter J. Lang	2006	179
15	Affective reactions to pictures of ingroup and outgroup members Biological Psychology ·Lisa M. Brown,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	2005	108
16	Affective startle modulation in anticipation and perception Psychophysiology ·Dean Sabatinelli,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	2001	4
17	Modulation of spinal reflexes: Arousal, pleasure, action Psychophysiology ·Michel Bonnet,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang,Jean Requin	1995	77
18	Emotional learning, hedonic change, and the startle probe. Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Alfons O. Hamm,Mark K. Greenwald,Margaret M. Bradley,Peter J. Lang	1993	143
19	Affective judgment and psychophysiological response: Dimensional covariation in the evaluation of pictorial stimuli. Journal of Psychophysiology ·Mark K. Greenwald,Edwin W. Cook,Peter J. Lang	1989	410
20	Affective information processing and the assessment of anxiety Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment ·Peter J. Lang,Bruce N. Cuthbert	1984	77

About Peter J. Lang

Peter J. Lang is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sensory Systems, having authored 251 papers that have together received 52.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (92 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (69 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (34 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (27 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (26 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (20 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (22.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (28.8k citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (3.1k citations). Peter J. Lang has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Margaret M. Bradley, Bruce N. Cuthbert, Mark K. Greenwald, Alfons O. Hamm, Maurizio Codispoti, Dean Sabatinelli, Christopher J. Patrick, Scott R. Vrana, Andreas Keil and Joseph Wolpe. Their work appears in journals such as Psychophysiology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Biological Psychology, Emotion and Biological Psychiatry.

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