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Project number: VEGA 1/0355/20, Science Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic. Vedecká grantová agentúra Ministerstva školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej republiky a Slovenskej akadémie vied

Project name: Mechanisms of auditory spatial and attention processing: experiments, oscillations, computational models and analytical methods.

Project realization: 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2022

Project participation: principal investigator

Brief characteristics of the project: 

The proposed project plans to conduct a series of experimental and computational-analytical studies with the aim to study how we use different attention mechanisms to locate sounds in the virtual hearing environment. The project will be assessing the neural activity using electroencephalography and compare it with behavioral performance and predictions of computational models of attention mechanism. During the design proposal, analysis and modeling of observed attention mechanisms, the several advanced computational tools will be developed, based on experimental data. The results will be important, for example, for the development of new prosthetic devices and new virtual reality technologies.

Project Registration Number: APVV-23-0027 – Slovak Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovakia

Project Title: Onomatopoeia at the Intersection of Psychology, Physiology, and Psycholinguistics

Project Implementation Period: 2023 – 2027

Position in the Project: Co-Investigator

Project Focus:

The project focuses on examining the presumed relationship between the interpretation of sound events and the formation of onomatopoeic expressions, and the auditory sensitivity and creative potential of language users. The main objective will be achieved through several partial goals, including the selection of a sample of 100 respondents—university students—the verification, implementation, and evaluation of four audiometric tests and the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, and the selection of nine sound events for experimental purposes. These sound events will fall into three frequency bands.

Furthermore, two experiments will be conducted:

(i) the interpretation of sounds using a system of semantic descriptors specifically designed for the purposes of the experiment, and

(ii) the creation of onomatopoeic words by imitating the previously selected sound events.

Finally, generalized types of the created onomatopoeias will be compared with the sounds they imitate using spectrograms. Data obtained from Slovak respondents will subsequently be compared with data collected in nine additional languages.

Registration Number: APVV-23-0548 Slovak Reseach and Development Agency Ministry of Education, Science,

Reseach and Sport of the Slovak republic

Project title: Goals on Fire: Systematic Corroboration of the Role of Goal Striving in Work-Engagement and Burnout

Symptoms Development

Project solution period: since 2024-2028

Position in the project: investigator/

Abstract: Burnout and work engagement have important implications for individuals, organizations, and society. A

deeper understanding of the processes behind their development is becoming more critical than ever. However, the

attention to the individual level of analysis and underlying motivational processes in research is still limited and often

unsystematic. Based on current research that indicates a potentially important role of motivation and drawing on a

well-established line of research dedicated to goal-directed behavior, we aim to systematically examine the role of the

goals people choose and strive for in the development of burnout symptoms and work engagement. In the initial stage

of the project, we plan to examine the relationship between goal attainment and the symptoms of burnout and work

engagement from a qualitative and quantitative perspective. It is hypothesized that an individual’s goals (and selected

goal dimensions) are closely related to the level of work engagement/burnout symptoms. The subsequent phase will

further elucidate the processes behind this relationship. In particular, the role of goal attainment in the development of

burnout symptoms and work engagement will be examined with an emphasis on the hypothesized mechanisms

(obsessive and harmonious passion), situating it within the conceptual framework of the Job Demands-Resource

model (JD-R). In the following phase, we will longitudinally examine how the investigated variables evolve and interact

over time. Finally, the acquired knowledge will be applied to prepare a monograph, a workshop, and a practical

handbook. We will make the data available to other researchers interested in studying this topic as part of open

science practices.