Marta Zakrzewska
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: marta.zakrzewska@ki.se
Visiting address: Nobels väg 9, 17165 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Psykologi M Olsson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am currently working on projects looking at how we can detect sickness in others based on how the look, smell and sound.
Research
- I am curious about the interactions between behavior and attitudes (psychology), the brain and body (neuroscience), and the immune system. I am currently working on projects looking at how we can detect sickness in others based on how the look, smell and sound. In my PhD thesis, I looked at
the role of body odor disgust sensitivity and disease avoidance in understanding social attitudes.
Teaching
- Teaching R programming
I am doing my best to spread the ability to code among students at all levels. Mostly, I do it using R as it is a very useful programming language for scientific purposes and it has a user friendly interface (RStudio).
Teaching Statistics
Statistics are hated by some, loved by others. I think knowing your tools lets you understand the science you do and the questions you want to ask better. In my teaching I try to focus on estimation and understanding the effects rather than focusing of hypothesis testing and black-or-white decision making.
Courses:
Teaching about prejudice
Since 2022, I have been giving a course on "Psychology of Prejudice: A Social and Cognitive Perspective" that I designed myself. It covers a broad range of prejudice-related topics, aiming to increase understanding of how negative attitudes towards others arise and what can we do to counteract them.
Articles
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2024;18:1389905
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):9059
- Journal article: ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. 2023;10(4):221407
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(4):e0284397
- Article: EVOLUTION, MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;11(1):386-396
- Journal article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2022;106:4
- Article: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2020;131(9):2115-2130
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11:301
- Journal article: PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR. 2019;201:221-227
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2018;9:1000
- Journal article: SIMULATION & GAMING. 2017;48(4):455-479
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;11:285
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;8:399
All other publications
- Book chapter: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2021;p. 3290-3292