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73
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20923
World Ranking
1958
National Ranking
110

Henk Aarts publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henk Aarts sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 258 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Henk Aarts D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henk Aarts sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Henk Aarts is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a significant emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience as well as intersections with Sociology and Political Science, and various domains of Psychology including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research work addresses several main topics, such as:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Free Will and Agency
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Henk Aarts has contributed to a number of publications in various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Motivation Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Experimental Brain Research
  • Acta Psychologica

Recent papers reflect a focus on the sense of agency, autonomy, and cognitive processes, including:

  • "Intentional action and limitation of personal autonomy. Do restrictions of action selection decrease the sense of agency?" (2021), published in Consciousness and Cognition
  • "Exploring Peoples' Perception of Autonomy and Reactance in Everyday AI Interactions" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Studying the sense of agency in the absence of motor movement: an investigation into temporal binding of tactile sensations and auditory effects" (2021), published in Experimental Brain Research
  • "Ideomotor Action: Evidence for Automaticity in Learning, but Not Execution" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The role of fragrance and self-esteem in perception of body odors and impressions of others" (2021), published in PLoS ONE

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, showing ongoing partnerships with:

  • Hans Marien
  • Ruud Custers
  • Chao Zhang
  • Josi M. A. Driessen
  • Kaiyang Qin

Best Publications

  • Goal contagion : perceiving is for pursuing

    Henk Aarts;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Ran R. Hassin

  • The Unconscious Will: How the Pursuit of Goals Operates Outside of Conscious Awareness

    Ruud Custers;Henk Aarts

  • The silence of the library: Environment, situational norm, and social behavior

    Henk Aarts;Ap Dijksterhuis

  • Positive affect as implicit motivator: on the nonconscious operation of behavioral goals.

    Ruud Custers;Henk Aarts

  • ATTITUDE VERSUS GENERAL HABIT -- ANTECEDENTS OF TRAVEL MODE CHOICE /

    Bas Verplanken;Henk Aarts;Ad van Knippenberg;Carina van Knippenberg

  • Smells Like Clean Spirit Nonconscious Effects of Scent on Cognition and Behavior

    Rob W. Holland;Merel Hendriks;Henk Aarts

  • Goals, Attention, and (Un)Consciousness

    A.J. Dijksterhuis;H.A.G. Aarts

  • Physical exercise habit: on the conceptualization and formation of habitual health behaviours

    Henk Aarts;Theo Paulussen;Herman Schaalma

  • Why most dieters fail but some succeed: A goal conflict model of eating behavior

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Guido M. van Koningsbruggen;Esther K. Papies;Henk Aarts

  • Why dieters fail : Testing the goal conflict model of eating

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Wendy Mensink;Henk Aarts;Henk Schut

  • On Wildebeests and Humans The Preferential Detection of Negative Stimuli

    Ap Dijksterhuis;Henk Aarts

  • Habit vs. intention in the prediction of future behaviour: The role of frequency, context stability and mental accessibility of past behaviour

    Unna N. Danner;Henk Aarts;Nanne K. de Vries

  • Breaking and creating habits on the working floor: A field-experiment on the power of implementation intentions.

    Rob W. Holland;Henk Aarts;Daan Langendam

  • On the psychology of drinking: being thirsty and perceptually ready.

    Henk Aarts;Ap Dijksterhuis;Peter de Vries

  • The Nonconscious Cessation of Goal Pursuit: When Goals and Negative Affect Are Coactivated

    Henk Aarts;Ruud Custers;Rob W. Holland

  • On the inference of personal authorship: enhancing experienced agency by priming effect information.

    Henk Aarts;Ruud Custers;Daniel M. Wegner

  • Effects of Priming and Perception on Social Behavior and Goal Pursuit.

    Ap Dijksterhuis;Tanya L. Chartrand;Henk Aarts

  • Preparing and Motivating Behavior Outside of Awareness

    Henk Aarts;Ruud Custers;Hans Marien

  • The power of the subliminal: On subliminal persuasion and other potential applications

    Ap Dijksterhuis;Henk Aarts;Pamela K. Smith

  • The Unconscious Eye Opener: Pupil Dilation Reveals Strategic Recruitment of Resources Upon Presentation of Subliminal Reward Cues

    Erik Bijleveld;Ruud Custers;Henk Aarts

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruud Custers
Ruud Custers Utrecht University
Esther K. Papies
Esther K. Papies University of Glasgow
Wolfgang Stroebe
Wolfgang Stroebe University of Groningen
Harm Veling
Harm Veling Radboud University
Ap Dijksterhuis
Ap Dijksterhuis Radboud University
Neeltje E.M. van Haren
Neeltje E.M. van Haren Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gün R. Semin
Gün R. Semin ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Andrew J. Elliot
Andrew J. Elliot University of Rochester
Jack van Honk
Jack van Honk Utrecht University
Herman P. Schaalma
Herman P. Schaalma Maastricht University

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