National Science Center
- A History of Rwanda
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Most people have heard about the Rwanda genocide. However, Rwanda’s history as a country goes back to the 19th century. Prior to Belgian colonisation, the current territory of Rwanda had been beyond t ...
- Attentional bias modification and depressive disorders
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It is estimated that almost 10 percent of general population suffers from depression, but not everyone has access to effective treatments. Nowadays, depression is treated primarily with pharmacotherap ...
- CEEYouth: The comparative study of Poles and Lithuanians in the context of Brexit
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Communion is the need to establish and maintain positive relationships with people. Agency is the need to achieve goals and to emphasize one’s own values. These concepts are commonly found in differen ...
- Cognitive and motivational determinants of sympathetic magic in close relationships
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Does separation with a loved-one change the way we perceive mementos (e.g. souvenirs, clothes, and photographs) associated with the relationship? The research project conducted by psychologists from t ...
- Emotional mimicry in social context
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Human faces are important sources of information, which shapes social interaction. Just at a quick glance, people not only can identify others, but they also can deduce other person’s intentions or ev ...
- Excessive buying as boredom-triggered behavior
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Boredom is a very common feeling. People who feel bored usually engage in some stimulating activity, such as reading, watching TV, playing games, and meeting friends. However, some people turn to shop ...
- Executive function training in gestalt psychotherapy
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According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people around the world suffer from various forms depression, which is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and is a major contr ...
- Health Behavior Change During COVID-19 Pandemic
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In March 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines on the best ways of preventing COVID-19, with handwashing being the key preventive be ...
- History of Popular Culture in Poland
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Papyrus scrolls, movable print, color printing, and electronic readers. A phonograph, a gramophone, a tape recorder, a CD player, and an iPod. The ways of recording written texts and music have been c ...
- Influence of aging on decision making and judgment
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How does aging influence decision making processes? How do older people make judgments about others and events they participate in? A team of psychologists from SWPS University, led by Professor Grzeg ...
- Institutionalization of political parties in the parliaments of Central Europe – data mining of parliamentary debates
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How do new topics become a source of political conflict? How has the understanding of democracy changed over time? Can you predict which parties will fall quickly and which will become important polit ...
- Investigation of Information Coding in Short-Term Memory
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The brain is human body’s central command system. Just as a computer, it has a working and operational memory and it archives some information for long periods of time. The older we get, the less reli ...
- Long-Term Musical Training and Reading Ability
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Neuroscientists have been interested in the undeniable impact of music on the human brain for many years. In his book Musicophilia, the noted neurologist Oliver Sacks describes how patients with serio ...
- Peer Groups and Migration
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The school-to-work transition is not a one-time event in the lives of young people. Rather, it is a phase that may last a few years and may include several career changes. It is also a time, when youn ...
- Physical Activity and Health - Related Quality of Life
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Every year on January 1st, thousands of people make New Year’s resolutions related to their lifestyles. People mass enroll in fitness clubs and gyms, buy kitchen appliances for making healthy meals an ...
- Plato's Conception of Justice from the Perspective of the Contemporary Foundation of Law in Human Dignity
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The project, though about Plato, relates to one of the fundamental problems of contemporary civilisation: are human rights, which are based in human dignity, truly universal in space and time? If they ...
- Political Knowledge in Poland
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Are average Poles interested in politics? Do they know their local MPs and the names of Ministers serving in the current government? Have they read the Constitution and are they familiar with laws and ...
- Psychological and Biological sources of risk aversion
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Are men bigger risk takers than women? The research project, led by Szymon Wichary, Ph.D., provides data on personal differences and their impact risk taking and risk aversion. Combining data about th ...
- Psychosocial Determinants and Consequences of Sedentary Behavior
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By now, we know quite a lot about a healthy lifestyle. Numerous studies indicate that a sedentary lifestyle is conducive to being overweight and it has a negative impact on mental health. The ubiquito ...
- Seeing is believing? Suggestion and misinformation in the video transmission
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The objective of the project is to study how video images and messages are perceived and assessed by viewers. During the project, the researchers will study the reactions of viewers to statements and ...
- The Expertise Bias: its psychological mechanisms, sources and consequences on the example of epistemic authority ascribed to economic experts
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Consumers make decisions related to investing money, taking bank loans or buying insurance policies. They often consult their choices with financial experts. In the present project we carry out experi ...
- The influence of psychological knowledge on the decision-making process of legal professionals in the criminal justice system
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Witness testimony is a crucial element of the criminal justice system. However, memory is often false and perception distorted. Yet the testimony based on such imperfect data may change a person’s lif ...
- To train or to play? A comparison of traditional and gamified training approaches: The role of psychophysiological, cognitive and motivational factors in the improvement of executive functions.
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The aim of the project is to better understand the processes undergoing during a traditional cognitive training and to compare them with analogous processes happening during a modern method of cogniti ...
- Turning depressed mood into a joke - is it beneficial?
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The application of emotion regulation skills in prevention of depression has been attempted repeatedly, without much success so far. Researchers from SWPS University will investigate the effects of hu ...
