Guarantor, team, contact

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Roman Procházka, Ph.D., roman.prochazka@upol.cz, +420 585 633 500

Research, grants

• IGA 2015, IGA 2017; Full replication of Libet experiment
• 2019–2021 ETA Programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic; Complex physiological monitoring of the driver with respect to psychological factors affecting driving behaviour
• 2019–2021 ETA Programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic; Human and traffic safety in the development of lighting technologies
• 2014/25 FPVČ (The Palacký University Faculty of Arts Research Support Fund), Temperament and stress potential of cognitive roles in manifestations of the autonomic nervous system Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, 1 June 2014 – 31 May 2016,
• Effectiveness and impact of VR exposure therapy in specific phobias, Grant: TACR No. TL03000090 titled “Virtual reality and management of procedural pain in patients with burn trauma” for the years 2020 – 2023

Student projects:

1. Electrodermal activity and telling the truth and in lying
2. Electrodermal activity and rehearsed lies, unrehearsed lies, and truths
3. Application of the accumulator model of the formation of the preparatory motor potential to externally timed movements
4. The effect of emotionally charged music on physiological aspects, emotions, and memory
5. Stimulus feasibility as a factor of emotional infection
6. Brain activity in listening to and imagining music
7. Influence of computer games on psychophysiological aspects of aggression
8. Perception of facial illusions in virtual reality
9. Influence of a virtual reality superhero’s experience on prosocial behaviour in real life

Publications

• Dominik T, Dostál D, Zielina M, Šmahaj J, Sedláčková Z, & Procházka R (2018). EEG Data and Introspective Reports from the Libet’s Experiment Replication. Data in Brief, 20, 2040-2044. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.07.004
• Dominik T, Dostál D, Zielina M, Šmahaj J, Sedláčková Z, & Procházka R (2018). Libet’s Experiment: A Complex Replication. Consciousness and Cognition, 65, 1-26. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.07.004
• Dominik T, Dostál D, Zielina M, Šmahaj J, Sedláčková Z, & Procházka R (2017). Libet’s Experiment: Questioning the Validity of Measuring the Urge to Move. Consciousness and Cognition, 49, 255-263. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2017.01.017
• Dominik T, Dostál D, Viktorová L, & Stanke L (2020). People and Light: (Re)construction of deBoer’s Glare Rating Scale in the Czech Language. [poster]. 10th PhD Existence, Man and Time, 3-4 Feb 2020, Olomouc.
• Stanke L, Viktorová L, & Šucha M (2019). Visual perception in automotive: Testing the glare effects of new car headlamps. [poster]. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception, 25-29 Aug 2019, Leuven, Belgium.
• Viktorová L & Stanke L (2019). Human-light interaction in the car traffic context – research proposal. In Maierová E, Viktorová L, Dolejš M, & Dominik T, The 2019 PhD Existence. Czech-Slovak Psychology Conference (Not Only) For and About Doctoral Students. Proceedings, 76 – 84. Olomouc: UP.
• Stanke L & Viktorová L (2019). Man and Light – Interaction in the Context of Traffic Safety. [lecture]. 9th PhD Existence, Body and Mind, 21-22 Jan 2019, Olomouc.
• Stanke L & Viktorová L (2019). Interdisciplinary Research on the Interaction of Man and Light in the Context of Road Transport. Fine Mechanics and Optics, 4, 117-122.

Relevance to PhD programme type

• Traffic psychology
• Work psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Educational psychology