Sylvie Bernaerts

1.4k total citations
18 papers, 409 citations indexed

About

Sylvie Bernaerts is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvie Bernaerts has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 409 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Social Psychology, 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 6 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sylvie Bernaerts's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (10 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (6 papers). Sylvie Bernaerts is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (10 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (6 papers). Sylvie Bernaerts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark. Sylvie Bernaerts's co-authors include Kaat Alaerts, Jean Steyaert, Nicole Wenderoth, Guy Bosmans, Bart Boets, Jellina Prinsen, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Tom Van Daele, Nele De Witte and Eva Van Assche and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychologia and Neuropsychopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Sylvie Bernaerts

15 papers receiving 403 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvie Bernaerts Belgium 10 263 109 98 93 76 18 409
Alexandra Howard Australia 9 271 1.0× 193 1.8× 141 1.4× 71 0.8× 29 0.4× 19 455
Mathias Valstad Norway 5 267 1.0× 56 0.5× 125 1.3× 66 0.7× 32 0.4× 11 331
Anne‐Marie Linnen Canada 11 374 1.4× 159 1.5× 235 2.4× 88 0.9× 28 0.4× 13 558
Sarah Crystal United States 3 348 1.3× 189 1.7× 189 1.9× 61 0.7× 25 0.3× 4 461
Sally Grace Australia 12 241 0.9× 217 2.0× 201 2.1× 68 0.7× 65 0.9× 19 485
Andrea Zagaria Italy 15 65 0.2× 207 1.9× 158 1.6× 20 0.2× 67 0.9× 44 436
Víctor Viçens Spain 6 261 1.0× 188 1.7× 149 1.5× 46 0.5× 47 0.6× 7 461
Mahha El‐Faddagh Germany 9 69 0.3× 218 2.0× 63 0.6× 17 0.2× 108 1.4× 14 475
Marilyn Horta United States 10 195 0.7× 39 0.4× 108 1.1× 52 0.6× 35 0.5× 18 270

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvie Bernaerts

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, et al.. (2025). A Design Thinking Approach for Transnational Adaptation of 2 Mobile Mental Health Apps: Tutorial for Researchers and Practitioners. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e77048–e77048.
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, et al.. (2024). User involvement in digital mental health: approaches, potential and the need for guidelines. Frontiers in Digital Health. 6. 1440660–1440660. 5 indexed citations
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Daele, Tom Van, et al.. (2024). Designing a Smartphone-Based Virtual Reality App for Relaxation: Qualitative Crossover Study. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e62663–e62663.
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Alaerts, Kaat, Sylvie Bernaerts, & Nicole Wenderoth. (2022). Effects of single- and multiple-dose oxytocin treatment on amygdala low-frequency BOLD fluctuations and BOLD spectral dynamics in autism. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 393–393. 4 indexed citations
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Daele, Tom Van, Kim Mathiasen, Per Carlbring, et al.. (2022). Online consultations in mental healthcare: Modelling determinants of use and experience based on an international survey study at the onset of the pandemic. Internet Interventions. 30. 100571–100571. 8 indexed citations
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, et al.. (2022). Virtual Reality for Distraction and Relaxation in a Pediatric Hospital Setting: An Interventional Study With a Mixed-Methods Design. Frontiers in Digital Health. 4. 866119–866119. 20 indexed citations
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Daele, Tom Van, Paul Best, Sylvie Bernaerts, Eva Van Assche, & Nele De Witte. (2021). Dropping the E: The potential for integrating e-mental health in psychotherapy. Current Opinion in Psychology. 41. 46–50. 7 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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Daele, Tom Van, Maria Karekla, Angelos P. Kassianos, et al.. (2020). Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond.. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 30(2). 160–173. 79 indexed citations
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Alaerts, Kaat, Jean Steyaert, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Nicole Wenderoth, & Sylvie Bernaerts. (2020). Changes in endogenous oxytocin levels after intranasal oxytocin treatment in adult men with autism: An exploratory study with long-term follow-up. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 43. 147–152. 20 indexed citations
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Alaerts, Kaat, et al.. (2020). Oxytocin induces long-lasting adaptations within amygdala circuitry in autism: a treatment-mechanism study with randomized placebo-controlled design. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(7). 1141–1149. 26 indexed citations
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, Bart Boets, Guy Bosmans, Jean Steyaert, & Kaat Alaerts. (2020). Behavioral effects of multiple-dose oxytocin treatment in autism: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with long-term follow-up. Molecular Autism. 11(1). 6–6. 73 indexed citations
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Alaerts, Kaat & Sylvie Bernaerts. (2019). P.509 Continual oxytocin treatment induces long-lasting adaptations within amygdala circuitry in autism: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 29. S358–S359.
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Alaerts, Kaat, Sylvie Bernaerts, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Nicky Daniëls, & Nicole Wenderoth. (2019). Amygdala–Hippocampal Connectivity Is Associated With Endogenous Levels of Oxytocin and Can Be Altered by Exogenously Administered Oxytocin in Adults With Autism. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 4(7). 655–663. 34 indexed citations
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, et al.. (2017). Long-term oxytocin administration enhances the experience of attachment. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 78. 1–9. 62 indexed citations
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Bernaerts, Sylvie, et al.. (2016). Influence of oxytocin on emotion recognition from body language: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 72. 182–189. 21 indexed citations
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Prinsen, Jellina, Sylvie Bernaerts, Yin Wang, et al.. (2016). Direct eye contact enhances mirroring of others’ movements: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Neuropsychologia. 95. 111–118. 22 indexed citations

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