PhD Jovana Bjekić

research associate

RESEARCH INTERESTS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Verbal production, personality, memory, neuromodulation

KEYWORDS

KEYWORDS

verbal production, personality, memory, neuromodulation

EDUCATION INFO

EDUCATION INFO

2016 PhD thesis: “The style and content of verbal production as indicators of basic personality structure”. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Goran Knežević. Committee members: prof. dr. Dejan Lalović, doc. dr Iris Žeželj, dr Ljiljana Lazarević

Winter 2016 short-term visit, University Ulm, Germany. Supervisors; Johannes Keller, Oliver Wilhelm and Christian Montag

Spring 2015 short-term visit, Donders Institute, Radbund University, The Netherlands. Supervisor: Joukje Oosterman

Autumn 2012 short-term visit Bangor University, Great Britain Supervisor: Vasiliki Chondrogianni

2012 Master studies. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Goran Knežević

2011 Undergraduate studies. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

Google Scholar, ResearchGate

OTHER INFORMATION

OTHER INFORMATION

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

REVIEWERS ACTIVITIES

Psihologija, Journal of Developmental Disabilities

ADDITIONAL NOTICE

ADDITIONAL NOTICE

LIWCser (2012)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Rofes, A., Zakariás, L., Ceder, K., Lind, M., Blom Johansson, M., de Aguiar, V., Bjekić, J.,  Fyndanis, V., Gavarró, A., Gram Simonsen, H., Hernández Sacristán, C., Kambanaros, M., Kuvač Kraljević, J., Martínez-Ferreiro, S., Mavis, I., Méndez Orellana, C., Salmons, I., Sör, I., Lukács, A., Tunçer, M., Vuksanović, J., Munarriz Ibarrola, A., Pourquie, M., Varlokosta, S., & Howard, D. (in press). Imageability ratings across languages. Behavior Research Methods.

  • Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., Paunović, D., Vulić, K., Konstantinović, U., & Filipović, S. R. (2022). Personalized frequency modulated transcranial electrical stimulation for associative memory enhancement. Brain Sciences, 12(4), 472. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040472

  • 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

  • Stanković, M., Živanović, M., Bjekić, J., & Filipović, S. R. (2022). Blinding in tDCS studies: Correct end-of-study guess does not moderate the effects on associative and working memory. Brain Sciences, 12, 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010058

  • 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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  • Lazarević, Lj. B., Bjekić, J., & Knežević, G., (2021). Multitrait Multimethod validation of Implicit Association Test as a measure of individual differences in personality: is there personality at all?. Journal of Research in Personality. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104124

  • Živanović, M., Paunović, D., Konstantinović, U., Vulić, K., Bjekić, J., & Filipović S. R. (2021). The effects of offline and online prefrontal vs parietal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on verbal and spatial working memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 107398 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107398 [pdf]

  • Lazarević, Lj. B., Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., & Knežević, G. (2020). Ambulatory Assessment of Language use: The evidence on the temporal stability of Electronically Activated Recorder and Stream of Consciousness data. Behavior Research Methods, 52, 1817–1835. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-020-01361-z [pdf]

  • Bjekić, J. Živanović, M., Paunović, D., & Filipović, S. R. (2020). The effects of single-session anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on working memory performance. Clinical Neurophysiology, 131(4): e19. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2019.12.126

  • Bjekić, J., Čolić, M. V., Živanović, M., Milanović, S. D., & Filipović, S. R. (2019). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over parietal cortex improves associative memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 157, 114-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2018.12.007 [pdf]

  • 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]

  • 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]

  • Živanović, M., Bjekić, J., & Opačić, G. (2018). Multiple solutions test Part II: Evidence on construct and predictive validity. Psihologija, 51(3), 377-396. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI170205004Z [pdf]

  • Bjekić, J., Čolić, M. V., Živanović, M., Milanović, S., & Filipović, S. (2017). Right parietal tDCS and object-location memory. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(2017), e275. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2017.07.310 [pdf]

  • Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., Vujičić, J. S., & Filipović, S. (2017). Transcranial direct current stimulation over parietal cortex and associative memory. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(2017), e275. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2017.07.311 [pdf]

  • Fyndanis, V., Lind, M., Varlokosta, S., Simonsen, H.G., Kambanaros, M., Ceder, K., Grohmann, K. K., Rofes, A., Gram Simonsen, H., Bjekić, J., Gavarró, A., Kuvač Kraljević, J., Martínez-Ferreiro, S., Munarriz, A., Pourquie, M., Vuksanović, J., Zakariás, L. & Howard, D. (2017). Cross-linguistic adaptations of The Comprehensive Aphasia Test: Challenges and solutions. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2017.1310299

  • Haman, E., Łuniewska, M., Hansen, P., Simonsen, H.G., Chiat, S., Bjekić, J.,… & Armon-Lotem, S. (2017). Noun and verb knowledge in monolingual preschool children across 17 languages: data from Cross-linguistic Lexical Tasks (LITMUS-CLT). Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. doi:10.1080/02699206.2017.1308553

  • Živanović, M., Čerović, S., & Bjekić, J. (2017). A six-factor model of brand personality and its predictive validity. Psihologija, 50(2), 141-155. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI161031002Z [pdf]

  • Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., Purić, D., Oosterman, J.M., & Filipović, S.R. (2017). Pain and executive functions: a unique relationship between Stroop task and experimentally induced pain. Psychological Research. doi:10.1007/s00426-016-0838-2 [pdf]

  • Ljubisavljevic, M., Maxood, K., Bjekic, J., Oommen, J., & Nagelkerke, N. (2016). Long-term effects of repeated prefrontal cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food craving in normal and overweight young adults. Brain Stimulation, 9(6), 826-833. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.07.002

  • Bjekić, J., Živanović, M., & Žeželj, I. (2016). Odnos eksplicitnih i implicitnih mera stava prema homoseksualnosti i verbalne produkcije. Primenjena psihologija, 9(2), 141-161. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2016.2.141-161 [pdf]

  • Vasiljevic-Pokrajcic, Z., Mickovski, N., Davidovic, G., Asanin, M., Stefanovic, B., Krljanac, G., Radosavljevic-Radovanovic, M., Radovanovic, N., Lasica, R., Milanovic, S., Bjekic, J., Majstorovic-Stakic, M., Trifunovic, D., Karadzic, A., Rajic, D., Milosevic, A., Zdravkovic, M., Saric, J., & Bugiardini, R. (2016). Sex and age differences and outcomes in acute coronary syndromes. International Journal of Cardiology, 217, S27-S31

  • 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

  • Bjekić, J., Lazarević, Lj. B., Živanović, M., & Knežević, G. (2014). Psychometric evaluation of the Serbian dictionary for automatic text analysis – LIWCser. Psihologija, 47, 5-32. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1401005B [pdf]

  • Živanović, M., Đokić, T., Lazarević, Lj. B., Orlić, A., & Bjekić, J. (2014). Konstrukcija i empirijska provera testa homofobije. Primenjena psihologija, 7(4), 581-598. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2014.4.581-598 [pdf]

  • Vuksanovic, J. & Bjekic, J. (2013). Developmental relationship between language and joint attention in late talkers. Research in developmental disabilities, 34(8), 2360-2368. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2013.04.017

  • 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]

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

    RESEARCH REPORTS

    • Bjekić, J., Vukčević Marković, M., Todorović, & Vračević, M. (2019). Mental health of refugees and migrants. Research report. Serbia, Belgrade: Red Cross Serbia.
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    • Vukčević Marković, M, Stanković, I., & Bjekić, J. (2018). Psychological wellbeing of refugees in Serbia. Research report. Serbia, Belgrade: Psychosocial Innovation Network.
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    • Vukčević Marković, M., Gašić, J., Bjekić, J. (2017). Refugees’ Mental Health. Research Report. Serbia, Belgrade: Psychosocial Innovation Network.
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    • Vukčević Marković, M., Gašić, J., Ilić, I., & Bjekić, J. (2017). Challenges and potencials of refugee children. Data overview. Serbia, Belgrade: Psychosocial Innovation Network.
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    PhD THESES

      PROJECTS

      • 2020 - 2022: From brain waves to memory boost: Memory enhancement by personalized frequency-modulated noninvasive brain stimulation (MEMORYST) (POSETITE SAJT)

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Jovana Bjekić

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić, Marko Živanović, Uroš Konstantinović, Dunja Paunović, and Katarina Vulić

      • 2019 : Cost Action CA18106: The neural architecture of consciousness

        Rukovodilac projekta: Kristian Sandberg

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić, Dunja Paunović, Katarina Vulić, and Marko Živanović

      • 2016 : Provision of Psychological Assistance to Vulnerable Refugees in Serbia (funded by UNHCR)

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Maša Vukčević Marković

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić, Marko Živanović, and Maša Vukčević Marković

      • 2016 - 2017: Making a Difference for Refugee Children in Europe (funded by DFID & IRC)

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Nataša Simić

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić and Marko Živanović

      • 2013 - 2017: Cost Action IS1208 Collaboration of aphasia trialists (CATs)

        Rukovodilac projekta: Marian Brody

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić and Marko Živanović

      • 2012 - 2015: Cost Action TD1005 Pain assessment in patients with impaired cognition, especially dementia

        Rukovodilac projekta: Stefan Lautenbacher

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić

      • 2012 - 2013: Cost Action IS0804 Language impairment in multilingual society: Linguistic patterns and the road to assessment.

        Rukovodilac projekta: Sharon Armon-Lotem

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: Marko Živanović, dr Jovana Bjekić, and dr Danka Purić

      • 2012 - 2012: Development of the LIWCser dictionary (POSETITE SAJT)

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Jovana Bjekić

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Goran Knežević, dr Jovana Bjekić, dr Ljiljana B. Lazarević, and Marko Živanović

      • 2011 - 2017: Neinvazivna modulacija kortikalne ekscitabilnosti i plasticiteta

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Saša Filipović

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Jovana Bjekić