doc. Mgr. Jiří Lukavský, Ph.D.
Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143/4
182 00 Prague 8
Tel.: +420 266 053 854
E-mail: lukavsky@praha.psu.cas.cz
Web: www.lukavsky.info
Research interest
- Visual perception, attention and memory
- Eye movements
- Action & vision
- Mental training
- Mathematical modelling
Education
- 2023: associate professor (doc.) at Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
- 2003 - 2008: Ph.D. Degree in Clinical Psychology, Charles University, Prague
- 2003 - 2005: BSc. Degree in Computer Science, Charles University, Prague
- 1997 - 2003: Master of Sciences in Clinical Psychology, Charles University, Prague
Research Stays
- 2010: visiting researcher in Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2002: Graduate exchange student in Psychology, Kansas State University
Work Career
- 2003 - now: researcher in Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
- 2016 - now: lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
- 2006 - 2018: researcher in Prague Psychiatric Centre
Teaching Activities
- Since 2016 teaching at Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague.
Classes: General Psychology, Psychological Methods, Diploma Seminar, Bayesian Statistics Seminar, Psychophysics.
Academic Honors and Awards
2012 - Otto Wichterle Award
Grant projects
- 2019 - 2021: Tracking moving objects – identity, uncertainty, and visually rich environments, investigator, GA ČR (19-07690S)
- 2016 - 2018: Visual scene memory: the effect of correlation of visual input in space and time on memory fidelity, investigator, GA ČR (16-07983S)
- 2013 - 2015: Personality and spontaneous brain activity during rest and movie watching: relation and structural determinants, co-investigator, GA ČR (13-23940S)
- 2010 - 2012: Attention shifts and eye movements in Multiple Object Tracking in healthy adults, investigator, GA ČR (P407/10/P607)
- 2006 - 2007: Word Association Test - physiological correlates and measurement of meanings, investigator, GA ČR (406/06/1772)
- 2003: Electrodermal activity during Word Association Test - methodological enhancement, co-investigator, GA ČR (406/01/03940)
Selected publications
- Brom, C., Kolek, L., Lukavský, J., Děchtěrenko, F., & Volná, K. (2022). To Quiz or to Shoot When Practicing Grammar? Catching and Holding the Interest of Child Learners: A Field Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856623
- Děchtěrenko, F., Jakubková, D., Lukavský, J., & Howard, C. J. (2022). Tracking multiple fish. PeerJ, 10, e13031. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13031
- Děchtěrenko, F., & Lukavský, J. (2022). False memories when viewing overlapping scenes. PeerJ, 10, e13187. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13187
- Děchtěrenko, F., Lukavský, J., & Holmqvist, K. (2017). Flipping the stimulus: Effects on scanpath coherence? Behavior Research Methods, 49(1), 382–393. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-016-0708-2
- Lukavský, J. (2019). Scene categorization in the presence of a distractor. Journal of Vision, 19(2), 6. https://doi.org/10.1167/19.2.6
- Lukavský, J., & Děchtěrenko, F. (2017). Visual properties and memorising scenes: Effects of image-space sparseness and uniformity. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(7), 2044–2054. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-017-1375-9
- Lukavský, J., & Meyerhoff, H. S. (2023). Gaze coherence reveals distinct tracking strategies in multiple object and multiple identity tracking. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02417-9
- Lukavský, J., Oksama, L., & Děchtěrenko, F. (2022). Multiple object tracking with extended occlusions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(9), 2094–2106. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221142463
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