Mateusz Hohol - The Mathematical Cognition and Learning Lab (MCLL)

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mateusz.hohol@uj.edu.pl

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Mateusz is a leader of the MCLL and an Associate Professor of psychology at the Jagiellonian University (JU), holding a Habilitation in psychology and a Ph.D. in philosophy. Currently, he is acting director of the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, JU. At the JU, Mateusz is also an associate member of the Centre for Brain Research and a lecturer at the Cognitive Science Programme and at the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences.

His research interests focus mainly on mathematical cognition, i.e., psychological mechanisms of processing numbers and geometric structures, and spatial cognition. He has recently been interested in cognitive and affective dimensions of numerical processing in populations with mathematics learning problems. Mateusz's research also includes conceptual issues in psychology and cognitive science, with a particular emphasis on supporting mental processes through the use of cognitive artifacts. Currently, Mateusz is a Principal Investigator of the following grants: "MCLL founding grant" — a Flagship Project of the Excellence Initiative–Jagiellonian University (2022-2026), "Cognitive artifacts on various time scales: An integrative approach" from National Science Centre, PL (2022–2025), and "Mind, number, space: Spatial-numerical cognition in professional mathematicians" from Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland (2024-2027).

He published three books, including “Foundations of geometric cognition” (Routledge, 2020), and several papers in journals such as Consciousness and Cognition, Psychological Research, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Animal Cognition, Acta Psychologica, PeerJ, Frontiers in Psychology, Foundations of Science, Theory & Psychology, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Topoi, Synthese, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Scientific Reports. He also co-edited five books, e.g., “The concept of explanation” (CCPress, 2017), and special issues of Theory & Psychology (2019) and Synthese (2021).

Mateusz is a member of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), the Commission for Philosophy of Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU), and the Polish Society for Cognitive Science. He also belongs to the editorial board of Frontiers in Psychology.

Mateusz received a number of awards and scholarships, including the “Start” Scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science, the Scientific Prize of “Polityka” (one of the most read Polish weeklies), and the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists.

In addition to research, Mateusz is involved in many popular science projects and book translations. Outside working hours, he is a big fan of new technologies and tech gadgets, an FPV drone pilot, and an aerial photographer. He lives in Krakow with his beloved wife and cat.

Principal investigator in projects:

Mind, number, space: Spatial-numerical cognition in professional mathematicians

Cognitive artifacts on various time scales: An integrative approach

Mathematical Cognition and Learning Lab: Funding grant

Selected publications:

Effects of expectations and sensory unreliability on voice detection – A preregistered study

Szymanek, P., Homan, M., van Elk, M., & Hohol, M. (2024). Effects of expectations and sensory unreliability on voice detection – A preregistered study. Consciousness and Cognition, 123, 103718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103718

Therapeutic chatbots as cognitive-affective artifacts

Grodniewicz, J. P. & Hohol, M. (2024). Therapeutic chatbots as cognitive-affective artifacts. Topoi, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-024-10018-x

The gender gap in math anxiety (and in the link between math anxiety and math performance) is not so salient when other anxieties are controlled for

Szczygieł, M., & Hohol, M. (2024). The gender gap in math anxiety (and in the link between math anxiety and math performance) is not so salient when other anxieties are controlled for. PsyArxiv Preprint. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5trew

Geometry-based navigation in the dark: Layout symmetry facilitates spatial learning in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus, in the absence of visual cues

Baran, B., Krzyżowski, M., Rádai, Z., Francikowski, J., & Hohol, M. (2023). Geometry-based navigation in the dark: Layout symmetry facilitates spatial learning in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus, in the absence of visual cues. Animal Cognition, 23, 755–770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01712-7

Therapeutic conversational artificial intelligence and the acquisition of self-understanding

Grodniewicz, J. P., Hohol, M. (2023). Therapeutic conversational artificial intelligence and the acquisition of self-understanding. The American Journal of Bioethics. 23(5), 59–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.2191021

Waiting for a digital therapist: Three challenges on the path to psychotherapy delivered by artificial intelligence

Grodniewicz, J. P., Hohol, M. (2023). Waiting for a digital therapist: Three challenges on the path to psychotherapy delivered by artificial intelligence. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1190084. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1190084

Najtrudniejszy projekt świata: Human Brain Project

Hohol, M. (2023). Najtrudniejszy projekt świata. Tygodnik Powszechny 21(3854), dodatek Copernicus Festival, 20–22

No fingers, no SNARC? Spatial-Numerical Associations and temporal stability of finger counting

Hohol, M., Wołoszyn, K., & Cipora, K. (2022). No fingers, no SNARC? Neither the finger counting starting hand, nor its stability robustly affect the SNARC effect. Acta Psychologica, 230, 103765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103765

Raw data to: Geometry-based navigation in the dark: Layout symmetry facilitates spatial learning in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus, in the absence of visual cues

Baran, B., Krzyżowski, M., Radai, Z., Francikowski, J., & Hohol, M. (2022). Geometry-based navigation in the dark: Layout symmetry facilitates spatial learning in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus, in the absence of visual cues. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01712-7 (Raw data available at Open Science Framework)

Restricting movements of lower face leaves recognition of emotional vocalizations intact but introduces a valence positivity bias

Wołoszyn, K., Hohol, M., Kuniecki, M., & Winkielman, P. (2022). Restricting movements of lower face leaves recognition of emotional vocalizations intact but introduces a valence positivity bias. Scientific Reports, 12, 16101. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18888-0

Explanations in cognitive science: Unication versus pluralism

Miłkowski, M., Hohol, M. (2021). Explanations in cognitive science: Unication versus pluralism. Synthese, 199(Suppl. 1), S1–S17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02777-y

Kryzys ucieleśnienia: Czy do myślenia potrzebne jest ciało

Hohol, M., Wołoszyn-Hohol, K. (2022). Kryzys ucieleśnienia. Tygodnik Powszechny, 36(3817), 64-68.

Foundations of geometric cognition

Hohol, M. (2020). Foundations of geometric cognition. New York-London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056291

Professional mathematicians do not differ from others in the symbolic numerical distance and size effects

Hohol, M., Willmes, K., Nęcka, E., Brożek, B., Nuerk, H.-C., & Cipora, K. (2020). Professional mathematicians do not differ from others in the symbolic numerical distance and size effects. Scientific Reports, 10(11531). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68202-z

Mechanisms in psychology: The road towards unity?

Miłkowski, M., Hohol, M., Nowakowski, P. (2019). Mechanisms in psychology: The road towards unity?. Theory & Psychology, 29(5), 567-568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354319875218

Cognitive artifacts for geometric reasoning

Hohol, M., Miłkowski, M. (2019). Cognitive artifacts for geometric reasoning. Foundations of Science, 24(4), 657–680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-019-09603-w

Replicability or reproducibility? On the replication crisis in computational neuroscience and sharing only relevant detail

Miłkowski, M., Hensel, W.M., Hohol, M. (2018). Replicability or reproducibility? On the replication crisis in computational neuroscience and sharing only relevant detail. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 45(3), 163–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10827-018-0702-z

A large-scale survey on finger counting routines, their temporal stability and flexibility in educated adults

Hohol, M., Wołoszyn, K., Nuerk, H.-C., Cipora, K. (2018). A large-scale survey on finger counting routines, their temporal stability and flexibility in educated adults. PeerJ, 6(e5878). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5878

From wide cognition to mechanisms: A silent revolution

Miłkowski, M., Clowes, R.W., Rucińska, Z., Przegalińska, A., Zawidzki, T., Gies, A., Krueger, J., McGann, M., Afeltowicz, Ł., Wachowski, W.M., Stjernberg, F., Loughlin, V., Hohol, M. (2018). From wide cognition to mechanisms: A silent revolution. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(2393). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02393

The concept of explanation

Brożek, B., Heller, M., Hohol, M. (Eds.). (2017). The concept of explanation. Kraków: Copernicus Center Press

Does spatial navigation have a blind-spot? Visiocentrism is not enough to explain the navigational behavior comprehensively

Hohol, M., Baran, B., Krzyżowski, M., Francikowski, J. (2017). Does spatial navigation have a blind-spot? Visiocentrism is not enough to explain the navigational behavior comprehensively. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11(154). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00154

Commentary: The poverty of embodied cognition

Wołoszyn, K., Hohol, M. (2017). Commentary: The poverty of embodied cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(845). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00845

Bringing back the balance: Domain-general processes are also important in numerical cognition

Hohol, M., Cipora, K., Willmes, K., Nuerk, H.-C. (2017). Bringing back the balance: Domain-general processes are also important in numerical cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(499). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00499

Professional mathematicians differ from controls in their spatial-numerical associations

Cipora, K., Hohol, M., Nuerk, H.-C., Willmes, K., Brożek, B., Kucharzyk, B., Nęcka, E. (2016) Professional mathematicians differ from controls in their spatial-numerical associations. Psychological Research, 80, 710–726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-015-0677-6