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MSc., Doctoral Researcher

Piotr Szymanek

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piotr.szymanek@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

Piotr holds Master’s degrees in cognitive science and religious studies (both from Jagiellonian University). He received the Perzanowski Prize for the best Master’s dissertation (2021). He is an author of papers published in Consciousness and Cognition and Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion. Piotr divides his brain-time between working on a Ph.D. thesis concerning agency detection at the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences of JU (supervisor: Mateusz Hohol), investigating mathematical processing and cognitive artifacts in the MCLL, and being an assistant in the Institute of Religious Studies, JU.

Co-investigator in Projects:

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
Analogue magnitude representation of angles and its relation to geometric expertise
Hohol, M., Szymanek, P., Cipora, K. (2024). Analogue magnitude representation of angles and its relation to geometric expertise. Scientific Reports, 14(8997). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59521-6
Testing the enactive model of agency detection—a commentary on Teehan
Szymanek, P., & van Elk, M. (2024). Testing the enactive model of agency detection—A commentary on Teehan. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2378151
Revisiting Feeling of Threat and Agency Detection: A Preregistered Virtual Reality Study
Szymanek, P., Nenadalová, J., & Van Leeuwen, N. (2024). Revisiting feeling of threat and agency detection: A preregistered virtual reality study.Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000538
I did not expect to be dreaming: Explaining realization in lucid dreams with a Bayesian framework
Szymanek, P. (2021). I did not expect to be dreaming: Explaining realization in lucid dreams with a Bayesian framework. Consciousness and Cognition, 93(103163). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103163
MCLL is funded by the Excellence Initiative – Jagiellonian University within the Priority Research Area Society of the Future
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