Mgr. Jiří Lukavský, Ph.D.

Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Hybernská 8, 110 00 Prague
Phone +420 221 403 914
E-mail: lukavsky@praha.psu.cas.cz

Research interest

Visual perception, attention and memory
Eye movements
Action & vision
Mental training
Mathematical modelling

Education and Work Experience

• 2003 - now: researcher in Institute of Psychology of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
• 2006 - now: researcher in Prague Psychiatric Centre
• 2010: visiting researcher in Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
• 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
• 2002: Graduate exchange student in Psychology, Kansas State University

Grant projects

• 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)

Teaching

• 2004 – now: Charles University, Faculty of Education
  • General Psychology for Psychology major – perception, attention, emotions.
  • Experimental Psychology
• 2006 – 7: Anglo-American College, Prague
  • Statistics Instructor

Selected projects

• Visual attention
• Research on electrodermal activity and pupilometry in Word Association Test
• Memory training in adults
• Team translation of Eysenck's Cognitive Psychology
• Eye movements in virtual 3D environments

Awards

2012 - Otto Wichterle Award

Selected publications

Cognitive research

• Lukavský, J. (2013). Eye movements in repeated multiple object tracking. Journal of Vision, 13 (7), 1-16. [www]
• Lukavský, J. (2010). The Effects of Cognitive and Emotional Workload on Physiological Reactions in Word Association Test in Healthy Adults. Studia Psychologica Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 15-22.
• Lukavský, J., Smolík, F. (2009). Word Order and Case Inflection in Czech: On-line Sentence Comprehension in Children and Adults. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1358-1363). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Smolík, F., Lukavský, J. (2009). Měření jazykového porozumění u dětí v reálném čase sledováním očních pohybů. Československá psychologie, 53, 5, 480-491. [Measuring of language comprehension in children using on-line preferential looking]
• Škrdlantová, L., Horáček, J., Colleen, D., Lukavský, J., Kopeček, M., Preiss, M., Novák, T., Höschl, C. (2005). The influence of low-frequency left prefrontal rTMS on memory for words but not faces. Physiological Research, 54, 123-128. (fulltext)
• Lukavský, J. (2004). Emoční hodnocení testových slov jako rozšíření asociačního experimentu. Československá psychologie, 48 (3), 203-214. [Subjective valence of the test words as enhancement of the Word Association Test]
• Lukavský, J. (2003). Vliv temperamentových vlastností na elektrodermální aktivitu při asociačním experimentu. Československá psychologie, 47 (6), 503-512. [The temperament characteristics and electrodermal activity during Word Association Test]

Virtual agents and simulations

• Brom, C., Vyhnánek, J., Lukavský, J., Waller, D., & Kadlec, R. (2012). A computational model of the allocentric and egocentric spatial memory by means of virtual agents, or how simple virtual agents can help to build complex computational models. Cognitive Systems Research, 17-18, 1-24.
• Brom, C., Pešková, K., Lukavský, J. (2007). What Does Your Actor Remember? Towards Characters with a Full Episodic Memory. In Cavazza, M., Donikian, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Virtual Storytelling (Vol. 4871, p.89-101).
• Brom, C., Pešková, K., Lukavský, J. (2007). Where did I put my glasses? Determining trustfulness of records in episodic memory by means of an associative network. In Costa, F.A.E., Rocha, L.M., Costa, E., Harvey, I., & Coutinho, A. (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Life, Proceedings (Vol. 4648, p. 243-252).

Statistics

• Malíková, H., Krámská, L., Liščák, R., Vojtěch, Z., Procházka, T., Marečková, I., Lukavský, J., Druga R. (2012). Stereotactic radiofrequency amygdalohippocampectomy for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: Do good neuropsychological and seizure outcomes correlate with hippocampal volume reduction? Epilepsy Research, 102(1-2), 34–44. doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.04.017
• Lukavská, K., Klicperová-Baker, M., Lukavský, J., Zimbardo, P.G. (2011). ZTPI – Zimbardův dotazník časové perspektivy. Československá psychologie, 55 (4), 356-373. [ZTPI - Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory]
• Lukavský, J., Šolcová, I., Preiss, M. (2011). Proaktivní zvládání u osob staršího věku: vztah k vybraným kognitivním proměnným.Československá psychologie, 55 (3), 193-203. [Proactive coping and cognitive performance in elderly]
• Bezdíček, O., Lukavský, J., Preiss, M. (2011). Validizační studie české verze dotazníku FAQ. Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie, 74/107(1), 36-42. [Functional Activities Questionnaire, Czech version – a Validation Study]
• Říčan, P., Lukavský, J., Janošová, P., Štochl, J. (2010). Spirituality of American and Czech students – a cross-cultural comparison.Studia Psychologica, 52, 3, 243-251.
• Preiss, M., Kučerová, H., Lukavský, J., Šóš, P., Štěpánková, H., Čermáková, R. (2010). Cognitive deficits in hospitalized and never hospitalized remitted unipolar depressive patients. European Journal of Psychiatry, 24, 3, 129-135.
• Preiss, M., Kučerová, H., Lukavský, J., Štepánková, H., Sos, P., Kawaciukova, R. (2009). Cognitive deficits in the euthymic phase of unipolar depression. Psychiatry Research, 169, 3, 235 – 239.
• Fráňová, L., Lukavský, J., Preiss, M. (2008). Relationship of children’s depression inventory factor structure to school achievement. Studia Psychologica, 50(4), 383-394.
• Poláčková Šolcová, I., Lukavský, J., Slaměník, I. (2008). Emoční frekvence, regulace a celková hédonická bilance u dospívajících a dospělých. Československá psychologie, 52, 6, 537-554. [Frequency of experienced emotions, emotions regulation, and hedonic balance in adolescents and adults]
• Fráňová, L., Lukavský, J., Preiss, M. (2006). Školní podvýkonnost a subjektivní míra depresivních symptomů. Československá psychologie, 50 (6), 335-343. [School underachievement and subjective level of depressive symptoms]
• Šolcová, I., Lukavský, J., Greenglass, E. (2006). Dotazník proaktivního zvládání životních nároků. Československá psychologie, 50, 2, 148-162. [The Proactive Coping Inventory: Czech adaptation]