Laboratory of Peripheral Psychophysiology

The Laboratory of Peripheral Psychophysiology research the psychophysiological correlation between socio-cognitive processes related to face and facial expression recognition or spatial sound perception. The Lab provides equipment, which enables the measurement of psychophysiological reactions such as muscle activity, heart function, breathing, and skin conductance.

Collaborators:

• Anna Czarna, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)

• Ursula Hess, Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany)

• Wataru Sato, Riken Institute (Tokyo, Japan)

• Piotr Winkielman, University of California (San Diego, USA)

• Monika Wróbel, University of Łódź (Łódź, Poland)

Summary

Lab Head: Michał Olszanowski, PhD

Lab Coordinator: Aleksandra Fortuńska

Location: SWPS University in Warsaw, 001 (next to the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies)

Currently, we work on:

• OPUS 19 Grant “Visual contact and emotional mimicry: Why do people mimic the emotions of others even though they cannot see them?”, (2020-current), (PI: Olszanowski, M.) financed by the National Science Centre (NCN)