An important line of research within LIRA is focused on investigating individual differences in the cognitive domain. Our research in this area has examined the validity of widely used tests and batteries for assessment of intellectual abilities (Lazarević & Knežević, 2008; Lazarević, Knežević, Mitić, & Đurić Jočić, 2018). Additionally, the LIRA team has worked on the development and validation of novel tests of cognitive abilities (Živanović, 2019; Živanović, Bjekić, & Opačić, 2018a; Živanović, Bjekić, & Opačić, 2018b) and executive functions (Živanović, 2019; Purić & Pavlović, 2012; Purić, 2014).
In these studies, we have evaluated the structure of executive functions and their relationship with personality traits and deepened the knowledge on relationships between executive functions and other cognitive abilities (Živanović, 2019; Purić & Pavlović, 2012; Purić, 2014).
Additionally, our team has examined the possibility of reliably measuring individual differences in cognitive biases and the relationship of biases with other relevant cognitive variables (Pallier, Wilkinson, Danthiir, Kleitman, Knežević, Stankov, & Roberts, 2002; Teovanović, Knežević, & Stankov, 2015). Cognitive biases in memory have also been examined in clinical populations, as mechanisms of depressive cognition (Zupan, Žeželj, & Andjelković, 2017).
One line of research within LIRA focuses on investigating neural substrates of higher cognitive functions using non-invasive direct current neuromodulation (tDCS) (Živanović, 2019), as well as examining the effectiveness of this technique in improving human memory and prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (Bjekić, Čolić, Živanović, Milanović, & Filipović, 2019; Bjekić, Čolić, Živanović, Milanović, & Filipović, 2017; Bjekić, Vulić, Živanović, Vujičić, Ljubisavljević, & Filipović, 2019; Bjekić, Živanović, Vujičić, & Filipović, 2017). Further research of LIRA team members focused on examining the properties of cognitive mechanisms of attention (Zupan, Watson, & Blagrove, 2015), as well as the development of these mechanisms in childhood and their relationships with individual differences in executive functions (Zupan, Blagrove, & Watson, 2018).
In addition to the aforementioned lines of research, our team has been empirically investigating cognitive constructs of the psychology of individual differences such as creativity (Erić, Bjekić, Stojimirović, & Živanović, 2012) and giftedness (Altaras Dimitrijević, Teovanović, & Jovanović, 2012; Teovanović, 2012) as well as cognitive development (Perović, Vuksanović, Petrović, & Avramovic-Ilic, 2014; Purić, Vuksanović, & Chondrogianni, 2017; Vuksanovic & Bjekic, 2013).
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Bjekić, J.,Paunovic, D., Živanović, M., Stanković, M., Griskova-Bulanova, I., & Filipović, S. R. (2022). Determining the Individual Theta Frequency for Associative Memory Targeted Personalized Transcranial Brain Stimulation. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12(9):1367. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12091367
Zupan, Z., Blagrove, E. L., & Watson, D. G. (2022). Development of dynamic attention: Time-based visual selection for objects in motion between 6–12 years of age. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001462
Živanović, M., Bjekić, J., Konstantinović, U., & Filipović, S. R. (2022). Effects of online parietal transcranial electric stimulation on associative memory: a direct comparison between tDCS, theta tACS, and theta‑oscillatory tDCS. Scientific Reports, 12:14091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18376-5
Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., & Filipović, S. R. (2021). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Memory Enhancement. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 175, e62681. doi:10.3791/62681
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Teovanović, P. (2019). Dual processing in syllogistic reasoning: An individual difference perspective. Psychological Topics, 28, 125-145.
Teovanović, P. (2019). Individual differences in anchoring effect: Evidence for the role of insufficient adjustment. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 15(1), 8-24.
Jokić, B. & Purić, D. (2019). Relating Rational and Experiential Thinking Styles With Trait Emotional Intelligence in Broader Personality Space, Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 15(1), 140-158. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v15i1.1692
Bjekić, J., Vulić, K., Živanović, M., Vujičić, J., Ljubisavljević, M., & Filipović, S. R. (2019). The immediate and delayed effects of single tDCS session over posterior parietal cortex on face-word associative memory. Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.03.023 [pdf]
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Milošević, V., Orlić, A., Purić, D., Radisavljević Janić, S., Lazarević, D. & Milanović, I. (2019). The relationship of aerobic and motor fitness with executive functions in preadolescents. Current Psychology, online first. doi: 10.1007/s12144-019-00514-4
Zupan, Z., & Watson, D.G. (2019). Perceptual grouping constrains inhibition in time-based visual selection. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 500-517 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01892-4 [HTML]
Živanović, M., Bjekić, J., & Opačić, G. (2018). Multiple solutions test Part I: Development and psychometric evaluation. Psihologija, 51(3), 351-375. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI161031003Z [pdf]
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Lazarević, Lj. B., Knežević, G., Mitić, M., & Đurić Jočić, D. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Serbian version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV). Psihologija, 51(3),333-349. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI171001001L [pdf]
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Zupan, Z., Žeželj, I., & Andjelković, I. (2017). Memory Bias in Depression: Effects of Self-Reference and Age. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36, 300-315. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2017.36.4.300
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Vuksanovic, J. Bjekic, J., & Radivojevic, N. (2014). Grammatical gender and mental representation of object: The case of musical instruments. Journal of psycholinguistic research doi: 10.1007/s10936-014-9293-7
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Erić, M., Bjekić, J., Stojimirović, E., & Živanović, M. (2012). Opšta kreativna sposobnost i aspekti kreativnog mišljenja kod umetnika i neumetnika. Pimenjena psihologija, 5(2), 169-182. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2012.2.169-182 [pdf]
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Purić, D. i Lalović, D. (2010). Provera Diz-Rediger-Mekdermotovog postupka izazivanja lažnih sećanja na srpskom uzorku materijala i ispitanika. Primenjena psihologija, 1, 5-22. [pdf]
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