Dr. Peter Malinowski

P.Malinowski

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Peter Malinowski

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Research Interests:

Mechanisms underlying selective visual attention using steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP). Effects of meditation practice on brain activity and well-being.

Publications:

Malinowski, P. (2008). Mindfulness as psychological dimension: Concepts and applications. Irish Journal of Psychology, 29(1), 153-164.

Moore, A. & Malinowski, P. (2009). Meditation, mindfulness and cognitive flexibility. Consciousness & Cognition, 18, 176-186. (doi:10.1016/j.concog.2008.12.008)

Gruber, T., Malinowski, P. & Müller, M.M. (2004) Modulation of oscillatory brain activity and evoked potentials in a repetition priming task in the human EEG. European Journal of Neuroscience, 19, 1073-1082. [doi:10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03176.x]

Malinowski, P., Fuchs, S. & Müller, M.M. (2007). Sustained division of spatial attention to multiple locations within one hemifield. Neuroscience Letters, 414 (1), 65–70. [doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2006.12.001]

Malinowski, P., Hübner, R., Keil, A., & Gruber, T. (2002). The influence of response competition on cerebral asymmetries for processing hierarchical stimuli revealed by ERP recordings. Experimental Brain Research. 144(1), 136-139. [doi:10.1007/s00221-002-1057-1]

Müller, M. M., Andersen, S., Trujillo, N. J., Valdés-Sosa, P., Malinowski, P., & Hillyard, S. A. (2006). Feature-selective attention enhances color signals in early visual areas of the human brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, 103(38), 14250-14254. [doi:10.1073/pnas.0606668103]

Müller, M. M., Malinowski, P., Gruber, T., & Hillyard, S. A., (2003) Sustained division of the attentional spotlight. Nature, 424(6946), 309-312. [doi:10.1038/nature01812]

 

Grants Obtained:

08/2009 – 07/2010 BIAL Foundation Scientific Research Bursary
05/2009 – 04/2010 Mersey Care NHS Research Development Fund
07/2008 – 03/2009 LJMU Learning and Teaching Research and Development Award
08/2003-07/2004 LJMU Research Fund
2003/2004 LJMU Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund
2005/2006 LJMU Enterprise Fellowship
08/2005-07/2006 HEFCE Promising Researcher Fellowship
12/2005-07/2006 LJMU Learning and Teaching Award
05/2006 Royal Society Conference Grant
02/2007 LJMU Teaching Fellowship Award

Modules:

PSYAP1021 Introduction to Research Methods (Module Leader)
PSYAP3047 Cognitive Neuroscience (Module Leader)
PSYCDM012 Psychology and Buddhism (Module Leader)
PSYAP2011 Applied Experience
PSYCTM001 Approaches to Consciousness
PSYAP3046 Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology
PSYAP3001 Dissertation
BIEGN3005 Honours Project
PSYAP2006 Psychology of Religion
PSYCTM007 Psychology of Spiritual Practice
BIEWL3001 Work-Based Learning for Credit
PSYTA3002 Experimental Psychology
PSYTA3003 Dissertation

General areas: Cognitive Neuroscience, Meditation research, Psychology and Buddhism Specific areas for project work: Students will have the opportunity to take part in the following well-developed ongoing projects: (1) behavioural studies into functional brain asymmetries, (2) psychological effects of meditation (well-being, attention, cognitive function

Academic Roles

Liaison Person for the Psychology and Biology and the Psychology and Forensic Science programmes