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Contact information

Email
dejan.draschkow@psy.ox.ac.uk

Website
http:///www.draschkow.com/

ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-4835

Pronouns
he/him

Research groups

Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity

Colleges

Brasenose College

Collaborators

Kia Nobre

Visiting Wu Tsai Professor of Psychology

Websites

Dejan Draschkow

PhD

Associate Professor

Dejan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Experimental Psychology, a Tutorial Fellow at Brasenose College, and affiliated with the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA) at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN).

Dejan leads the Adaptive Behaviour & Cognition Lab. The lab's research programme focuses on understanding how cognition unfolds during ecologically valid and naturalistic behaviour in real-world contexts. In particular, they are interested in how memories of different timescales form during natural tasks and, in turn, how these memories ultimately guide a wide variety of behaviours. The group further studies how we select and prioritise information within memory in service of ongoing behaviour.

An important part of advancing this research has been the development and utilisation of methods necessary to measure cognitive processes during unconstrained behaviour. This work has covered topics such as open and reproducible research practices, Virtual Reality, permutation tests in MEG/EEG data, online behavioural experiments, and mixed-effects/multilevel models.

Dejan teaches Core Practicals and R Hackathons for undergraduate students and Statistical Methods & Theory for graduates. For his work, he was awarded the Early Career Excellent Teacher Award under the Medical Science's Division's 2021 Teaching Excellence Awards scheme.

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Key publications

Using XR (Extended Reality) for Behavioral, Clinical, and Learning Sciences Requires Updates in Infrastructure and Funding.

Draschkow D. et al, (2023), Policy Insights Behav Brain Sci, 10, 317 - 323

Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory.

Thom JL. et al, (2023), J Cogn Neurosci, 35, 856 - 868

xiliary Scene-Context Information Provided by Anchor Objects Guides Attention and Locomotion in Natural Search Behavior.

Helbing J. et al, (2022), Psychol Sci, 33, 1463 - 1476

Remote virtual reality as a tool for increasing external validity

DRASCHKOW D., (2022), Nature Reviews Psychology

Multiple spatial frames for immersive working memory.

Draschkow D. et al, (2022), Nat Hum Behav, 6, 536 - 544

Estimating power in (generalized) linear mixed models: An open introduction and tutorial in R.

Kumle L. et al, (2021), Behav Res Methods, 53, 2528 - 2543

When Natural Behavior Engages Working Memory.

Draschkow D. et al, (2021), Curr Biol, 31, 869 - 874.e5

Search superiority: Goal-directed attentional allocation creates more reliable incidental identity and location memory than explicit encoding in naturalistic virtual environments.

Helbing J. et al, (2020), Cognition, 196

Reading scenes: how scene grammar guides attention and aids perception in real-world environments.

Võ ML-H. et al, (2019), Curr Opin Psychol, 29, 205 - 210

Cluster-based permutation tests of MEG/EEG data do not establish significance of effect latency or location.

Sassenhagen J. and Draschkow D., (2019), Psychophysiology, 56

No evidence from MVPA for different processes underlying the N300 and N400 incongruity effects in object-scene processing.

Draschkow D. et al, (2018), Neuropsychologia, 120, 9 - 17

Scene grammar shapes the way we interact with objects, strengthens memories, and speeds search.

Draschkow D. and Võ ML-H., (2017), Sci Rep, 7

Recent publications

Incidental Encoding of Objects during Search Is Stronger Than Intentional Memorization due to Increased Recollection Rather Than Familiarity.

Helbing J. et al, (2025), J Cogn Neurosci, 37, 2538 - 2557

Focusing attention in working and long-term memory through dissociable mechanisms.

Gong D. et al, (2025), Nat Commun, 16

Sensorimnemonic decisions: choosing memories versus sensory information.

Kumle L. et al, (2025), Trends Cogn Sci, 29, 311 - 313

Long-term memory facilitates spontaneous memory usage through multiple pathways.

Kumle L. et al, (2025), Curr Biol, 35, 1171 - 1179.e5

Identifying mood instability and circadian rest-activity patterns using digital remote monitoring and actigraphy in participants at risk for bipolar disorder

Panchal P. et al, (2025)

Semantic object processing is modulated by prior scene context.

Krugliak A. et al, (2024), Lang Cogn Neurosci, 39, 962 - 971

Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction.

Liesefeld HR. et al, (2024), Atten Percept Psychophys, 86, 1445 - 1472

The past, present, and future of the brain imaging data structure (BIDS).

Poldrack RA. et al, (2024), Imaging Neurosci (Camb), 2, 1 - 19

The Past, Present, and Future of the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS).

Poldrack RA. et al, (2024)

Comparing the impact of contextual associations and statistical regularities in visual search and attention orienting.

Sefranek M. et al, (2024), PLoS One, 19

Multifaceted consequences of visual distraction during natural behaviour.

Kumle L. et al, (2024), Commun Psychol, 2

Using XR (Extended Reality) for Behavioral, Clinical, and Learning Sciences Requires Updates in Infrastructure and Funding.

Draschkow D. et al, (2023), Policy Insights Behav Brain Sci, 10, 317 - 323

Viewpoint dependence and scene context effects generalize to depth rotated three-dimensional objects.

Kallmayer A. et al, (2023), J Vis, 23

Capacity and selection in immersive visual working memory following naturalistic object disappearance.

Chawoush B. et al, (2023), J Vis, 23

Focusing attention in human working memory and long-term memory: benefits through dissociable processes

Gong D. et al, (2023)

Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory.

Thom JL. et al, (2023), J Cogn Neurosci, 35, 856 - 868

Corrigendum to "Auxiliary Scene-Context Information Provided by Anchor Objects Guides Attention and Locomotion in Natural Search Behavior".

(2023), Psychol Sci, 34

Viewpoint-Dependence and Scene Context Effects Generalize to Depth Rotated 3D Objects

Kallmayer A. et al, (2022)

Semantic object processing is modulated by prior scene context

Krugliak A. et al, (2022)

xiliary Scene-Context Information Provided by Anchor Objects Guides Attention and Locomotion in Natural Search Behavior.

Helbing J. et al, (2022), Psychol Sci, 33, 1463 - 1476

Remote virtual reality as a tool for increasing external validity

DRASCHKOW D., (2022), Nature Reviews Psychology

Heading direction tracks internally directed selective attention in visual working memory

Thom JL. et al, (2022)

Multiple spatial frames for immersive working memory.

Draschkow D. et al, (2022), Nat Hum Behav, 6, 536 - 544

Moving foraging into three dimensions: Feature- versus conjunction-based foraging in virtual reality.

Kristjánsson T. et al, (2022), Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 75, 313 - 327

Flipping the world upside down: Using eye tracking in virtual reality to study visual search in inverted scenes.

Beitner J. et al, (2022), J Eye Mov Res, 15

Estimating power in (generalized) linear mixed models: An open introduction and tutorial in R.

Kumle L. et al, (2021), Behav Res Methods, 53, 2528 - 2543

Keeping it real: Looking beyond capacity limits in visual cognition.

Kristjánsson Á. and Draschkow D., (2021), Atten Percept Psychophys, 83, 1375 - 1390

When Natural Behavior Engages Working Memory.

Draschkow D. et al, (2021), Curr Biol, 31, 869 - 874.e5

Get Your Guidance Going: Investigating the Activation of Spatial Priors for Efficient Search in Virtual Reality.

Beitner J. et al, (2021), Brain Sci, 11

Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online.

Sauter M. et al, (2020), Brain Sci, 10

Search superiority: Goal-directed attentional allocation creates more reliable incidental identity and location memory than explicit encoding in naturalistic virtual environments.

Helbing J. et al, (2020), Cognition, 196

Reading scenes: how scene grammar guides attention and aids perception in real-world environments.

Võ ML-H. et al, (2019), Curr Opin Psychol, 29, 205 - 210

Cluster-based permutation tests of MEG/EEG data do not establish significance of effect latency or location.

Sassenhagen J. and Draschkow D., (2019), Psychophysiology, 56

The lower bounds of massive memory: Investigating memory for object details after incidental encoding.

Draschkow D. et al, (2019), Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 72, 1176 - 1182

nchoring visual search in scenes: Assessing the role of anchor objects on eye movements during visual search.

Boettcher SEP. et al, (2018), J Vis, 18

No evidence from MVPA for different processes underlying the N300 and N400 incongruity effects in object-scene processing.

Draschkow D. et al, (2018), Neuropsychologia, 120, 9 - 17

The role of scene summary statistics in object recognition.

Lauer T. et al, (2018), Sci Rep, 8

Scene grammar shapes the way we interact with objects, strengthens memories, and speeds search.

Draschkow D. and Võ ML-H., (2017), Sci Rep, 7

e Gamers Sad and Isolated? A database about the Anxiety, Life Satisfaction and Social Phobia of over 13000 participants

Sauter M. and Draschkow D., (2017)

Gist in time: Scene semantics and structure enhance recall of searched objects.

Josephs EL. et al, (2016), Acta Psychol (Amst), 169, 100 - 108

Of "what" and "where" in a natural search task: Active object handling supports object location memory beyond the object's identity.

Draschkow D. and Võ ML-H., (2016), Atten Percept Psychophys, 78, 1574 - 1584

Seek and you shall remember: scene semantics interact with visual search to build better memories.

Draschkow D. et al, (2014), J Vis, 14

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