doc. Mgr. Jiří Lukavský, Ph.D.

Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143/4, 182 00 Prague 8
Tel. +420 266 053 854
Web: www.lukavsky.info
E-mail: lukavsky@praha.psu.cas.cz

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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, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
2016 - now: lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
2006 - 2018: 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

2019 - 2021: Tracking moving objects – identity, uncertainty, and visually rich environments, investigator, GA ČR (19-07690S)
2016 - 2018: Visual scene memory: the effect of correlation of visual input in space and time on memory fidelity, investigator, GA ČR (16-07983S)
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)

Awards

2012 - Otto Wichterle Award

Selected publications

Lukavský, J. (2019). Scene categorization in the presence of a distractor. Journal of Vision, 19(2), 6–6.
Lukavský, J., & Děchtěrenko, F. (2017). Visual properties and memorising scenes: Effects of image-space sparseness and uniformity. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(7), 2044–2054.
Lukavský, J., Děchtěrenko, F. (2016). Gaze position lagging behind scene content in multiple object tracking: Evidence from forward and backward presentations. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.
Děchtěrenko, F., Lukavský, J., & Holmqvist, K. (2017). Flipping the stimulus: Effects on scanpath coherence? Behavior Research Methods, 49(1), 382-393.
Lukavský, J. (2014). Changes in boundary extension effect during spatial confinement. Visual Cognition, 22(7), 996-1012.
Štěpánková, H., Lukavský, J., Buschkuehl, M., Kopeček, M., Řípová, D., & Jaeggi, S. M. (2013). The Malleability of Working Memory and Visuospatial Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study in Older Adults. Developmental Psychology, 50(4), 1049-1059.
Lukavský, J. (2013). Eye movements in repeated multiple object tracking. Journal of Vision, 13(7), 1-16.

Detailed list at ResearchID or ResearchGate

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