What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Cognition
- Social psychology
- Cognitive psychology
Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Anxiety and Extinction are his primary areas of study.
His Cognitive psychology study combines topics in areas such as Stimulus and Response priming, Priming.
His studies deal with areas such as Autobiographical memory, Overgeneral autobiographical memory, Perception, Conditioning and Anxiety disorder as well as Developmental psychology.
His study in the field of Stroop effect is also linked to topics like Developmental cognitive neuroscience.
His study in the field of Extinction memory also crosses realms of Injury prevention.
Dirk Hermans combines subjects such as Context, Classical conditioning, Fear conditioning, Exposure therapy and Phobias with his study of Extinction.
His most cited work include:
- Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder. (1088 citations)
- Fear Extinction and Relapse: State of the Art (360 citations)
- The affective priming effect: Automatic activation of evaluative information in memory. (310 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Autobiographical memory, Clinical psychology and Anxiety.
His Cognitive psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Fear conditioning, Stimulus and Affective priming, Cognition, Priming.
The Fear conditioning study which covers Extinction that intersects with Exposure therapy.
In his study, Expectancy theory is inextricably linked to Classical conditioning, which falls within the broad field of Developmental psychology.
His Autobiographical memory research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Coherence, Rumination, Association and Childhood memory.
His research integrates issues of Psychotherapist and Depression in his study of Clinical psychology.
He most often published in these fields:
- Cognitive psychology (37.35%)
- Developmental psychology (24.32%)
- Autobiographical memory (17.12%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Cognitive psychology (37.35%)
- Clinical psychology (16.73%)
- Anxiety (13.81%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Dirk Hermans focuses on Cognitive psychology, Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Autobiographical memory and Developmental psychology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Stimulus, Adaptation, Episodic memory and Self.
His Clinical psychology research incorporates elements of Confirmatory factor analysis and Cognitive behavioral therapy, Cognition, Depression.
His Cognition study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Perspective and Psychopathology.
His work deals with themes such as Coherence, Rumination and Association, which intersect with Autobiographical memory.
In his research, Classical conditioning, Expectancy theory and Perception is intimately related to Generalization, which falls under the overarching field of Developmental psychology.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Fear Generalization in Humans: Systematic Review and Implications for Anxiety Disorder Research (219 citations)
- Advancing psychotherapy and evidence-based psychological interventions (102 citations)
- A review on human reinstatement studies: an overview and methodological challenges (97 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Cognition
- Social psychology
- Anxiety
His scientific interests lie mostly in Cognitive psychology, Anxiety, Clinical psychology, Fear conditioning and Autobiographical memory.
His Cognitive psychology research incorporates themes from Generalization and Social psychology, Self.
His Anxiety research includes themes of Developmental psychology and Novelty.
Dirk Hermans has included themes like Identity and Generalization in his Developmental psychology study.
His work in Fear conditioning tackles topics such as Stimulus which are related to areas like Valence, Working memory and Episodic memory.
The Autobiographical memory study combines topics in areas such as Association and Personal experience.
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