ABOUT ME:

I am primarily interested in the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying psychotherapeutic interventions. I use methods such as fMRI, EEG and statistical modeling to better understand the processes that contribute to psychological well-being and treatment effectiveness. As a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Brain Imaging (LOBI), I am conducting a research project titled "Treating procrastination – effectiveness and neurobehavioral mechanisms of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Working Time Restriction", under the supervision of Mark Wypych, PhD and Joachim Kowalski, PhD.

In 2022, I earned a Master’s degree in Cognitive Science from Adam Mickiewicz University, where I defended my thesis "Neural correlates of emotion regulation dysfunction in procrastination" under the supervision of Prof. Jarosław Michałowski. In 2024, I also completed a Master’s degree in Psychology at the same university.

In years 2020 – 2023, I collaborated with the Poznań Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience at SWPS University as a research assistant. My work there has involved projects exploring topics such as the electrophysiological correlates of procrastination and the efficacy of therapeutic interventions.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

effectiveness and mechanisms of psychotherapeutic interventions, procrastination, emotion regulation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Behnke, M., Pietruch, M., Chwiłkowska, P., Wessel, E., Kaczmarek, L. D., Assink, M., & Gross, J. J. (2023). The undoing effect of positive emotions: A meta-analytic review. Emotion Review, 15(1), 45-62.

Wiwatowska, E., Pietruch, M., Katafoni, P., & Michałowski, J. M. (2023). “I can't focus now, I will study tomorrow”-The link between academic procrastination and resistance to distraction. Learning and Individual Differences, 107, 102364.