Andraž Matkovič

Researcher
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Email: andraz.matkovic@ff.uni-lj.si

Publications

A list of my publications can be found on my Cobiss or my Google Scholar page.

Education

2017–2024 PhD in Statistics, University of Ljubljana
Thesis: The Contribution of Temporal Information in the Computation of Brain Functional Connectivity When Assessing Its Association with Interpersonal Differences in Behaviour
Advisor: Prof. Grega Repovš
Co-advisor: Asst. Prof. Lovro Šubelj

2012–2015 M. Sc. Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Thesis: Vpliv splošne in specifične utrujenost kognitivnega nadzora na ustvarjalnost [Influence of general and specific fatigue of cognitive control on creativity]
Advisor: Prof. Grega Repovš

2009–2012 B. Sc. Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Professional experience

2016–ongoing: researcher, Faculty or Arts, University of Ljubljana
2017–2020: researcher, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
2015–2016: researcher, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
2014–2017: administrative worker, SiNAPSA, Slovenian Neuroscience Association
2015–2016: journalist, Zavod Radio Študent, Science Redaction

Teaching

MEi:CogSci - Cognitive science (Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Programme in Cognitive Science), University of Ljubljana

Advanced cognitive neuroscience - lab course (2016/17–)
Cognitive psychology 1 - lab course (2016/17–2018/19)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Cognitive psychology - lab course (2015/16–2016/17, 2023/24)

Editorial service

Matkovič, A. in Bresjanac, M. (2021). SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '21, Book of abstracts. SiNAPSA, Slovenian Neuroscience Society: Ljubljana.
Matkovič, A. in Bresjanac, M. (2017). SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '17, Book of abstracts. SiNAPSA, Slovenian Neuroscience Society: Ljubljana.
Matkovič, A. in Koritnik, B. (2015). SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '15, Book of abstracts. SiNAPSA, Slovenian Neuroscience Society: Ljubljana.
eSinapsa, ISSN 2232-4178, technical editor (2015–2017), editor-in-chief (2017), editorial board member (2015–)
Panika, ISSN 1318-8747, editor-in-chief (2013–2014)

Membership in professional organizations

SiNAPSA, Slovenian Neuroscience Society
Federation of European Neuroscience Associations, FENS
Organization for Human Brain Mapping, OHBM

Organization of meetings

SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '21
September 23–25 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia
[Organizing committee member]

SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '17
September 29–30 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia
[Organizing committee chair]

SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '15
May 15–17 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia
[Organizing committee member]

Presentations

Presentation: Taxonomy of Choice Architecture Techniques, Summer School Green Nudge, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, 1.-5. 7. 2024

Workshop presentation: Statistical methods in EEG data analysis, COGDEC Summer school 2020: Advancing the Knowledge in EEG and Brain Imaging Methods, Ljubljana, 22.-26. 6. 2020

Invited talk: Basics of brain network analysis, NetSlo '20, Ljubljana, Slovenia, January 2020

Invited talk: Time-frequency analysis of EEG data, Section for Clinical Neurophysiology at Slovenian Medical Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2019

Workshop: Basics of EEG and its use in the study of cognition, 13th Alps Adria Psychology Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2018

Invited talk: Walk through the circles of scientific hell and the way out of it, Seminar @ IBMI, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2018

Invited talk: Walk through the circles of scientific hell and the way out of it, SiNAPSA seminars, Ljubljana, Slovenia, January 2018

Current research projects

Cognitive control beyond executive functions (funded by Slovenian Research Agency) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Green nudge (Recovery and Resilience Facility, NextGeneration EU,
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Republic of Slovenia)
Department of Psychology in collaboration with Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

Previous projects

Decomposing cognition: Working memory mechanism and representations (funded by Slovenian Research Agency) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Subjective cognitive complaint: definition of the entity and determining of predictive markers for progression into mild cognitive disorder and dementia (funded by Slovenian Research Agency) Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Stable and dynamic patterns of EEG and fMR functional connectivity and its association with individual differences (funded by Slovenian Research Agency) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

P3 and the oddball variants
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Cross-cultural validation of the ways of savouring scale
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

The factor structure of Slovene personality adjectives
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Research interests

functional connectivity, brain networks
statistical analysis of EEG/fMRI data
brain-behavior associations