Tanja Michael

7.4k total citations
121 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Tanja Michael is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tanja Michael has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Clinical Psychology, 49 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tanja Michael's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (39 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (33 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 papers). Tanja Michael is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (39 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (33 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 papers). Tanja Michael collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Tanja Michael's co-authors include Anke Ehlers, Jürgen Margraf, Frank H. Wilhelm, Sarah L. Halligan, David M. Clark, Jens Blechert, Ann Hackmann, Noortje Vriends, Johanna Lass‐Hennemann and Sarah K. Schäfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Tanja Michael

109 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Tanja Michael 2.8k 1.7k 1.6k 1.0k 775 121 5.2k
Scott R. Vrana 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 375 0.4× 1.1k 1.5× 86 5.2k
Josh M. Cisler 3.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.7× 2.8k 1.7× 648 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 121 6.4k
Grant S. Shields 1.4k 0.5× 891 0.5× 955 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 865 1.1× 102 4.0k
James L. Abelson 3.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 1.1k 1.4× 147 6.7k
Manfred Laucht 2.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 638 0.4× 832 0.8× 735 0.9× 207 6.3k
Charles A. Morgan 3.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 848 0.5× 2.1k 2.0× 1.3k 1.7× 98 7.3k
Bonnie Klimes‐Dougan 3.9k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 727 0.7× 1.6k 2.1× 166 6.3k
Julian G. Simmons 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 919 0.9× 952 1.2× 126 5.5k
Kathryn L. Humphreys 3.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 624 0.4× 675 0.7× 747 1.0× 133 5.3k
Michèle Wessa 2.2k 0.8× 2.5k 1.5× 1.4k 0.9× 683 0.7× 777 1.0× 143 6.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tanja Michael

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tanja Michael

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All Works

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Wessel, Ineke, Julie Krans, Casper J. Albers, et al.. (2025). Evidence That Tetris Reduces Immediate but Not Subsequent Daily Intrusions of a Trauma Film: A Multilab Replication Study. Collabra Psychology. 11(1).
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Fares‐Otero, Natalia E., Billy Jansson, Tanja Michael, et al.. (2025). From maltreatment to mistrust: Impaired belief updating as a mechanism linking childhood maltreatment to interpersonal and clinical outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 195. 104902–104902.
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Κube, Tobias, Liron Rozenkrantz, Amit Lazarov, et al.. (2024). Does disconfirmatory evidence shape safety-and danger-related beliefs of trauma-exposed individuals?. European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2335788–2335788. 4 indexed citations
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Sopp, M. Roxanne, et al.. (2023). Flexibility predicts chronic anxiety and depression during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic—A longitudinal investigation of mental health trajectories.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 16(6). 961–970. 14 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Sarah K., Kate Porcheret, Jürgen Margraf, et al.. (2023). To sleep or not to sleep, that is the question: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of post-trauma sleep on intrusive memories of analog trauma. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 167. 104359–104359. 6 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Sarah K., Kate Porcheret, Jürgen Margraf, et al.. (2022). To Sleep or Not to Sleep, That Is the Question: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Post-Trauma Sleep on Intrusive Memories of Analog Trauma. Publications of the UdS (Saarland University).
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Schäfer, Sarah K., M. Roxanne Sopp, Marlene Staginnus, Johanna Lass‐Hennemann, & Tanja Michael. (2020). Correlates of mental health in occupations at risk for traumatization: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry. 20(1). 335–335. 18 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Sarah K., Frank R. Ihmig, Stephan Kiefer, et al.. (2018). Effects of heart rate variability biofeedback during exposure to fear-provoking stimuli within spider-fearful individuals: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 19(1). 184–184. 15 indexed citations
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Sopp, M. Roxanne, Tanja Michael, & Axel Mecklinger. (2018). Effects of early morning nap sleep on associative memory for neutral and emotional stimuli. Brain Research. 1698. 29–42. 27 indexed citations
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Equit, Monika, et al.. (2017). Konfrontation oder Stabilisierung: Wie planen Verhaltenstherapeuten die Behandlung bei Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung?. Verhaltenstherapie. 28(1). 7–14. 10 indexed citations
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Sopp, M. Roxanne, Tanja Michael, Hans-Günter Weeß, & Axel Mecklinger. (2017). Remembering specific features of emotional events across time: The role of REM sleep and prefrontal theta oscillations. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 17(6). 1186–1209. 53 indexed citations
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Wurtz, Hélène, Myriam El Khoury-Malhame, Frank H. Wilhelm, et al.. (2015). Preventing long-lasting fear recovery using bilateral alternating sensory stimulation: A translational study. Neuroscience. 321. 222–235. 24 indexed citations
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Quervain, Dominique J.‐F. de, Dorothée Bentz, Tanja Michael, et al.. (2011). Glucocorticoids enhance extinction-based psychotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(16). 6621–6625. 197 indexed citations
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Michael, Tanja, et al.. (2011). Rumination in PTSD as well as in Traumatized and Non-Traumatized Depressed Patients: A Cross-Sectional Clinical Study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 39(4). 381–397. 55 indexed citations
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Michael, Tanja, Jens Blechert, Noortje Vriends, Jürgen Margraf, & Frank H. Wilhelm. (2007). Fear conditioning in panic disorder: Enhanced resistance to extinction.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 116(3). 612–617. 173 indexed citations
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Blechert, Jens, Tanja Michael, Noortje Vriends, Jürgen Margraf, & Frank H. Wilhelm. (2007). Fear conditioning in posttraumatic stress disorder: Evidence for delayed extinction of autonomic, experiential, and behavioural responses. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 45(9). 2019–2033. 376 indexed citations
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Michael, Tanja, et al.. (2007). Intrusive images in PTSD and in traumatised and non-traumatised depressed patients: A cross-sectional clinical study. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 45(9). 2053–2065. 101 indexed citations

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