LUKASZ D. KACZMAREK - PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY LAB: POSITIVE GAMING & STREAMING
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Lukasz Kaczmarek

Education
MA, Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2003
PhD, Health Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2007
Habilitation, Positive Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2016

Research
  • Positive emotions, emotion regulation, peripheral physiology, expressive behavior
  • Happiness, well-being, positive psychological interventions, interpersonal capitalization
  • Gaming, esports

Academic Visits
Stanford University
UNSW Sydney
Leiden University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Representative publications
  • Kaczmarek, L. D., Kelso, K. C., Behnke, M., Kashdan, T. B., Dziekan, M., Matuła, E., ... & Guzik, P. (2021). Give and take: The role of reciprocity in capitalization. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-12.
  • Kaczmarek, L. D., Misiak, M., Behnke, M., Dziekan, M., & Guzik, P. (2017). The Pikachu effect: Social and health gaming motivations lead to greater benefits of Pokémon GO use. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 356-363.
  • Kaczmarek, L. D., Behnke, M., Enko, J., Kosakowski, M., Hughes, B. M., Piskorski, J., & Guzik, P. (2019). Effects of emotions on heart rate asymmetry. Psychophysiology, 56(4), e13318.

Social links
Google Scholar

Academia
ResearchGate

Contact
89 Szamarzewskiego Street
PL-60-568, Poznan, Poland
Tel\Fax. +48 61 82-92-307
E-mail: Lkacz at amu.edu.pl

Lukasz D. Kaczmarek

     Director, Psychophysiology Lab: Positive Gaming & Streaming
     Co-editor, Journal of Happiness Studies

Lukasz D. Kaczmarek is an associate professor of psychology at Adam Mickiewicz University, where he founded and directs the Psychophysiology Lab currently focused on Positive Gaming & Streaming. His research focuses on positive emotions and positive relationships and their application in various contexts, from everyday experience, psychophysiology to video gaming and esports. His contribution includes positive psychological interventions and interpersonal capitalization.

He has received several research and teaching awards, including the Rector's Award for Distinguished Teaching and the POSITIVE award (three times) for outstanding publications in positive psychology awarded by the Polish Positive Psychology Society.

Lukasz published peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Emotion, Emotion Review, Psychophysiology, and Computers in Human Behavior. Lukasz is the founding father, board member, and head of the Program Council of the Polish Positive Psychology Society.

News
  • Brief coverage of my recent studies on the SPSP Blog: Positive emotions are not just for feeling better. They're rocket fuel!
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  • Podcast. Are video games the future of psychological research? [in Polish]