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Electrophysiology, metaphor, creativity
Poland

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Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: Poznań, PL

2005-10-01 to present | Assistant Professor, Head of the Neuroscience of Language Laboratory (Department of Psycholinguistic Studies, Faculty of English)
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Karolina Rataj

University of Twente: Enschede, Overijssel, NL

2021-08-01 to 2022-08-01 (Cognition, Data and Education))
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Karolina Rataj

University of Twente: Enschede, NL

2015-08-01 to 2016-07-31 | Postdoctoral researcher (Department of Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics)
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Karolina Rataj

Education and qualifications (1)

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: Poznań, PL

2001-10-01 to 2005-09-26 | Ph.D.
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Karolina Rataj

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The role of inhibition in semantic processing in a within-language and between-language context: event-related potential studies

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National Science Centre (Kraków, PL)
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Karolina Rataj

Works (28)

Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
2025-01-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Karolina Rataj; Patrycja Kakuba; Walter J. B. van Heuven
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The neurophysiology of phonemic contrasts perception in L2/L3 learners: The role of acquisition setting

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
2024-11-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Hanna Kędzierska; Karolina Rataj; Anna Balas; Magdalena Wrembel
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Establishing semantic relatedness through ratings, reaction times, and semantic vectors: A database in Polish

PLoS ONE
2023 | Journal article | Author
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2-s2.0-85153687725

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WOS:000984510200028

Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Karolina Rataj; Patrycja Kakuba; Paweł Mandera; Walter van Heuven
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
2023 | Journal article | Author
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2-s2.0-85171428699

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WOS:001075277800001

Part of ISSN: 1069-9384
Contributors: Dmytro Khanzhyn; Walter van Heuven; Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Vowel perception in multilingual speakers: ERP evidence from Polish, English and Norwegian

Frontiers in Psychology
2023 | Journal article | Author
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WOS:001089315000001

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2-s2.0-85175064980

Part of ISSN: 1664-1078
Contributors: Hanna Kędzierska; Karolina Rataj; Anna Balas; Zuzanna Cal; Chloe Castle; Magdalena Wrembel
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Metaphors are like lenses: Electrophysiological correlates of novel meaning processing in bilingualism

International Journal of Bilingualism
2021 | Journal article | Author
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2-s2.0-85101791886

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WOS:000624210100001

Part of ISSN: 1367-0069
Contributors: Katarzyna Jankowiak; Marcin Naranowicz; Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Electrophysiology of Semantic Violations and Lexical Ambiguity Resolution in Bilingual Sentence Processing

2020 | Book chapter | Author
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2-s2.0-85097689674

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000667774800011

Part of ISBN: 978-1-107-14561-0
Contributors: Karolina Rataj
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Re-Representing Metaphor: Modeling Metaphor Perception Using Dynamically Contextual Distributional Semantics

Frontiers in Psychology
2019-04-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-1078
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Karolina Rataj
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Dyslexic individuals orient but do not sustain visual attention: Electrophysiological support from the lower and upper alpha bands

Neuropsychologia
2019-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-3932
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Karolina Rataj
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Different phonological mechanisms facilitate vocabulary learning at early and late stages of language acquisition: Evidence from Polish 9-year-olds learning English

Applied Psycholinguistics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85033400154

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WOS:000418992700001

Part of ISSN: 0142-7164
Contributors: Marta Marecka; Jakub Szewczyk; Anna Jelec; Donata Janiszewska; Karolina Rataj; Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Use a spoon as a spade?: Changes in the upper and lower alpha bands in evaluating alternate object use

Frontiers in Psychology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85055526938

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WOS:000448024200001

Part of ISSN: 1664-1078
Contributors: Karolina Rataj; Deniece S. Nazareth; Frank van der Velde
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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On understanding creative language: The late positive complex and novel metaphor comprehension

Brain Research
2018-01-01 | Journal article
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Karolina Rataj
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The N400 as a window into lexico-semantic processing in bilingualism

Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85020632862

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WOS:000401239600006

Part of ISSN: 0137-2459
Contributors: Karolina Rataj; Katarzyna Jankowiak
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To electrify bilingualism: Electrophysiological insights into bilingual metaphor comprehension

PLoS ONE
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85017634463

WOSUID:

WOS:000399874800037

Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Karolina Rataj; Ryszard Naskręcki; Katarzyna Jankowiak
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Irony comprehension in the nonnative language comes at a cost

Psychology of Language and Communication
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85014571402

Part of ISSN: 1234-2238
Contributors: Katarzyna Joanna Bromberek-Dyzman; Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Modeling metaphor perception with distributional semantics vector space models

CEUR Workshop Proceedings
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85009381315

Part of ISSN: 1613-0073
Contributors: Kat R. Agres; Stephen McGregor; Karolina Rataj; Matthew Purver; Geraint A. Wiggins
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Surfing the brainwaves of metaphor comprehension

Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903726762

WOSUID:

WOS:000334514900004

Part of ISSN: 0137-2459
Contributors: Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR
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Irony comprehension in schizophrenia

2013 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9788393825608
Contributors: Dorota Jaworska; Anna Cieślicka; Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Polish version of Comprehensive Assessment of at Risk Mental States (CAARMS) - The description of the method

Psychiatria Polska
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84858225036

WOSUID:

WOS:000305318000009

Part of ISSN: 0033-2674
Contributors: Jan Jaracz; Marta Grzechowiak; Lucyna Raczkowiak; Karolina Rataj; Janusz Rybakowski
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Polska wersja Kompleksowej Oceny Zagrażających Stanów Psychicznych (CAARMS) – opis metody

Psychiatria Polska
2012 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0033-2674
Contributors: J. Jaracz; M. Grzechowiak; L Raczkowiak; Karolina Rataj; J. Rybakowski
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Figurative language impairment in aphasic patients

Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80051779124

WOSUID:

WOS:000421068300001

Part of ISSN: 1896-6764
Contributors: Anna Cieślicka; Karolina Rataj; Dorota Jaworska
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Zaburzenia przetwarzania języka figuratywnego w afazji

Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia
2011 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1896-6764
Contributors: Anna Cieślicka; Karolina Rataj; Dorota Jaworska
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Mentalizing in the Second Language: Is irony Online Inferencing any Different in L1 and L2?

2010 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781443817110
Contributors: Katarzyna Joanna Bromberek-Dyzman; Karolina Rataj; J. Dylak
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Przetwarzanie znaczenia wyrażeń metaforycznych oraz bezsensownych w schizofrenii

Psychiatria Polska
2010 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0033-2674
Contributors: Karolina Rataj; M. Grzechowiak; L. Raczkowiak; J. Jaracz; J. Rybakowski
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Idiom and metaphor comprehension in schizophrenia

2009 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9788360743270
Contributors: Anna Cieślicka; Karolina Rataj; E.J. Gorzelańczyk; M. Kuklińska
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Sounds like a rainbow - sound-colour mappings in vowel perception

2008 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85092790742

Part of ISBN:

brak-2603

Contributors: Magdalena Wrembel; Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Affective priming in paranoid schizophrenia treated with olanzapine or risperidone

European Psychiatry
2007 | Journal article
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000245473000390

Part of ISSN: 0924-9338
Contributors: M. Kuklińska; Karolina Rataj; E.J. Gorzelańczyk
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Metaphor, emotion and the human brain

SCRIPTA NEOPHILOLOGICA POSNANIENSIA
2003 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1509-4146
Contributors: Karolina Rataj
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Adam Mickiewicz University - Omega-PSIR

Peer review (10 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for Bilingualism. (2)
Review activity for Brain and language. (1)
Review activity for Journal of cognitive education and psychology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of neurolinguistics. (1)
Review activity for Language, cognition and neuroscience. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for Psychophysiology. (3)