Team role: design and coordination of epidemiological studies, psychological testing of participants, standardization of foreign questionnaires, adaptation of CBT and its effects evaluation using fMRI, statistical analyses, writing publications

Publications with IF:

Vobrubová B., Sedláčková K., Janovcová M., Rádlová S., Polák J., Peléšková Š., Frynta D., Landová E. (2021). Eye movement patterns in response to fear- and disgust-eliciting reptiles. Evolution and Human Behavior, under review.

Coelho C. M., Polák J., Suttiwan P., Zsido A. N. (2021). Fear inoculation among snake experts. BMC Psychiatry, under review.

Landová E., Peléšková Š., Sedláčková K., Janovcová M., Polák J., Rádlová S., Vobrubová B., Frynta D. (2020): Venomous snakes elicit a stronger subjective and physiological fear response. PLoS ONE, 15(8): e0236999. IF = 2.74 [Download PDF]

Rádlová S., Polák J., Janovcová M., Sedláčková K., Peléšková Š., Landová E., Frynta D. (2020): Emotional reaction to fear- and disgust-evoking snakes: Sensitivity and propensity in snake-fearful respondents. Frontiers in Psychology, 11: 31. IF = 2.13 [Download PDF]

Polák J., Rádlová S., Janovcová M., Flegr J., Landová E., Frynta D. (2019): Scary and nasty beasts: self-reported fear and disgust of common phobic animals. British Journal of Psychology, Early View. IF = 3.31 [Full-text]

Janovcová M., Rádlová S., Polák J., Sedláčková K., Peléšková Š., Žampachová B., Frynta D., Landová E. (2019): Human attitude toward reptiles: relationship between fear, disgust and aesthetic preferences. Animals, 9(5): 238. IF = 1.65 [Download PDF].

Rádlová S., Janovcová M., Sedláčková K., Polák J., Nácar D., Landová E., Frynta D. (2019): Snakes represent emotionally salient stimuli that may evoke both fear and disgust. Frontiers in Psychology, 10: 1085. IF = 2.09 [Download PDF]

Polák J., Landová E., Frynta D. (2019): Undisguised disgust: a psychometric evaluation of a disgust propensity measure. Current Psychology, 38(3): 608-617. IF = 1.47 [Full-text]

Vlček P., Polák J., Brunovský M., Horáček J. (2018): Role of glutamatergic system in obsessive-compulsive disorder with possible therapeutic implications. Pharmacopsychiatry, 51: 229-242. IF = 2.06 [Download PDF]

Landová E., Bakhshaliyeva N., Janovcová M., Peléšková Š., Suleymanova M., Polák J., Guliev A., Frynta D. (2018): Association between fear and beauty evaluation of snakes: cross-cultural findings. Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 333. IF = 2.32 [Download PDF]

Polák J., Sedláčková K., Nácar D., Landová E., Frynta D. (2016): Fear the serpent: a psychometric study of snake phobia. Psychiatry Research, 242: 163-168. IF = 2.47 [Download PDF].

Landová E., Musilová V., Polák J., Sedláčková K., Frynta D. (2016): Antipredatory reaction of the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) to snake predators. Current Zoology, 62: 439-450. IF = 1.76 [Download PDF]

Polák J., Frynta D. (2015): Offspring sex ratio in domestic goats: Trivers-Willard out of natural selection. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 60: 208-215. IF2015 = 1.18 [Download PDF]

Polák J., Frynta D. (2010): Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in cattle breeds support Rensch's rule. Evolutionary Ecology, 24: 1255-1266. IF2010 = 2.40 [Download PDF]

Polák J., Frynta D. (2009): Sexual size dimorphism in domestic goats, sheep, and their wild relatives. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98: 872-883. IF2009 = 2.04 [Download PDF]

Publications without IF:

Polák J., Sedláčková K., Landová E., Frynta D. (2020): Faster detection of snake and spider phobia: revisited. Heliyon, 6(5): e03968. IF = 1.65 [Download PDF]

Rádlová S., Peléšková Š., Polák J., Landová E., Frynta D. (2019). Emotions triggered by animals II: fear and disgust. E-psychologie, 12(4): 61-77.

Rádlová S., Janovcová M., Polák J., Landová E., Frynta D. (2018). Emotions triggered by animals I: beauty and aesthetic preferences. E-psychologie, 12(3): 35-50.

Polák J. (2018): Can we recognize cheaters? Psychologie Dnes, 24: 42-43.

Polák J. (2007): Mother and child in conflict. Psychologie Dnes, 13: 30-33.

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Evoluční psychologie, psychodiagnostika, neuropsychologie, behaviorální ekologie, kopytníci.

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