Agnieszka K. Adamczyk received her master’s degree in psychology (with distinction) from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 2018. In 2019, she successfully applied for a 4-year research grant for early-career researchers from the National Science Center in Poland. In 2021, she joined the Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment research program at the Behavioral Science Institute, Radboud University as an externally funded PhD candidate. In her PhD thesis, Agnieszka investigated situation-dependent efficacy of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the flexible adjustment of these strategies to situational demands using electrophysiological (EEG, EMG), behavioral (ACC, RT), and self-report (subjective experience) measures. This work might help to develop evidence-based interventions aimed at improving context-sensitive and flexible use of emotion regulation in affective psychopathologies.
Agnieszka received several scholarships and stipends in recognition of her scientific work, the most important being the Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education (twice: in 2018 and 2019) and, more recently, the prestigious Foundation for Polish Science START Stipend, granted annually to 100 outstanding young scientists representing all fields of science (in 2024).
Contact: agnieszka.adamczyk@ru.nl
Selected publications:
Adamczyk, A.K., Koch, S. B. J., Wyczesany, M., Roelofs, K., & van Peer, J. M. (2024). Emotion regulation flexibility: EEG/EMG predictors and consequences of switching between reappraisal and distraction strategies. Psychophysiology, 61(11), e14646. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14646
Adamczyk, A. K. & Wyczesany, M. (2023). Theta-band connectivity within cognitive control brain networks suggests common neural mechanisms for cognitive and implicit emotional control. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35(10), 1656–1669. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02034
Adamczyk, A. K., Wyczesany M., Roelofs, K., & van Peer, J. M. (2023). Reappraisal is less effective than distraction in downregulation of neural responses to physical threats – An event-related potential investigation. Psychophysiology, 60(90), e14316
https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14316
Adamczyk, A. K., Wyczesany M., & van Peer, J. M. (2022). High working memory load impairs reappraisal but facilitates distraction – An event-related potential investigation. Biological Psychology, 171, 108327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108327
Adamczyk, A. K., Ligeza, T. S., & Wyczesany, M. (2020). The dynamics of pain reappraisal: the joint contribution of cognitive change and mental load. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 20, 276-293. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00768-7