Repetitive Negative Thoughts
Research has shown that the content of negative thoughts is not the key factor causing low mood, but rather the way this content is processed as well as the attention and executive functions (i.e. the self-regulation resources) have a crucial influence on mood. One of the biggest methodological challenges is examining cognitive processes, such as RNT, not just by relying entirely on descriptive methods, but also by employing objective measurements taken in conditions that resemble the daily life of research participants, as closely as possible. In the projects financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and in a project financed by the SONATA 15 funding scheme, provided by the National Science Center, ECL researchers strive to combine two challenges, ecological conditions and very precise laboratory measurements.
The Center develops new measurement methods of attention, executive functions, and cognition processes, using tools such as eye-tracking, mobile applications, and virtual reality. Additionally, our researchers analyse data provided by declarative and psychophysiological measurements, such as the galvanic skin response (GSR) or changes in heart rate.
HASE Research Initiative
The Human Aspects in Science and Engineering (HASE) project, conducted in collaboration with other leading research centers, including the XR Lab at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJATK), the VR Lab at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), and the Laboratory of Interactive Technologies OPI-PIB, comprises different aspect of a wide range of mixed reality tools, including virtual and extended reality.
The goal of these projects is to determine whether the use of virtual and extended reality may support cognitive training (mindfulness training) in specific user groups, for example in the elderly. Another interesting research challenge in this area is an attempt to align the work environment in ecological conditions with the cognitive load of people working in different types of office spaces, by using virtual reality tools..
Toward an integrative model of maladaptive Spontaneous Task-Unrelated Thoughts (STUT). Processual and functional approach
Sonata 15 granting scheme, funding source: the National Science Centre, project duration: 2020-2023
Adaptive vs. maladaptive daydreaming – the role of working memory and daydreaming features in momentary affect
grant provided by the Institute of Psychology of SWPS University, project duration: 2020-2021
InnoSapcesVR system for virtualization of test environment intended for space design, comprising a psychological, acquisition and data integration modules, space visualization in VR, and integration, by means of participatory approach
the “Innovation Voucher” funding scheme, provided under the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020, by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), Priority Axis II: Support for the environment and capacity of enterprise for R&D&I activity, project duration: 2020-2021
The impact of inhibition on the link between daydreaming and emotional dysregulation - a study combining intensive daily measurements and eye-tracking
Polonium funding scheme, provided by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA): PPN/BFR/2019/1/00049, project duration: 2020-2021
The assessment of attention processes in the context of self-focused thoughts - development and evaluation of the accuracy of an eye-tracking "Matrix" task
an exchange program between the Republic of Poland and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in Belgium, organized by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), project duration 2020-2021