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Carien M. van Reekum

Carien M. van Reekum

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
8008
World Ranking
8485
National Ranking
849

Overview

Carien M. van Reekum is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research across multiple domains in neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, physiology, and social psychology, covering a total of 42 publications in neuroscience, 38 in psychology, and 28 in medicine.

Their research focuses on a range of topics including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, mental health, pain mechanisms and treatments, memory and neural mechanisms, functional brain connectivity, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, and pain management including placebo effects.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with van Reekum include Jayne Morriss, Wiebke Gandhi, Tim V. Salomons, Richard Harrison, and Shannon Wake.

Van Reekum's publications are often featured in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PAIN Reports, Pain, Psychophysiology, and the Journal of Neuroscience.

Recent papers from van Reekum's research portfolio include the following:

  • "The rise of affectivism," 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Cognitive and Affective Empathy Relate Differentially to Emotion Regulation," 2021, Affective Science
  • "Do "central sensitization" questionnaires reflect measures of nociceptive sensitization or psychological constructs? A systematic review and meta-analyses," 2022, Pain
  • "Intolerance of uncertainty and threat generalization: A replication and extension," 2020, Psychophysiology
  • "I Doubt It Is Safe: A Meta-analysis of Self-reported Intolerance of Uncertainty and Threat Extinction Training," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

Best Publications

  • Amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex are inversely coupled during regulation of negative affect and predict the diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion among older adults

    Heather L. Urry;Carina Marije Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Ned H. Kalin

  • Failure to regulate : Counterproductive recruitment of top-down prefrontal-subcortical circuitry in major depression

    Tom Johnstone;Carina Marije Van Reekum;Heather L. Urry;Ned H. Kalin

  • Gaze fixations predict brain activation during the voluntary regulation of picture-induced negative affect

    Carina Marije Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Heather L. Urry;Marchell E. Thurow

  • Effects of hydration status on cognitive performance and mood

    Natalie A. Masento;Mark Golightly;David T. Field;Laurie T. Butler

  • Purpose in life predicts better emotional recovery from negative stimuli.

    Stacey M. Schaefer;Jennifer Morozink Boylan;Carien M. van Reekum;Regina C. Lapate

  • Individual Differences in Amygdala and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity are Associated with Evaluation Speed and Psychological Well-being

    Carien M. van Reekum;Heather L. Urry;Tom Johnstone;Marchell E. Thurow

  • Amygdala-prefrontal coupling underlies individual differences in emotion regulation.

    Hyejeen Lee;Aaron S. Heller;Carien M. van Reekum;Brady Nelson

  • The voice of emotion: an FMRI study of neural responses to angry and happy vocal expressions

    Tom Johnstone;Carien M. van Reekum;Terrence R. Oakes;Richard J. Davidson

  • Individual differences in some (but not all) medial prefrontal regions reflect cognitive demand while regulating unpleasant emotion.

    Heather L. Urry;Carina Marije Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Richard J. Davidson

  • Psychophysiological responses to appraisal dimensions in a computer game

    Carien M. Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Rainer Banse;Alexandre Etter

  • The rise of affectivism

    Daniel Dukes;Daniel Dukes;Kathryn Abrams;Ralph Adolphs;Mohammed E. Ahmed

  • Conscientiousness predicts greater recovery from negative emotion.

    Kristin N. Javaras;Stacey M. Schaefer;Carien M. van Reekum;Regina C. Lapate

  • Sustained Striatal Activity Predicts Eudaimonic Well-Being and Cortisol Output

    Aaron S. Heller;Carien M. van Reekum;Stacey M. Schaefer;Regina C. Lapate

  • Nothing is safe: Intolerance of uncertainty is associated with compromised fear extinction learning.

    Jayne Morriss;Anastasia Christakou;Carien M. van Reekum

  • Chapter 6 Levels of processing in emotion-antecedent appraisal

    Carien M. van Reekum;Klaus R. Scherer

  • Intolerance of uncertainty predicts fear extinction in amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal cortical circuitry.

    Jayne Morriss;Anastasia Christakou;Carien M. van Reekum

  • Temporal dynamics of emotional responding: amygdala recovery predicts emotional traits

    Brianna S. Schuyler;Tammi R. A. Kral;Jolene Jacquart;Cory A. Burghy

  • The effect of cycling on cognitive function and well-being in older adults.

    Louise-Ann Leyland;Louise-Ann Leyland;Ben Spencer;Nick Beale;Tim Jones

  • Purposeful Engagement, Healthy Aging, and the Brain

    Carol D. Ryff;Aaron S. Heller;Stacey M. Schaefer;Carien van Reekum

  • How reward modulates mimicry: EMG evidence of greater facial mimicry of more rewarding happy faces

    Thomas B. Sims;Carien M. Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Bhismadev Chakrabarti

  • Affective Speech Elicited With a Computer Game

    Tom Johnstone;Carien M. van Reekum;Kathryn Hird;Kim Kirsner

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carol D. Ryff
Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Klaus R. Scherer
Klaus R. Scherer University of Geneva
Bhismadev Chakrabarti
Bhismadev Chakrabarti University of Reading
Heather L. Urry
Heather L. Urry Tufts University
Annmarie MacNamara
Annmarie MacNamara Texas A&M University
Wataru Sato
Wataru Sato Kyoto University
Laurie T. Butler
Laurie T. Butler Anglia Ruskin University
Anna Weinberg
Anna Weinberg McGill University
Feng Kong
Feng Kong Shaanxi Normal University

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