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:

Polák J., Sedláčková K., Janovcová M., Peléšková Š., Flegr J., Vobrubová B., Frynta D., Landová E. (2021). Measuring fear evoked by the scariest animal: The effect of gender, age, education, and disgust on spider phobia. BMC Psychiatry, under review.

Zsido A. N., Coelho C. C., Polák J. (2021). Nature relatedness: a protective factor for snake and spider fears and phobias. People & Nature, under review. 

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. Visual Cognition, under review.

Coelho C. M., Polák J., Suttiwan P., Zsido A. N. (2021). Fear inoculation among snake experts. BMC Psychiatry, 21: 539. IF = 3.63 [Download PDF]

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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