Peter J. Lang

74.1k total citations · 24 hit papers
251 papers, 52.8k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Lang is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Lang has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 52.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 98 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 45 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Lang's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (92 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (69 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers). Peter J. Lang is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (92 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (69 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers). Peter J. Lang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Peter J. Lang's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Neuroscience and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Lang

247 papers receiving 50.3k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring emotion: The self-assessment manik... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1994 1993 1995 2001 1995 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Measuring emotion: The self-assessment manikin and the semantic differential
    1994 6.7k citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry profile →
  2. Looking at pictures: Affective, facial, visceral, and behavioral reactions
    1993 2.5k citations Peter J. Lang, Mark K. Greenwald et al. Psychophysiology profile →
  3. International Affective Picture System (IAPS) : Technical Manual and Affective Ratings
    1995 2.3k citations Peter J. Lang profile →
  4. Emotion and motivation I: Defensive and appetitive reactions in picture processing.
    2001 1.7k citations Margaret M. Bradley, Maurizio Codispoti et al. Emotion profile →
  5. The emotion probe: Studies of motivation and attention.
    1995 1.7k citations Peter J. Lang profile →
  6. Emotion, attention, and the startle reflex.
    1990 1.7k citations Peter J. Lang, Margaret M. Bradley et al. profile →
  7. International Affective Picture System (IAPS): Instruction Manual and Affective Ratings (Tech. Rep. No. A-4)
    1999 1.4k citations Peter J. Lang, Margaret M. Bradley et al. profile →
  8. The emotion probe: Studies of motivation and attention.
    1995 1.4k citations Peter J. Lang profile →
  9. The pupil as a measure of emotional arousal and autonomic activation
    2008 1.4k citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang et al. Psychophysiology profile →
  10. A Bio‐Informational Theory of Emotional Imagery
    1979 1.2k citations Peter J. Lang Psychophysiology profile →
  11. Motivated attention : affect, activation, and action
    1997 1.2k citations Peter J. Lang, Margaret M. Bradley et al. profile →
  12. Affective picture processing: The late positive potential is modulated by motivational relevance
    2000 1.1k citations Bruce N. Cuthbert, Margaret M. Bradley et al. Psychophysiology profile →
  13. Remembering pictures: Pleasure and arousal in memory.
    1992 791 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Mark K. Greenwald et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition profile →
  14. A fear survey schedule for use in behaviour therapy
    1964 789 citations Peter J. Lang et al. profile →
  15. Emotion and the motivational brain
    2009 735 citations Peter J. Lang, Margaret M. Bradley Biological Psychology profile →
  16. Affective reactions to acoustic stimuli
    2000 702 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang Psychophysiology profile →
  17. Neuroanatomical correlates of pleasant and unpleasant emotion
    1997 678 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang et al. profile →
  18. Emotional arousal and activation of the visual cortex: An fMRI analysis
    1998 655 citations Peter J. Lang, Margaret M. Bradley et al. Psychophysiology profile →
  19. Psychometric description of some specific-fear questionnaires
    1974 651 citations Peter J. Lang et al. Behavior Therapy profile →
  20. Remembering pictures: Pleasure and arousal in memory.
    1992 600 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Mark K. Greenwald et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition profile →
  21. Emotion in the criminal psychopath: Startle reflex modulation.
    1993 597 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  22. Large‐scale neural correlates of affective picture processing
    2002 535 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang et al. Psychophysiology profile →
  23. Emotion in the criminal psychopath: Startle reflex modulation.
    1993 519 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  24. Fleeting images: A new look at early emotion discrimination
    2001 500 citations Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang et al. Psychophysiology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter J. Lang United States 100 28.8k 22.0k 13.6k 10.8k 4.5k 251 52.8k
Margaret M. Bradley United States 80 24.4k 0.8× 16.4k 0.7× 10.7k 0.8× 7.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 218 41.4k
António R. Damásio United States 97 35.1k 1.2× 12.2k 0.6× 13.3k 1.0× 6.8k 0.6× 8.5k 1.9× 262 58.1k
Richard J. Davidson United States 151 42.7k 1.5× 26.0k 1.2× 18.6k 1.4× 25.9k 2.4× 8.9k 2.0× 703 84.6k
Jonathan D. Cohen United States 107 63.3k 2.2× 14.6k 0.7× 11.1k 0.8× 5.6k 0.5× 9.2k 2.1× 332 83.2k
Lisa Feldman Barrett United States 98 18.2k 0.6× 15.2k 0.7× 16.3k 1.2× 7.5k 0.7× 4.4k 1.0× 341 42.6k
Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom 182 80.7k 2.8× 25.5k 1.2× 16.7k 1.2× 10.1k 0.9× 13.8k 3.1× 829 113.0k
Paul Ekman United States 89 22.6k 0.8× 23.0k 1.0× 25.1k 1.8× 8.3k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 196 58.8k
Michael I. Posner United States 114 51.9k 1.8× 18.6k 0.8× 9.2k 0.7× 11.2k 1.0× 9.4k 2.1× 339 76.1k
Antoine Bechara United States 91 23.0k 0.8× 10.3k 0.5× 5.7k 0.4× 9.7k 0.9× 7.5k 1.7× 301 44.9k
Daniel Tranel United States 101 29.3k 1.0× 9.6k 0.4× 9.4k 0.7× 4.6k 0.4× 7.0k 1.6× 426 42.4k

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All Works

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Sambuco, Nicola, Margaret M. Bradley, & Peter J. Lang. (2023). Hippocampal and amygdala volumes vary with transdiagnostic psychopathological dimensions of distress, anxious arousal, and trauma. Biological Psychology. 177. 108501–108501. 10 indexed citations
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Bradley, Margaret M., et al.. (2020). Motivated action: Pupil diameter during active coping. Biological Psychology. 153. 107885–107885. 7 indexed citations
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Weymar, Mathias, et al.. (2013). Explicit and spontaneous retrieval of emotional scenes: Electrophysiological correlates.. Emotion. 13(5). 981–988. 11 indexed citations
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Chan, Pei‐Ying S., Andreas von Leupoldt, Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang, & Paul W. Davenport. (2012). The effect of anxiety on respiratory sensory gating measured by respiratory-related evoked potentials. Biological Psychology. 91(2). 185–189. 49 indexed citations
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Yee, Cindy M., Peter J. Lang, Peter Bachman, et al.. (2010). Integrity of emotional and motivational states during the prodromal, first-episode, and chronic phases of schizophrenia.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 119(1). 71–82. 29 indexed citations
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Leupoldt, Andreas von, Pei‐Ying S. Chan, Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang, & Paul W. Davenport. (2010). The impact of anxiety on the neural processing of respiratory sensations. NeuroImage. 55(1). 247–252. 61 indexed citations
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Heft, Marc W., Xiaoxian Meng, Margaret M. Bradley, & Peter J. Lang. (2007). Gender differences in reported dental fear and fear of dental pain. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. no–no. 6 indexed citations
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Pastor, M. Carmen, Margaret M. Bradley, Andreas Löw, et al.. (2007). Affective picture perception: Emotion, context, and the late positive potential. Brain Research. 1189. 145–151. 145 indexed citations
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Lang, Peter J. & Michael Davis. (2006). Emotion, motivation, and the brain: Reflex foundations in animal and human research. Progress in brain research. 156. 3–29. 297 indexed citations
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Bradley, Margaret M., Maurizio Codispoti, & Peter J. Lang. (2006). A multi‐process account of startle modulation during affective perception. Psychophysiology. 43(5). 486–497. 179 indexed citations
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Sabatinelli, Dean, Peter J. Lang, Margaret M. Bradley, & Tobias Flaisch. (2006). The neural basis of narrative imagery: emotion and action. Progress in brain research. 156. 93–103. 45 indexed citations
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Brown, Lisa M., Margaret M. Bradley, & Peter J. Lang. (2005). Affective reactions to pictures of ingroup and outgroup members. Biological Psychology. 71(3). 303–311. 108 indexed citations
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Sabatinelli, Dean, Margaret M. Bradley, & Peter J. Lang. (2001). Affective startle modulation in anticipation and perception. Psychophysiology. 38(4). 719–722. 4 indexed citations
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Sabatinelli, Dean, Margaret M. Bradley, & Peter J. Lang. (2001). Affective startle modulation in anticipation and perception. Psychophysiology. 38(4). 719–722. 93 indexed citations
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Lang, Peter J., Bruce N. Cuthbert, & Margaret M. Bradley. (1998). Measuring emotion in therapy: Imagery, activation, and feeling. Behavior Therapy. 29(4). 655–674. 45 indexed citations
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Bradley, Margaret M. & Peter J. Lang. (1994). Measuring emotion: The self-assessment manikin and the semantic differential. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 25(1). 49–59. 6666 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bradley, Margaret M., Peter J. Lang, & Bruce N. Cuthbert. (1993). Emotion, novelty, and the startle reflex: Habituation in humans.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 107(6). 970–980. 255 indexed citations
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Bradley, Margaret M., et al.. (1992). Remembering pictures: Pleasure and arousal in memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 18(2). 379–390. 791 indexed citations breakdown →
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Greenwald, Mark K., Edwin W. Cook, & Peter J. Lang. (1989). Affective judgment and psychophysiological response: Dimensional covariation in the evaluation of pictorial stimuli.. Journal of Psychophysiology. 410 indexed citations
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Cook, Edwin W., Robert Hodes, & Peter J. Lang. (1986). Preparedness and phobia: Effects of stimulus content on human visceral conditioning.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 95(3). 195–207. 131 indexed citations

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