Jan Nikadon, MSc

Jan Nikadon
Assistant Teaching
MRI Technician

Research Areas

My research focuses on deception detection and the psychophysiological mechanisms underlying concealed information processing. I use psychophysiological methods—such as galvanic skin response (GSR), heart rate (HR), and breathing patterns—alongside eye-tracking, EEG, and fMRI to investigate the neural and cognitive foundations of deception and information concealment. A second major line of my research involves computational psycholinguistics and natural language processing, where I examine how language reflects agency, intention, and moral cognition. I am particularly interested in applying both of these approaches to contexts related to cognitive security and cognitive warfare. Ultimately, my goal is to integrate these methods to develop practical tools and frameworks for understanding and predicting human behavior in high-stakes settings.

Key Publications

  1. Nikadon, J., Suitner, C., Erseghe, T., Dzanko, L., & Formanowicz, M. (2025). BERTAgent: The Development of a Novel Tool to Quantify Agency in Textual Data. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001740
  2. Nikadon, J., Suitner, C., Erseghe, T., Dzanko, L., Olech, M., Jurek, P., & Formanowicz, M. (2025). The Role of Linguistic Agency in Mobilizing Election Candidate Support. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X251341925
  3. Rykaczewski, K., Nikadon, J., Duch, W., & Piotrowski, T. (2021). sup-FunSim: Spatial Filtering Toolbox for EEG. Neuroinformatics, 19(1), 107–125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-020-09464-w

Full list of publications on: Scholar

Projects and Grants

  1. PI in the IDUB project “ReCogNet: Recognition of concealed information in brain networks — A pilot study for a novel EEG protocol and exposure methods with improved ecological validity” (2025–2026).
  2. Researcher in the OPUS 19 grant (2021–2026) “The Role of Linguistic Markers of Agency in Mobilizing Collective Action” (PI: Dr. hab. Magdalena Formanowicz).
  3. Researcher in the OPUS 14 grant (2018–2022) “Social Grammar Model — basic and applied mechanisms” (PI: Dr. hab. Magdalena Formanowicz).
  4. Collaborator in the OPUS 23 grant (2023–2028) “The Role of Agency and Morality in Dehumanization — an Integrative Perspective” (PI: Dr. hab. Magdalena Formanowicz).
  5. Researcher in the “Truler — Research Platform” project (2024–2026), funded under the European Funds for a Modern Economy (FENG) program, SMART Path Action.
  6. PI in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) grant “Directed functional dependencies in reconstructed bioelectrical activity of attention network nodes” (2015–2018), Diamond Grant program.
  7. Researcher in the project “Medicine and Human Health: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Interdisciplinary Program for Personalized Diagnosis and Healthcare” (2018–2021), co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Regional Operational Program of the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Academic Activities

  1. Best Cognitive Poster Presentation Award at the international conference NEURONUS 2014 IBRO & IRUN Neuroscience Forum for the poster presentation entitled “Electrophysiological correlates of intelligence – evidence from the analysis of the intrinsic complexity of the EEG signal.”
  2. Best Experimental Poster Award at the 3rd edition of the international conference Aspects of Neuroscience for the poster presentation entitled “Electrophysiological correlates of intelligence level – evidence from the fractal analysis of the EEG signal.”
  3. Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship (Poland) for Educational and Scientific Achievements (2015).
  4. NAWA PROM — a scientific research internship funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange at the University of Surrey (supervisor: Dr. hab. Magdalena Formanowicz).

Contact

Email: nikadon[@]umk.pl
Office: Room 212, Institute of Psychology Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Gagarina 39, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Personal webpage: Github