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- 2025-05-05
Brainwaves on battlegrounds: Preliminary insights into EEG, white matter microstructure, and StarCraft II performance
This study examines neural and cognitive correlates of visual search skills in the real-time strategy game StarCraft II. Specifically, we explore the relationship between fractional anisotropy (FA), event-related potentials (ERPs) and in-game performance. We used EEG recordings to measure the N2pc component, associated with visual attention, during a visual search (VS) task and collected structural neuroimaging data to assess white matter microstructure. Our analysis revealed that lower N2pc amplitudes during inefficient search correlated with better in-game VS-related performance, suggesting that more efficient neural processing supports success in complex gaming environments. Furthermore, we found that greater FA in the right anterior limb of the internal capsule (rALIC) and the left external capsule (lEC) is associated with superior in-game visual search performance, highlighting an interplay between brain structure and function in developing visual search skills and gaming proficiency. Our results suggest that action video games provide a suitable environment for studying neural mechanisms underlying complex cognitive processes.Pozostałe osiągnięcia naukoweArtykuły (zamknięty dostęp)Journal article - 2025
Ustanowienie przez reprezentanta dziecka pełnomocnika procesowego w sprawach cywilnych – uwagi polemiczne z perspektywy dobra dziecka
The article is devoted to critical analysis of the opinion according to which there are no legal obstacles for an attorney (or legal counsel) acting as a guardian (currently a representative of the child) appointed under Articles 99 and n. of the Family and Guardianship Code to appoint a legal representative in civil cases. Arguments based on child’s wellbeing were taken into account. Legal position of the child's representative (including his duties and powers) was assessed taking into consideration child’s wellbeing. It was determined that legal position of the child's representative differs from the position of traditional guardian. Legal requirements for an apointment of the child's representative and the actions performed by such a representative were also presented.Pozostałe osiągnięcia naukoweArtykuły (zamknięty dostęp)Journal article - 2025-04-15
International Criminal Tribunals as Triggers of Institutional Change? Evidence from Ad Hoc Tribunals and the icc’s Referral and Proprio Motu Cases
Kemp, GerhardRistic, IrenaMihajlovic Trbovc, JovannaNsabimana Garuka, ChristianEjami, AmaniPavlakovic, VjeranThe current article examines whether international criminal tribunals (ict) can be regarded as actors of international relations, which trigger domestic policy changes in countries under their jurisdiction. Drawing on the concepts of ‘third party enforcement’ and ‘credible commitment’ theory, the study examines ict cases during which an ict carried out investigations and prosecutions against the will of the respective sitting government. Based on field research from seven states and three tribunals, the authors present some counterintuitive conclusions. Limited institutional reforms did take place; they can at least partly be attributed to ict decisions and they proved more sustainable in autocratic states than in some democratic ones. Independence from the organizations and states which created the tribunals does not always help tribunals to carry out their mission; it rather strengthens their actorness and influence if they enjoy their founders’ strong support but keep distance to the countries in which they investigate.Pozostałe osiągnięcia naukoweArtykuły (zamknięty dostęp)Journal article - 2024
Freedom of Association: The Case of Poland
The role of this chapter is to show the specifics of freedom of association in Poland. Therefore, in addition to analysing the normative layer, it includes references to the historical state of the law and the practice of interpreting and operationalising this freedom. Through the presentation of legal provisions, I wish to show the local (“domestic”) specificity and situate it in the broader context of the system of constitutional liberal democracy embodied by the 1997 Constitution currently in force in Poland. The operationalisation of freedom of association will be presented on the basis of selected institutions of three particularly relevant statutes: the Law on Associations, the Act on Political Parties and the Act on Trade Unions.Pozostałe osiągnięcia naukoweArtykuły (zamknięty dostęp)Journal article - 2025-01-10
Processing of self-related thoughts in experienced users of classic psychedelics: A source localisation EEG study
Background: Psychedelics have gained increasing interest in scientific research due to their ability to induce profound alterations in perception, emotional processing and self-consciousness. However, the research regarding the functioning of individuals who use psychedelics in naturalistic contexts remains limited. Aims: Here we aim to explore psychological and neurophysiological differences between naturalistic psychedelics users and non-users in terms of processing of self-related thoughts. Methods: We use behavioural testing combined with electroencephalography (EEG) with source localisation. To mitigate potential confounding effects of personality traits and personal history which makes one willing to take psychedelics, we compared users to individuals who did not take psychedelics, but are intending to do so in the future. To ensure robustness of our results, we included two datasets collected at two different laboratories. Results: The results from Dataset I (N = 70) suggest that during self-related thoughts psychedelics users exhibit weaker increases in alpha and beta power in comparison to non-users, primarily in brain regions linked to processing of self-related information and memory (such as posterior cingulate cortex). However, analysis of Dataset II (N = 38) did not replicate the between-group effects, possibly due to the smaller sample size and spatial resolution limitations. Conclusions: While non-replicability restricts interpretation of our findings, our research expands the ongoing discussion on strength and duration of the psychedelic effects, specifically in brain circuits associated with self-related processing, and its relationship to well-being. Our results fit into growing scepticism about the specificity of the role of default-mode network hubs in changes associated with psychedelics experience.Pozostałe osiągnięcia naukoweArtykuły (zamknięty dostęp)Journal article