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MONIQUE SMEETS
Research
Interests:
I have always been interested in all forms of
perception, especially in determinants of and mechanisms involved
in distortedperception. In a clinical context, my work has
focused on understanding body image disturbances in anorexia
nervosa (AN). How is it possible that patients with AN perceive
themselves as fat whereas they are in reality emaciated? Our work
indicates that body image disturbances in AN are not limited to the
visual senses (i.e. seeing or imaging oneself as fat) but extend to
the tactile senses (i.e. perceiving distances on skin as
inappropriately large), and that inappropriate cognitions about own
body size seem to penetrate the visual representation of the
body, making it bigger.
Another one of my interest is related to
olfaction, specifically in how the meaning of odor is shaped by
context and cognition. The sense of smell is very malleable, in
that for example odors that are not offensive may even come to
cause fear and adverse health effects in people who expect to
become ill from these odors. The combining element in these lines
of research is the powerful top-down influence of higher-order
cognition and affect on perception at the elementary
level.
Recently, I have taken up working on the role of
body odors in social communication.
Publications:
2011
Schifferstein, H.N.J., Smeets, M.A.M., &
Hallensleben, R. (in press,
Acta
Psychologica). Stimulus
sets can induce shifts in descriptor meanings in product evaluation
tasks.
Keizer, A., Smeets, M.A.M., Dijkerman, H.C., van
den Hout, M., Klugkist, I., van Elburg, A., & Postma, A. (in
press, Psychiatry
Research). Body image
disturbance in anorexia nervosa is multimodal: when seeing fat is
feeling fat.
Toffolo, M.B.J., Smeets, M.A.M., & van den
Hout, M. (in press). Proust phenomenon revisited: odours as
triggers of aversive memories. Cognition
and Emotion.DOI:
10.1080/02699931.2011.555475 (PDF)
Leer, A., Smeets, M.A.M., & Van den Hout,
M.(2011). Odors eliciting fear: A classical conditioning approach
to MCS. Journal of
Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 12, 240-249.
(PDF)
Engelhard, I.M., van den Hout, M., & Smeets,
M.A.M. (2011). Taxing working memory reduces vividness and
emotional intensity of images about the Queen’s day tragedy.
Journal of
Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42,
32-37.
(PDF)
2010
Bulsing, P., Smeets, M., Gemeinhardt, C.,
Laverman, M., Schuster, B., Van den Hout, M., & Hummel, T.
(2010). Irritancy expectancy alters odor perception: Evidence from
Olfactory Event Related Potential research.
Journal of Neurophysiology, 104,
2749-2756. (PDF)
Toet, A.. Smeets, M.A.M., van Dijk, E.,
Dijkstra, D., & van den Reijden, L. (2010) Effects of pleasant
ambient fragrances on dental fear: Comparing apples and oranges.
Chemosensory
Perception, 3, 182-189.
(PDF)
Hornsveld, H., Landwehr, F., Stein, W., Stomp,
G.P.H., Smeets, M.A.M., & van den Hout, M. (2010).Emotionality
of loss-related memories is reduced after recall plus eye movements
but not after recall plus music or recall only.
Journal of EMDR Practice and Research,
4, 3, 106-112.
(PDF)
Van den Hout, M., Engelhard, I.M., Smeets, M.,
Hornsveld, H., Hoogeveen, E., de Heer, E., & Rijkeboer, M.
(2010). Counting during recall: taxing of working memory and
reduced vividness and emotionality of negative memories.
Applied Cognitive Psychology,
24,303-311.
Schifferstein, H.N.J., Smeets, M.A.M.,
Streefkerk, M.Y.C., Postma, A. (2010). Comparing stimulus
localization ability for four sensory modalities.
Chemical Senses,
135,135-145.
(PDF)
2009
Smeets, M., Veldhuizen, M., Galle, S.,
Gouweloos, G., de Haan, A., Vernooij, J., Visscher, F., &
Kroeze, J. (2009). Olfactory dysfunction and health-related quality
of life. Rehabilitation
Psychology, 54, 4, 404-412.
Van den Hout, M., Engelhard, I.M., Smeets, M.,
Dek, E., Turksma, K., & Saric, R. (2009). Uncertainty
about perception and dissociation after compulsive-like staring:
time course of effects. Behaviour
Research and Therapy, 47, 535-539.
(PDF)
Smeets, M.A.M., Klugkist, I., van Rooden, S.,
Anema, H., & Postma, A. (2009). Mental body distance
comparison: a tool for assessing clinical disturbances in visual
body image. Acta
Psychologica, 32,2, 157-165. Special
issue on “Mental Imagery: Modality, Knowledge, and Attention.
(PDF)
Bulsing, P.J.,
Smeets, M.A.M. & van den Hout, M. (2009). The implicit
association between odors and illness.
Chemical
Senses,34,111-119.(PDF)
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