Research areas

• psychology of pain with a special interest in psychological factors that modulate pain perception and pain memory
• psychology of placebo with a special interest in learning mechanisms of placebo effects
• behavior analysis with a special interest in the therapy of persons with autism spectrum disorder
• psychology of education with a special interest in increasing the effectiveness of teaching and upbringingand memory training

Positions

• vice-dean for research at the Faculty of Philosophy
• chair of Jagiellonian University Research Discipline Council for Psychology
• head of the Pain Research Group
• member of the Rector’s Commitee for Research
• member of the Rector’s Committee for Academic Staff
• president of the Polish Society of Behavioral Psychology
• member of the Steering Committee of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies
• member of the Scientific Council of the Polish Psychological Associaction
• member of the Committee on Psychological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• member of the Committee on Psychological Sciences of the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow
• member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pain
• executive editor of the Annals of Psychology
• member of the Scientific Board of Pain
• member of the Scientific Committee of Psychological Review

Research projects

Project leader:

• Does time heal pain? The effect of time perspective on the frequency and severity of migraines – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (OPUS 25, 2024-2028, Investigator)
• The observation that does (not) hurt. Observational learning of placebo hypoalgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia induced by operant conditioning – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 21, 2023-2026, Supervisor) 
• PANACEA “Special Needs by Placebo”: Programme to Advise, Normalize And Control its European Administration – the research project funded by the European Union (ERASMUS+, 2022-2025, Principal Investigator of the Jagiellonian University team)
• Reinforcement of the open-label placebo effect. Determining and comparing the effectiveness of different learning processes in producing the non-deceptive placebo effect – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 20, 2022-2025, Supervisor) 
• Un(learning) pain by consequences. Development of the learning theory of placebo effects – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (MAESTRO 12, 2021-2026, Principal Investigator)
• Overcome the nocebo effect with the placebo effect. The use of learning processes to reverse nocebo hyperalgesia – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (OPUS 20, 2021-2026, Key Investigator)
• Learning and unlearning pain from others. Verification and extension of the social learning model of placebo effects in pain – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (OPUS 18, 2020-2026, Principal Investigator)
• Colors of pain. Mechanisms of the effects of colors on pain perception – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 18, 2020-2023, Supervisor)
• Social context of pain. The effect of social information concerning pain on pain experience and pain memory – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (OPUS 12, 2017-2022, Principal Investigator) 
• The role of classical and operant conditioning in the origin of subjective and physiological pain experiences – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 12, 2017-2022, Supervisor)
• The role of expectancy and anxiety in the genesis of placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia induced by classical conditioning and verbal suggestions – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (SONATA BIS 4, 2015-2020, Principal Investigator)
• Placebo mechanisms in voluntary joystick movement paradigm – factors influencing the formation and magnitude of the resulting effect – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 5, 2014-2017, Investigator)
• Time perspective, postoperative pain perception and coping strategies in pain – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (OPUS 5, 2014-2017, Key Investigator)
• Does the affect fade when the pain grows? Memory for pain and the fading affect bias – the research project funded by the National Science Centre (2011-2014, Principal Investigator)
• Memory for pain and the fading affect bias: Dental pain and experimental pain – the research project funded by the Faculty of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University (2011-2012, Principal Investigator)
• Factors determining distortions of memories for pain – the research project funded by the Faculty of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University (2010, Principal Investigator)

Teaching

For further information visit the USOS website.

Publication

For the publications list visit Jagiellonian University Repository.

Memberships, awards

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