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Researcher
Pieter Van Dessel
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71
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2026
Extending the Motivational Model of Love: A Goal-Directed Predictive Processing Perspective
Pieter Van Dessel
Yannick Boddez
U
Journal Article
in
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2026
2025
ABC-training for alcohol use during a voluntary abstinence challenge : a randomized controlled trial
Ting Pan
Veronica Szpak
Judith Laverman
Pieter Van Dessel
Rob Bovens
Helle Larsen
Reinout W. Wiers
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
2025
Action interpretation determines the effects of go/no-go and approach/avoidance actions on food choice
Zhang Chen
Pieter Van Dessel
Jordi Serverius
Daxun Zhu
Bernd Figner
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF COGNITION
2025
Can approach-avoidance instructions influence facial representations? A distinction between past- and future-oriented inferences
Marine Rougier
Pieter Van Dessel
Tal Moran
Colin Tucker Smith
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2025
The role of awareness and demand in evaluative learning
Pieter Van Dessel
Sean Joseph Hughes
Marco Perugini
Colin Tucker Smith
Zhefei Mao
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2025
Theory-based intervention for transforming harmful behavior : the goal-directed predictive processing approach
Pieter Van Dessel
Yannick Boddez
A1
Journal Article
in
REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
2025
2024
Action interpretation determines the effects of go/no-go and approach/avoidance actions on stimulus evaluation
Zhang Chen
Pieter Van Dessel
A2
Journal Article
in
OPEN MIND (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.)
2024
Exploring the role of goal-dependent processes in action slips under time pressure
Pieter Van Dessel
Yannick Boddez
Agnes Moors
Eike K. Buabang
Massimo Koester
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
MOTIVATION SCIENCE
2024
2023
A goal-directed account of action slips : the reliance on old contingencies
Eike Kofi Buabang
Massimo Anders Francesco Köster
Yannick Boddez
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Agnes Moors
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL
2023
ABC-training as a new intervention for hazardous alcohol drinking : two proof-of-principle randomized pilot studies
Pieter Van Dessel
Jamie Cummins
Reinout W. Wiers
A1
Journal Article
in
ADDICTION
2023
Announcement of the registered report 'Can a variant of the implicit association test detect nonsuicidal self-injury in a clinical population? A registered report'
Femke Cathelyn
Tilia Linthout
Pieter Van Dessel
Laurence Claes
Jan De Houwer
Editorial material
2023
Approach-bias retraining and other training interventions as add-on in the treatment of AUD patients
Reinout W. Wiers
Ting Pan
Pieter Van Dessel
Mike Rinck
Johannes Lindenmeyer
Bookchapter
in
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences
2023
Ecological momentary assessment and personalized networks in cognitive bias modification studies on addiction : advances and challenges
Alessandra C. Mansueto
Ting Pan
Pieter Van Dessel
Reinout W. Wiers
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
2023
Let’s play pretend : towards effective modelling in experimental psycho(patho)logy
Yannick Boddez
Sara Scheveneels
Pieter Van Dessel
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY
2023
Mechanisms underlying alcohol approach bias and its modification
Reinout W. Wiers
Pieter Van Dessel
Editorial material
2023
What is intuiting and deliberating? A functional-cognitive perspective
Jan De Houwer
Yannick Boddez
Pieter Van Dessel
Editorial material
2023
2022
Do evaluation and self-identification relate to self-reported and actual social media use?
Femke Cathelyn
Pieter Van Dessel
Jamie Cummins
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
2022
EMDR therapy and PTSD : a goal-directed predictive processing perspective
Tom Vanderschoot
Pieter Van Dessel
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EMDR PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
2022
Learned helplessness and its relevance for psychological suffering : a new perspective illustrated with attachment problems, burn-out, and fatigue complaints
Yannick Boddez
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
COGNITION & EMOTION
2022
Nudging societally relevant behavior by promoting cognitive inferences
Pieter Van Dessel
Yannick Boddez
Sean Joseph Hughes
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2022
Predicting drunk driving using a variant of the implicit association test
Femke Cathelyn
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
2022
Testing the practical utility of implicit measures of beliefs for predicting drunk driving
Femke Cathelyn
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2022
Testing the utility of implicit measures
Femke Cathelyn
Jan De Houwer
Pieter Van Dessel
Dissertation
2022
The role of trait inferences in evaluative conditioning
Tal Moran Yorovich
Sean Joseph Hughes
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY
2022
2021
Assessing the influence of warnings with testimonies from former smokers on smoking and quitting behaviour
Pieter Van Dessel
Helen Tibboel
A1
Journal Article
in
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
2021
Attitudes as propositional representations
Jan De Houwer
Pieter Van Dessel
Tal Moran Yorovich
A1
Journal Article
in
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
2021
Can (instructions about) stimulus pairings influence automatic and self-reported evaluations in the presence of more diagnostic evaluative information?
Tal Moran Yorovich
Pieter Van Dessel
Colin Tucker Smith
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2021
Illusory-correlation effects on implicit and explicit evaluation
Pieter Van Dessel
Kate Ratliff
Skylar M. Brannon
Bertram Gawronski
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2021
Mental distress through the prism of predictive processing theory
Sander Van de Cruys
Pieter Van Dessel
A1
Journal Article
in
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY
2021
Powerful effects of diagnostic information on automatic and self-reported evaluation : the moderating role of memory recall
Pieter Van Dessel
Jeremy Cone
Anne Gast
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2021
Predicting nonsuicidal self‐injury using a variant of the implicit association test
Femke Cathelyn
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR
2021
Why does the IAT reveal a preference for stimuli said to be paired with an unpleasant sound? Stalking the unexpected
Simone Mattavelli
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY
2021
2020
ABC training : a new theory-based form of cognitive-bias modification to foster automatization of alternative choices in the treatment of addiction and related disorders
Reinout W. Wiers
Pieter Van Dessel
Catalina Kopetz
A1
Journal Article
in
CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
2020
Attitudes beyond associations : on the role of propositional representations in stimulus evaluation
Jan De Houwer
Pieter Van Dessel
Tal Moran Yorovich
A1
Journal Article
in
ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2020
On the effectiveness of approach-avoidance instructions and training for changing evaluations of social groups
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Anne Gast
Arne Roets
Colin Tucker Smith
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2020
Reflecting on 25 years of research using implicit measures : recommendations for their future use
Pieter Van Dessel
Jamie Cummins
Sean Joseph Hughes
Sarah Kasran
Femke Cathelyn
Tal Moran Yorovich
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL COGNITION
2020
The impact of instruction- and experience-based evaluative learning on IAT performance : a quad model perspective
Colin Tucker Smith
Jimmy Calanchini
Sean Joseph Hughes
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
COGNITION & EMOTION
2020
The impact of valenced verbal information on implicit and explicit evaluation : the role of information diagnosticity, primacy, and memory cueing
Pieter Van Dessel
Jeremy Cone
Anne Gast
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
COGNITION & EMOTION
2020
The instructed task-switch evaluation effect : is the instruction to switch tasks sufficient to dislike task switch cues?
Pieter Van Dessel
Baptist Liefooghe
Jan De Houwer
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF COGNITION
2020
To punish or to assist? Divergent reactions to ingroup and outgroup members disobeying social distancing
Jasper Van Assche
Emanuele Politi
Pieter Van Dessel
Karen Phalet
A1
Journal Article
in
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2020
2019
Can verbal suggestions strengthen the effects of a relaxation intervention?
Lemmy Schakel
Dieuwke S. Veldhuijzen
Henriet van Middendorp
Meriem Manai
Stefanie H. Meeuwis
Pieter Van Dessel
Andrea W. M. Evers
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2019
Changing deep-rooted implicit evaluation in the blink of an eye : negative verbal information shifts automatic liking of Gandhi
Pieter Van Dessel
Yang Ye
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE
2019
Dissociations between learning phenomena do not necessitate multiple learning processes : mere instructions about upcoming stimulus presentations differentially influence liking and expectancy
Jan De Houwer
Simone Mattavelli
Pieter Van Dessel
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF COGNITION
2019
Does approaching puppies and avoiding a dead cat improve the effectiveness of approach-avoidance training for changing the evaluation of feared stimuli?
Gaëtan Mertens
Pieter Van Dessel
Iris M. Engelhard
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY
2019
Does explaining social behavior require multiple memory systems?
Pieter Van Dessel
Bertram Gawronski
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
2019
EMDR en exposure: zoektocht naar een gemeenschappelijke grondslag
Tom Vanderschoot
Pieter Van Dessel
A2
Journal Article
in
TIJDSCHRIFT KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE
2019
How do actions influence attitudes? An inferential account of the impact of action performance on stimulus evaluation
Pieter Van Dessel
Sean Joseph Hughes
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
2019
Hypnotic suggestions can induce rapid change in implicit attitudes
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
2019
Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search
Peter Brown
Aik-Choon Tan
Mohamed A. El-Esawi
Thomas Liehr
Oliver Blanck
Douglas P. Gladue
Gabriel M. F. Almeida
Tomislav Cernava
Carlos O. Sorzano
Andy W. K. Yeung
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION
2019
Mere exposure effects on implicit stimulus evaluation : the moderating role of evaluation task, number of stimulus presentations, and memory for presentation frequency
Pieter Van Dessel
Gaëtan Mertens
Colin Smith
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2019
Operant evaluative conditioning
Andreas B. Eder
Anand Krishna
Pieter Van Dessel
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL LEARNING AND COGNITION
2019
When people co-occur with good or bad events : graded effects of relational qualifiers on evaluative conditioning
Sean Joseph Hughes
Yang Ye
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2019
2018
An analysis of the scientific status and limitations of the attitudinal entropy framework and an initial test of some of its empirical predictions
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Sean Joseph Hughes
Ian Hussey
Editorial material
2018
Consequence-based approach-avoidance training : a new and improved method for changing behavior
Pieter Van Dessel
Sean Joseph Hughes
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
2018
Graphic cigarette pack warnings do not produce more negative implicit evaluations of smoking compared to text-only warnings
Pieter Van Dessel
Colin Tucker Smith
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2018
Mechanisms underlying effects of approach-avoidance training on stimulus evaluation
Pieter Van Dessel
Andreas Eder
Sean Joseph Hughes
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
2018
On the symbolic generalization of likes and dislikes
Sean Joseph Hughes
Patrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes
Pieter Van Dessel
João Henrique de Almeida
Ian Stewart
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2018
Relational information moderates approach-avoidance instruction effects on implicit evaluation
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Colin Smith
A1
Journal Article
in
ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA
2018
The contextual malleability of approach-avoidance training effects : approaching or avoiding fear conditioned stimuli modulates effects of approach-avoidance training
Gaëtan Mertens
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
COGNITION & EMOTION
2018
The effects of a gamified approach avoidance training and verbal suggestions on food outcomes
Lemmy Schakel
Dieuwke S. Veldhuijzen
Henriët van Middendorp
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Rafael Bidarra
Andrea W. M. Evers
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2018
2017
Mechanisms underlying approach-avoidance instruction effects on implicit evaluation : results of a preregistered adversarial collaboration
Pieter Van Dessel
Bertram Gawronski
Colin Tucker Smith
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2017
The mere exposure instruction effect : mere exposure instructions influence liking
Pieter Van Dessel
Gaëtan Mertens
Colin Smith
Jan De Houwer
A1
Journal Article
in
EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2017
2016
Approach-avoidance instructions and training as a method for changing implicit evaluations
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Dissertation
2016
Approach-avoidance training effects are moderated by awareness of stimulus-action contingencies
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Anne Gast
A1
Journal Article
in
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
2016
Failures to change stimulus evaluations by means of subliminal approach and avoidance training
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Arne Roets
Anne Gast
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2016
Instructing implicit processes: when instructions to approach or avoid influence implicit but not explicit evaluation
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Anne Gast
Colin Smith
Maarten De Schryver
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
2016
Voluntary inhibition of pain avoidance behavior: an fMRI study
Maggie Lynn
Jelle Demanet
Ruth Krebs
Pieter Van Dessel
Marcel Brass
A1
Journal Article
in
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
2016
2015
Instruction-based approach-avoidance effects: changing stimulus evaluation via the mere instruction to approach or avoid stimuli
Pieter Van Dessel
Jan De Houwer
Anne Gast
Colin Smith
A1
Journal Article
in
EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2015
2013
The influence of high-level beliefs on self-regulatory engagement: evidence from thermal pain stimulation
Maggie Lynn
Pieter Van Dessel
Marcel Brass
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
2013
Voluntary inhibition of pain avoidance behavior
Maggie Lynn
Jelle Demanet
Ruth Krebs
Pieter Van Dessel
Marcel Brass
C3
Conference
2013
2012
When does hearing laughter draw attention to happy faces? Task relevance determines the influence of a crossmodal affective context on emotional attention
Pieter Van Dessel
Julia Vogt
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
2012