
I am an associate professor of psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid, teaching Individual Differences in the department of Social, Work and Differential Psychology.
My research focuses on human psychophysiology and affective science with a particular interest in bistability and affect shift dynamics, and their significance for physiological adaptation and psychological well-being.
In 2012, I co-founded Open Scholar, a group of volunteer researchers developing and promoting models and tools to improve scholarly communication and evaluation.
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
Bistability and affect shift dynamics in the prediction of psychological well-being
Emotion. (2024)
An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition
Nature Human Behavior 7, 928–941 (2023)
Replacing academic journals
Royal Society Open Science, 10 (7), 230206
Natural selection of academic papers
Scientometrics. 85 (2), 553–559 (2010)
Latest news and thoughts
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