Michiel van Elk

Michiel van Elk

Universiteit Leiden

H-index: 41

Europe-Netherlands

About Michiel van Elk

Michiel van Elk, With an exceptional h-index of 41 and a recent h-index of 32 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiteit Leiden, specializes in the field of altered states of consciousness, cognitive science of religion, absorption, psychology of religion, psychedelics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Dare to know! The existential costs of a faith in science

Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of Paranormal Beliefs in the Netherlands: A Several-Analysts Approach

Cultural dissonance and consonance in mystical-type experiences: commentary on “Finding consonance: an integrative neurocognitive model of human relationships with supernatural …

Mind the Psychedelic Hype: Characterizing the Risks and Benefits of Psychedelics for Depression

Explaining religion from the inside-out

Trait absorption is not reliably associated with brain structure or resting-state functional connectivity

De-Siloing the Psychology of Religion and Psychedelic Science: Introduction to the Special Issue on Psychedelics and Mystical-type Experiences

Therapeutic applications of classical serotonergic psyche-delics: neurobiological mechanisms and neural networks

Michiel van Elk Information

University

Position

Department of Psychology

Citations(all)

5118

Citations(since 2020)

3112

Cited By

3202

hIndex(all)

41

hIndex(since 2020)

32

i10Index(all)

87

i10Index(since 2020)

70

Email

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Universiteit Leiden

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Michiel van Elk Skills & Research Interests

altered states of consciousness

cognitive science of religion

absorption

psychology of religion

psychedelics

Top articles of Michiel van Elk

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Dare to know! The existential costs of a faith in science

The Journal of Positive Psychology

Dunigan Folk

Bastiaan T Rutjens

Michiel Van Elk

Steven J Heine

2024/2/10

Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of Paranormal Beliefs in the Netherlands: A Several-Analysts Approach

Suzanne Hoogeveen

Denny Borsboom

Šimon Kucharský

Maarten Marsman

Dylan Molenaar

...

2024/1/9

Cultural dissonance and consonance in mystical-type experiences: commentary on “Finding consonance: an integrative neurocognitive model of human relationships with supernatural …

Religion, Brain & Behavior

David B Yaden

Michiel van Elk

2024/1/2

Mind the Psychedelic Hype: Characterizing the Risks and Benefits of Psychedelics for Depression

Daniel Meling

Rebecca Ehrenkranz

Sandeep M Nayak

Helena D Aicher

Xaver Funk

...

2024/4/16

Explaining religion from the inside-out

Religion, Brain & Behavior

Michiel van Elk

2023/1/2

Trait absorption is not reliably associated with brain structure or resting-state functional connectivity

Neuroimage: Reports

Manesh Girn

R Nathan Spreng

Daniel S Margulies

Michiel Van Elk

Michael Lifshitz

2023/6/1

De-Siloing the Psychology of Religion and Psychedelic Science: Introduction to the Special Issue on Psychedelics and Mystical-type Experiences

Michiel van Elk

David Yaden

2023/10/2

Therapeutic applications of classical serotonergic psyche-delics: neurobiological mechanisms and neural networks

Tijdschrift Voor Psychiatrie

M Seynaeve

A Van Besien

M van Elk

2023/1/1

The effect of charismatic leaders on followers’ memory, error detection, persuasion and prosocial behavior: A cognitive science approach

The Leadership Quarterly

Lara H Engelbert

Michiel van Elk

Michal Kandrik

Jan Theeuwes

Mark van Vugt

2023/6/1

History repeating: guidelines to address common problems in psychedelic science

Michiel van Elk

Eiko I Fried

2023/9

Ayahuasca and public health II: Health status in a large sample of ayahuasca-ceremony participants in the Netherlands

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Maja Kohek

Genís Ona

Michiel van Elk

Rafael Guimarães Dos Santos

Jaime EC Hallak

...

2023/5/27

Introducing the Many-Analysts Religion Project

Suzanne Hoogeveen

Alexandra Sarafoglou

Michiel van Elk

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

2023/7/3

Does she still love and feel hungry? Afterlife beliefs, mind-body dualism, and religion across 24 countries

Suzanne Hoogeveen

Sacha Altay

Theiss Bendixen

Renatas Berniūnas

Joseph A Bulbulia

...

2023/2/3

Many-analysts religion project: Reflection and conclusion

Religion, Brain & Behavior

Suzanne Hoogeveen

Alexandra Sarafoglou

Michiel van Elk

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

2023/7/3

Therapeutische toepassingen van klassieke serotonerge psychedelica: neurobiologische mechanismes en neurale netwerken

Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

M Seynaeve

A Van Besien

M van Elk

2023/11/30

Awe arises in reaction to exceeded rather than disconfirmed expectancies.

Emotion

Małgorzata A Gocłowska

Andrew J Elliot

Michiel van Elk

Dominika Bulska

Christopher A Thorstenson

...

2023/2

A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

Religion, Brain & Behavior

Suzanne Hoogeveen

Alexandra Sarafoglou

Balazs Aczel

Yonathan Aditya

Alexandra J Alayan

...

2023/7/3

Expectancy effects cannot be neglected in MDMA-assisted therapy research

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

L Jacob Flameling

Jacob S Aday

Michiel van Elk

2023/11/15

Pharmacological, neural, and psychological mechanisms underlying psychedelics: a critical review

Michiel van Elk

David Bryce Yaden

2022/9/1

Future directions for clinical psilocybin research: The relaxed symptom network.

Psychology & Neuroscience

Evan Lewis-Healey

Ruben Laukkonen

Michiel van Elk

2022/9

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Co-Authors

H-index: 114
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Universiteit van Amsterdam

H-index: 72
Harold Bekkering

Harold Bekkering

Radboud Universiteit

H-index: 50
Ryan McKay

Ryan McKay

Royal Holloway, University of London

H-index: 47
Joseph Bulbulia

Joseph Bulbulia

Victoria University of Wellington

H-index: 41
Markus Paulus

Markus Paulus

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

H-index: 38
Sabine Hunnius

Sabine Hunnius

Radboud Universiteit

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