CURRICULUM VITAE

EMCI Erasmus IP_CV_07_ Aleksandra Gruszka-Gosiewska
CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Gruszka-­‐Gosiewska Institute of Psychology Jagiellonian University, Poland al. Mickiewicza 3 31-­‐120 Kraków, Poland Tel.: +481263455 ext. 266 Fax: +48126237699 E-­‐mail: a.gruszka-­‐[email protected] RESEARCH FIELDS Creativity, executive functions, executive dysfunction in neurological disorder EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1995-­‐2000 -­‐ Ph.D. in Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland 1990-­‐1995 – MA in Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland WORK EXPERIENCE since 2003 – Assistant professor, Experimental Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland 2004-­‐2006 – Postdoctoral researcher, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2001-­‐2003 – assistant teacher, Experimental Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland TEACHING ACTIVITIES At present – a lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland (taught subjects: Psychology of Individual Differences, Psychology of Creativity, Creative Thinking Training, Creative Problem Solving Techniques; Cognitive Aspects of Creativity); At present – a co-­‐ordinator of specialisation of psychology of creativity at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland; At present – a lecturer at Public Relations, Economic University, Poland (taught subject: Applications of creative problem solving techniques in PR); 2001-­‐2002 – a lecturer at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland (taught subjects: Introduction to general psychology; Diagnosis and measurement of creative abilities). RESEARCH PROJECTS 2008-­‐2011–Alexithymia and automatic processing of affective stimulation 2007-­‐2010–Cognitive control in attention and working memory 2004-­‐2006–Psychoticism and attentional set-­‐shifting 1998-­‐2000 – The relationships between convergent and divergent thinking 1999 – Creativity and elementary cognitive processes INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS 2004-­‐2006 -­‐ Investigating cognitive heterogeneity in Parkinson’s disease: A combined neuropsychological, neuropharmacological and functional neuroimaging approach; Wellcome Travelling Research Fellowship, theWellcome Trust 2003-­‐2005 -­‐ Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Attentional Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease; Joint British Council and National Committee of Science British-­‐Polish Partnership Programme 2003 – Life quality of senior citizens in relation to mobility conditions; UE under the framework of the „Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources” EMCI Erasmus IP_CV_07_ Aleksandra Gruszka-Gosiewska
2002 – Joint Roman Wasilewski and British Council Scholarship; the British Council and Clare Hall Collage, Cambridge University 1
PUBLICATIONS Books and book chapers(selected) Nęcka, E., Orzechowski, J., Słabosz, A. i Szymura, B. (2005). Trening twórczości – nowy. Gdańsk: GWP. (Training of creative thinking; in Polish) Gruszka, A., Szymura, B. & Matthews, G. (2010). Introduction. In: A. Gruszka, B. Szymura& G. Matthews: Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition: Attention, Memory and Executive Control (pp. III-­‐VIII). NY: Springer. Gruszka, A., Hampshire, A., Owen, A.M. (2010). Learned Irrelevance revisited: Pathology-­‐Based Individual Differences, Normal Variation and Neural Correlates. In: A. Gruszka, B. Szymura& G. Matthews: Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition: Attention, Memory and Executive Control (pp. 127-­‐144). NY: Springer. Braver, T.S., Yarkoni, T., Gruszka, A., Hampshire, A., Owen, A.M., Jaušovec, N., Kustubayeva, A., Neubauer, A.C., & Fink, A. (2010). Individual Differences in Cognition from a Neurophysiological Perspective: The Commentaries. In: A. Gruszka, B. Szymura& G. Matthews: Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition: Attention, Memory and Executive Control (pp. 169-­‐180). NY: Springer. Matthews, G., Gruszka, A.&Szymura, B. (2010). Conclusion: The State of the Art in Research on Individual Differences in Executive Control and Cognition. In: A. Gruszka, B. Szymura& G. Matthews: Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition: Attention, Memory and Executive Control (pp. 437-­‐462). NY: Springer. Nęcka, E., Grohman, M., Słabosz, A. (2006). Creativity studies in Poland. [W:] J Kaufman, R. J. Sternberg (red.). International Handbook of Creativity (270-­‐306). UK: Cambridge University Press. Tokarz, A. &Słabosz, A. (2002). Report on Polish studies on creativity. [W:] M. I. Stein (red.), Creativity’s Global Correspondents – 2002 (97-­‐110). New York. Peer-­‐reviewed papers (selected) Gruszka, A.& Czernecka, K. (2009). Zaburzenia funkcji wykonawczych w chorobie Parkinsona: planowanie, przerzutność uwagi i pamięć robocza. Studia Psychologiczne, 4, 47-­‐57. Hampshire, A., Gruszka, A., Fallon, S.J., & Owen, A.M. (2008). Inefficiency in self-­‐organized attentional switching in the normal ageing population is associated with decreased activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20 (9), 1670-­‐1686. Szymura, B., Słabosz, A., Balas, R. iŻyła, K. (2007). Individual differences in unconscious cognition. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 38 (1), 32-­‐39. Slabosz, A., Lewis. S.J.G., Smigasiewicz, K., Szymura, B., Barker, R.A., &Owen A.M. (2006). The Role of Learned Irrelevance in Attentional Set-­‐shifting Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease. Neuropsychology, 20 (5), 578-­‐
588. Lewis, S. J. G., Slabosz, A., Robbins, T. W., Barker, R. A., & Owen, A. M. (2005). Dopaminergic basis for deficits in working memory but not attentional set-­‐shifting in Parkinson’s disease. Neuropsychologia, 43 (6), 823-­‐
832. Śmigasiewicz, K., Szymura, B. i Słabosz, A. (2004). Przerzutność uwagi -­‐ rola procesów kontrolnych i automatycznych w powstawaniu kosztów przełączenia się pomiędzy zadaniami. Studia Psychologiczne, tom specjalny -­‐ Oblicza uwagi, 42/1, 57-­‐70. Gruszka, A.& Nęcka, E. (2002). Priming and acceptance of close and remote associations by creative and less creative people. Creativity Research Journal, 14(2), 193-­‐206. Szymura,B. & Słabosz, A. (2002). Uwaga selektywna a pozytywne i negatywne konsekwencje automatyzacji czynności. Studia Psychologiczne, XL(2), 161-­‐184. Tokarz, A. & Słabosz, A. (2001). Cechyuczniówpreferowaneprzeznauczycielijakowymiaraktywnościtwórczej w szkole(The students traits preferred by teachers and considered a base for the assessment of the students creative activity at school). Cz. II. Uczeń idealny i twórczy w preferencjach badanych nauczycieli . Edukacja. Studia. Badania. Innowacje. 3(75), 36-­‐49. Tokarz, A. & Słabosz, A. (2001). Cechy uczniów preferowane przez nauczycieli jako wymiar aktywności twórczej w szkole (The studentstraitspreferred by teachers and considered a base for the assessment of the 1
Due to a change of family name some of my publications are signed as Gruszka, whereas remaining as Slabosz. EMCI Erasmus IP_CV_07_ Aleksandra Gruszka-Gosiewska
studentscreativeactivityatschool). Cz. I. Style Twórczego Zachowania badanych nauczycieli. Edukacja. Studia. Badania. Innowacje. 2 (74), 68-­‐75. Gruszka, A. (1999). Relationships between basic personality dimensions and the attentional mechanism of cognitive inhibition. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 30 (2), 129-­‐142. Gruszka, A. & Orzechowski, J. (1998). Geniusz bez obłąkania. Trening twórczości w edukacji dzieci i młodzieży wybitnie uzdolnionej (Geniuswithoutinsanity. Training of creative thinking for gifted children). Przegląd Psychologiczny, 41 (1/2), 59-­‐72. Nęcka, E., Gruszka, A. & Orzechowski, J. (1996). Selective Attention in Gifted Children. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 27, 39-­‐51. Presentations in International Scientific Conferences and Congresses (selected) Czernecka, K., & Gruszka, A. (2011). The influence of alexithymia on creative performance IV konferencjaBliżejemocji, Lublin, Kwiecień, 7-­‐8 (poster presentation). rd
Czernecka, K., & Gruszka, A. (2010). The impact of alexithymia on creative performance. 3 Biennial Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, Warszawa, Wrzesień, 22-­‐25 (poster presentation). Gruszka, A. (2006). Temperament and attentional set-­‐shifting performance. International symposium “Individual Differences in Cognition”, Kraków, 15-­‐17 September (oral presentation). Szymura, B., Słabosz, A. & Śmigasiewicz, K. (2005). Attentional flexibility in the conditions of cognitive overload and stimuli presentation. XIVth Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Leiden (Netherlands), August 31 – September 3 (poster presentation). Słabosz, A. & Śmigasiewicz, K. (2005). Personality dimensions and mechanism of attentional set switching. International Society of the Study of Individual Difference, Adelaide, July, 18-­‐22 (oral presentation). Szymura, B., Śmigasiewicz, K. & Słabosz, A.(2005). Broad of attention and personality. International Society of the Study of Individual Difference, Adelaide, 18-­‐22 July (poster presentation). Slabosz, A., Lewis, S.J.G. & Owen, A.M. (2004). Learned Irrelevance Revisited: The cognitive Basis of Attentional Set-­‐shifting Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease. VIIIth International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Rome, Italy, 13-­‐17 June (poster presentation). Słabosz, A. & Owen, A.M. (2003). Mechanisms Underlying The ‘Learned Irrelevance Effect. XIII Conference of the European Society of Cognitive Psychology, Granada, 17-­‐20 September (poster presentation). Tokarz, A. & Słabosz, A. (2002). The students traits preferred by teachers and considered a base for the assessment of the students creative activity at school. VIIIth Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Rhodes, 9-­‐13 October (poster presentation). Orzechowski, J., Słabosz, A. & Szymura, B. (2001). Is the construct of Divergent Production Homogenous? Cognitive Mechanisms of Fluency, Flexibility and Originality of Thinking. 12th Conference of the ESCOP, Edinburgh, 5-­‐8 September (poster presentation). Słabosz, A. (2000). Personality traits related to creativity and attentional performance. Xth European Conference on Personality (ECP), Kraków, 16-­‐20 July (poster presentation). Tokarz, A. & Gruszka, A. (1999). The student traits preferred by teachers as a part of the school creative interaction. VIII krajowa Konferencji Psychologii Rozwojowej ”Rozwój a jakość życia”. Częstochowa, 26 -­‐
30 April (poster presentation). Gruszka, A. (1999). Relationships between neuroticism and the attentional mechanism of cognitive inhibition. XXth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society, Kraków, 12-­‐14 July (poster presentation). Gruszka, A. (1999). The relationships between spreading activation, cognitive inhibition and divergent thinking. XIth Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Gandava, 1-­‐4 September (poster presentation). Gruszka, A. (1996). The phenomenon of positive and negative priming and its relation to psychometric creativity. Conference of European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Wurzburg, 4-­‐6 September (poster presentation). Nęcka, E., Gruszka, A. & Orzechowski, J. (1995). Why are you creative or intelligent (maybe both)? Spreading activation, selective attention, ant the level of intellectual abilities. VIIth Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), Warsaw, 15-­‐19 July (oral presentation).