I’m an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid, where I teach Individual Differences and investigate the dynamics of affective experiences.
In 2012, I co-founded Open Scholar, a group of volunteer researchers developing and promoting models and tools to improve Scholarly Communication.
Research
Affect dynamics
Exploring the relation between affect shifts and psychological well-being
Scholarly communication
Developing models and tools to promote scholarly-governed academic publishing
Exercise, Brain and Cognition
Investigating whether and how physical exercise improves cognitive performance
Software
KARDIA
Matlab software for the analysis of heart rate data: Heart Rate Variability, Detrended Fluctuation Analysis, Phasic Cardiac Responses.
HEPLAB
Matlab standalone software and EEGLAB plugin for the analysis of the Heartbeat-evoked Potential: QRS and T-wave detection, visual artifact detection, event creation.
Selected publications
Natural selection of academic papers
Scientometrics. 85 (2), 553–559 (2010)
An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition
Nature Human Behaviour 7, 928–941 (2023)
Breathing frequency bias in fractal analysis of heart rate variability
Biological Psychology, 82 (1), 82–88 (2009)
Replacing academic journals
Royal Society Open Science, 10 (7), 230206
Contact
Facultad de Psicología
Departamento de Psicología Social, del Trabajo y Diferencial
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Campus de Somosaguas s/n
28223. Pozuelo de Alarcón. Madrid
Office: 2.229 (Building 2, second floor)
Tel: +34 91 394 3120
perakakis [at] gmail.com