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Researcher

Gaëtan Mertens

Awards & Distinctions

14 Results

2019

Does approaching puppies and avoiding a dead cat improve the effectiveness of approach-avoidance training for changing the evaluation of feared stimuli?

Gaëtan MertensPieter Van DesselIris M. Engelhard

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY

Mere exposure effects on implicit stimulus evaluation : the moderating role of evaluation task, number of stimulus presentations, and memory for presentation frequency

Pieter Van DesselGaëtan MertensColin SmithJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN

2018

A review on the effects of verbal instructions in human fear conditioning : empirical findings, theoretical considerations, and future directions

Gaëtan MertensYannick BoddezDieuwke SevensterIris M. EngelhardJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Instructed fear stimuli bias visual attention

Berre DeltommeGaëtan MertensHelen TibboelSenne Braem

A1 Journal Article in ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA

The contextual malleability of approach-avoidance training effects : approaching or avoiding fear conditioned stimuli modulates effects of approach-avoidance training

Gaëtan MertensPieter Van DesselJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION & EMOTION

2017

A systematic review of pliance, tracking, and augmenting

Ama KissiSean Joseph HughesGaëtan MertensPatrick Michael Dermot Barnes-HolmesJan De HouwerGeert Crombez

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

Can threat information bias fear learning? Some tentative results and methodological considerations

Gaëtan MertensJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

The mere exposure instruction effect : mere exposure instructions influence liking

Pieter Van DesselGaëtan MertensColin SmithJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

2016

Can prepared fear conditioning result from verbal instructions?

Gaëtan MertensAn RaesJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in LEARNING AND MOTIVATION

Fear expression and return of fear following threat instruction with or without direct contingency experience

Gaëtan MertensM KuhnAK RaesR KalischJan De HouwerTB Lonsdorf

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION & EMOTION

Fear learning via verbal instructions and stimulus pairings

Gaëtan MertensJan De Houwer

Potentiation of the startle reflex is in line with contingency reversal instructions rather than the conditioning history

Gaëtan MertensJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

State anxiety modulates the return of fear

M KuhnGaëtan MertensTB Londsorf

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

The impact of a context switch and context instructions on the return of verbally conditioned fear

Gaëtan MertensJan De Houwer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY