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Vice-dean for Scientific Affairs

prof. dr hab. Michał Wierzchoń

prof. dr hab. Michał Wierzchoń

Date of birth
Kraków
e-mail: michal.wierzchon@uj.edu.pl

Cognitive psychologist, Director of the Centre for Brain Research JU , Head of the C-Lab Consciousness Research Laboratory, Director of the Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University in 2016-2020. In 2012-2017 he was a member of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences, currently a member of the Psychology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Philosophical Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. President of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology.

 

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Research interests

Theories of consciousness, neural correlates of consciousness, sensory substitution and other personal assistance rehabilitation devices.

Education

  • Professor (full) in social sciences, 2021
  • Habilitation in social sciences, Jagiellonian University, 2014
  • PhD in humanities, Jagiellonian University, 2004

Current positions

  • 2020 - now - Director of the Centre for the Brain Research, JU
  • 2020 - now - Vice-dean for the Scientific Affairs, Faculty of Philosophy, JU

Scientific Societies

  • European Society for Cognitive Psychology - President elect (2023-2024), full member, past member of the executive committee (2010-2018)
  • Psychonomic Society, Fellow member
  • Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness - life-time member
  • Committee of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences - member

Awards & Scholarships

2019 - National Science Centre Award in the filed of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, October, 2019
2014 - Malewski Award, granted by the Committee of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, June 2014
2010 - 2011 - scholarship of Polish Minister of Science and Higher education for research visit at ULB
2005 - Polityka magazine Award “Stay with Us”, scholarship for young polish researchers
2005 - Foundation for Polish Science, scholarship for young researchers

Selected Grants

  • The neural architecture of consciousness (vice-chair of the Action, member of the Management Committee), project funded under COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology, network COST CA8106, 2019-2023
  • Early and late correlates of consciousness. Research of structural and functional connections involved in conscious experiences using MRIe and TMS. (role: PI), project NCN OPUS 2017/27/B/HS6/00937, 2018-2023, 1.717.940 PLN
  • Cognitive and neural plasticity and the subjective experience. Interdisciplinary analysis of sensory substitution. (role: PI) project NCN OPUS 2016/23/B/HS6/00275 2017-2020, 1.457.500 PLN
  • Cognitive and neural mechanisms of metacognitive awareness (role: PI) project NCN HARMONIA 2014/14/M/HS6/00911, 2015-2018, 958.750 PLN
  • The Dynamics of Consciousness. A Cognitive Model of Conscious Experience Formation (role: PI) project NCN SONATA BIS 2012/07/E/HS6/01037, 2013-2017, 642 880 PLN

Reviews

  • Ad hoc reviews for multiple scientific journals, including e.g.: Nature Communication; Nature Human Behaviour; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; NeuroImage; Cognition; Cognitive Science; Neuroscience of Consciousness; Consciousness and Cognition; Frontiers in Psychology; Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • Consulting Editor, member of the Editorial Board, Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice (PSYCON, APA journal) – 2019 – 2023
  • Member of the reviewers panel for the National Science Centre, Poland, National Centre for Science and Development, Poland, National Agency for International Exchange, Poland, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
  • reviewer for European Commission (ERC, MCSA, COST), member of the R&D Units Evaluation 2017-2018 panel for Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal; Italian research assessment VQR (2011-2014).

Selected publications

 Full list of publications available at the Scholar account

 

  1. Shahbakhti, M., Beiramvand, M., Nasiri, E., Far S.M., Chen, W., Sole-Casals, J., Wierzchoń, M., Broniec-Wojcik, A., Augustyniak, P. & Marozas, V. (2023). Fusion of EEG and Eye Blink Analysis for Detection of Driver Fatigue. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3267114
  2. Hobot, J., Skóra, Z., Wierzchoń, M. & Sandberg, K. (2023). Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation to the left anterior medial prefrontal cortex influences metacognitive efficiency. NeuroImage, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119991
  3. Szczotka, J. & Wierzchoń, M. (2022). Splitting the unity of bodily self - towards a comprehensive review of phenomenology and psychopathology of heautoscopy. Psychopathology, doi: 10.1159/000526869
  4. Cieplińska, N., Janowski., L., de Moor, K. & Wierzchoń, M. (2022). Long term video QoE assesment studies: a systematic review. IEEE Access, 10, 133883-133897, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3231747
  5. Łukowska, M., Kałwak, W., Osiński, D., Janik, J. & Wierzchoń, M. (2022). How to teach a visually impaired person to hear colours? Multidimensional training for a colour-to-sound sensory substitution device – design and evaluation. International Journal of Human - Computer Studies, 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2022.102925
  6. Koculak, M. & Wierzchoń, M. (2022). How much consciousness is there in complexity. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 983315, 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983315
  7. Koculak, M. i Wierzchoń, M. (2022). Consciousness science needs some rest: How to use resting-state paradigm to impove theories and measures of consciousness. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16:836758, 10.3389/ fnins.2022.836758
  8. Shahbakhti, M., Beiramvand, M., Nazari, M., Broniec-Wójcik, A., Augustyniak, P., Rodrigues, A.S., Wierzchoń, M. & Marozas, V. (2021). VME-DWT: An Efficient Algorithm for Detection and Elimination of Eye Blink from Short Segments of Single EEG Channel. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 29, 408-417, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2021.3054733
  9. Hobot, J., Klincewicz, M., Sandberg, K. & Wierzchoń, M. (2021). Causal inferences in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation research: Challenges and perspectives. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14: 574, doi: 3389/fnhum.2020.586448
  10. Skóra, Z., Ciupińska, K., del Pin, S.H., Overgaard, M. & Wierzchoń, M. (2021). Investigating the validity of the Perceptual Awareness Scale: the effect of the task related difficulty on subjective rating. Consciousness & Cognition, 95, 103197. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103197
  11. Del Pin, S.H., Skóra, Z., Sandberg, K., Overgaard, M. & Wierzchoń, M. (2021). Comparing theories of consciousness: Why it matters and how to do it. Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2021(2), niab019, doi:10.1093/nc/niab019
  12. Skóra, Z., Del Pin, S.H., Derda, M., Koculak, M., Rutiku, R. & Wierzchoń, M. (2021). No validity without a theory - a critical look at subjective measures of consciousness. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2021(1), niab009, doi:10.1093/nc/niab009
  13. Hobot, J., Koculak, M., Paulewicz, B., Sandberg, K. & Wierzchoń, M. (2020). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulationinduced motor activity influences visual awareness judgments. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10.3389/fnins.2020.580712
  14. Majchrowicz, B. & Wierzchoń, M. (2021). Sensory attenuation over action outcomes of varying amplitude and valence. Consciousness and Cognition, 87, 103058, doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.103058
  15. Siedlecka, M., Skóra, Z., Paulewicz, B., Fijałkowska, S., Timmermans, B. & Wierzchoń, M. (2019). Responses improve the accuracy of confidence judgements in memory tasks. Journal of Experiemental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition,45(4), 712-723. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000608
  16. Siedlecka, M., Spychała, N., Łukowska, M., Wiercioch, K. & Wierzchoń, M. (2018). Rubber hand illusion increases pain caused by electric stimuli. Journal of Pain, 19(1),35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.08.005
  17. Łukowska, M., Sznajder, M. & Wierzchoń, M. (2018). Error-related cardiac response as information for visibility judgements, Scientific Reports, 8, 1131, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19144-0
  18. Siedlecka M, Paulewicz B & Wierzchoń M (2016). But I Was So Sure! Metacognitive Judgments Are Less Accurate Given Prospectively Than Retrospectively.. Front. Psychol. 7:218. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00218
  19. Wierzchoń, M., Paulewicz, B., Asanowicz, D., Timmermans, B. i Cleeremans, A. (2014). Different subjective awareness measures demonstrate the influence of visual identification on perceptual awareness. Consciousness and Cognition, 27, 109-120.
  20. Paulewicz, B. & Wierzchoń, M. (2015). Casual Considerations in experimental studies on consciousness. Humana Mente, 29, 227-242.
  21. Siedlecka, M., Klimza, A., Łukowska, M., i Wierzchoń, M. (2014). Rubber Hand Illusion Reduces Discomfort Caused by Cold Stimulus. PLoS ONE 9(10): e109909. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109909
  22. Wierzchoń, M., Asanowicz, D., Paulewicz, B. & Cleeremans, A. (2012). Subjective measures of consciousness in artificial grammar learning task. Consciousness & Cognition, 21(3), 1141-53, doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.05.012