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Wendy Heller 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 Wendy Heller sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 146 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendy Heller 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 Wendy Heller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wendy Heller is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses the field of Psychology, with a focus on several subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, History, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, notably:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Historical Influence and Diplomacy
  • Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Wendy Heller has contributed to several academic journals, with recurring publications in venues such as:

  • Emotion
  • Psychophysiology
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wendy Heller highlight areas of psychological science and mental health research. These include:

  • "The Future of Women in Psychological Science," 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "The Structure of Executive Dysfunction in Depression and Anxiety," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Regulating positive emotions: Implications for promoting well-being in individuals with depression," 2020, Emotion
  • "Daily exposure to virtual nature reduces symptoms of anxiety in college students," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "A virtual reality investigation of factors influencing landscape preferences: Natural elements, emotions, and media creation," 2022, Landscape and Urban Planning

Their frequent co-authors include Gregory A. Miller, Rebecca L. Silton, Haley V. Skymba, Corey Richier, and June Gruber, reflecting collaboration in both psychological and clinical research domains.

Best Publications

  • Neuropsychological mechanisms of individual differences in emotion, personality, and arousal.

    Wendy Heller

  • Patterns of regional brain activity differentiate types of anxiety.

    Wendy Heller;Jack B. Nitschke;Marci A. Etienne;Gregory A. Miller

  • Asymmetry of perception in free viewing of chimeric faces.

    Jerre Levy;Wendy Heller;Marie T Banich;Leslie A Burton

  • Paying attention to emotion: an fMRI investigation of cognitive and emotional stroop tasks.

    Rebecca J. Compton;Marie T. Banich;Aprajita Mohanty;Michael P. Milham

  • Cognitive control mechanisms, emotion and memory: A neural perspective with implications for psychopathology

    Marie T. Banich;Kristen L. Mackiewicz;Brendan E. Depue;Anson J. Whitmer

  • Contrasting patterns of brain activity in anxious apprehension and anxious arousal.

    Jack B. Nitschke;Wendy Heller;Patrick A. Palmieri;Gregory A. Miller

  • Differential engagement of anterior cingulate cortex subdivisions for cognitive and emotional function.

    Aprajita Mohanty;Anna S. Engels;John D. Herrington;John D. Herrington;Wendy Heller

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with broad impairments in executive function: A meta-analysis.

    Hannah R. Snyder;Roselinde H. Kaiser;Stacie L. Warren;Wendy Heller

  • Are variations among right-handed individuals in perceptual asymmetries caused by characteristic arousal differences between hemispheres?

    Jerre Levy;Wendy Heller;Marie T. Banich;Leslie A. Burton

  • The Neuropsychology of Emotion: Developmental Patterns and Implications for Psychopathology

    Wendy Heller

  • Patterns of perceptual asymmetry in depression and anxiety: Implications for neuropsychological models of emotion and psychopathology.

    Wendy Heller;Marci A. Etienne;Gregory A. Miller

  • Distinguishing Dimensions of Anxiety and Depression

    Jack B. Nitschke;Wendy Heller;Jennifer C. Imig;Roderick P. McDonald

  • Perception and expression of emotion in right-handers and left-handers

    Wendy Heller;Jerre Levy

  • regional Brain Activity in Emotion: A Framework for Understanding Cognition in Depresion

    Wendy Heller;Jack B. Nitscke

  • The puzzle of regional brain activity in depression and anxiety: The importance of subtypes and comorbidity.

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  • Specificity of regional brain activity in anxiety types during emotion processing.

    Anna S. Engels;Wendy Heller;Aprajita Mohanty;John D. Herrington

  • The time course of activity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex during top-down attentional control

    Rebecca Levin Silton;Wendy Heller;David N. Towers;Anna S. Engels

  • Cognitive deficits in depression and functional specificity of regional brain activity

    Rebecca L. Levin;Wendy Heller;Aprajita Mohanty;John D. Herrington

  • EMOTION-MODULATED PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITY IN LEFT DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX

    John D. Herrington;Aprajita Mohanty;Nancy S. Koven;Joscelyn E. Fisher

  • Time Course of Attentional Bias in Anxiety: Emotion and Gender Specificity

    Sarah M. Sass;Wendy Heller;Jennifer L. Stewart;Rebecca Levin Silton

  • Neuropsychological Differentiation of Depression and Anxiety

    Jennifer Keller;Jack B. Nitschke;Tina Bhargava;Patricia J. Deldin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory A. Miller
Gregory A. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey M. Spielberg
Jeffrey M. Spielberg University of Delaware
Marie T. Banich
Marie T. Banich University of Colorado Boulder
Bradley P. Sutton
Bradley P. Sutton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John D. Herrington
John D. Herrington Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
J. Christopher Edgar
J. Christopher Edgar Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jack B. Nitschke
Jack B. Nitschke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Howard Berenbaum
Howard Berenbaum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University

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