Andreja Bubić

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Split

Previous studies have shown the important role of different representations in the teaching and learning of physics. In this study, we used eye tracking to investigate the effect of different representations on the process of answering conceptual questions. We compared students’ scores and eye-tracking measures on isomorphic questions which contain...

Eye tracking can provide valuable insights into how students use different representations to solve problems and can be a useful tool for measuring the integration of information from multiple representations. In this study, we measured the eye movements of 60 university students while solving two PISA items that contain graphs taken from mathemati...

Despite extensive research evidencing child vaccination is safe and effective, we are witnessing a trend of increasing vaccine hesitancy which is listed among the top ten global health threats. Although some countries incorporate mandatory vaccination programs, no particularly efficient strategies for addressing vaccine avoidance have so far been i...

People can solve reasoning tasks in different ways depending on how much conflict they detected and whether they were accurate or not. The hybrid dual-process model presumes that these different types of responses correspond to different strengths of logical intuitions, with correct responses given with little conflict detection indicating very str...

We conducted two studies with two goals in mind. First, we investigated the dimensionality of several prominent cognitive bias tasks to see whether a single rationality factor can explain a performance on these tasks. Second, we validated this factor by correlating it with a number of constructs from its nomological network (fluid intelligence, num...

Although it is today commonly accepted that cognitive and emotional factors interact in guiding decisions and behaviour in various domains, including medical and health related decision making, the interaction between these factors remains unclear. Within this study we explored the associations between individuals’ health behaviours with different...

Although previous studies have demonstrated an association between vaccine attitudes and cognitive biases, often resulting in vaccination hesitancy, the exact contribution of rationality has not been fully clarified. We tested two hypotheses regarding the impact of rationality on vaccine attitudes stemming from bounded and expressive rationality. W...

The present study aimed to identify the contributions of sociodemographic factors, psychological hardiness, and pandemic‐related stressors to the development of peritraumatic distress and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) during the peak of the COVID‐19 pandemic. We also examined the mediating contribution of peritraumatic distress with respect...

Eye movement measurement provides spatiotemporal information about students’ visual attention during a given activity. It is commonly used to investigate problem solving in various science education studies. In two studies reported here, we used eye tracking to investigate students’ understanding of line diagrams in different contexts, as this is a...

Recognition of interference and diffraction patterns is a difficult task for both high-school and university students. Many students fail to observe important features of particular patterns and identify the differences among similar patterns. In this study, we investigated if performing students’ investigative experiments can help high-school stud...

To better understand the process of responding to the Conditional Reasoning Test for Aggression (CRT-A) and its implication for the test's use in personnel selection, we conducted two lab studies in which we compared test scores and eye movements of participants responding honestly and faking the test. Study 1 results showed that, although particip...

The goal of this study was twofold. First, we investigated the dimensionality of several prominent cognitive bias tasks across two studies to see whether a single robust rationality factor can explain a performance on these tasks. Second, we validated this factor by correlating it with a number of constructs from its nomological network (fluid inte...

Previous studies have demonstrated that students have difficulties in applying the wave model of light to explain single-slit diffraction and double-slit interference patterns. In this study, we investigated if students could recognize typical interference and diffraction patterns at all. Eye movements of high-school students were measured while th...

Monografija Čitanje u ranoj adolescenciji financirana je u sklopu Erasmus plus projekta Boys reading koji je dobio dvogodišnje financiranje za razdoblje od 2014. do 2016. godine i provodio se na tri razine: međunarodne suradnje u prijenosu ideja dobre prakse, implementaciji dobre prakse i istraživanju glavnih postavki i rezultata implementacije dob...

Introduction: Previous research suggests that decision-making processes related to System 1 and 2 and deviations from rationality can significantly impact individuals’ behavior and important life outcomes, including health-related ones. These may be particularly significant in the emotionally burdened context of child vaccination, which may trigger...

The conditional reasoning approach to personality assessment is a promising new method that has the potential to predict a range of work-related outcomes. Aiming to expand the approach to organizational leadership field, we describe six studies that explored the feasibility of using conditional reasoning to measure the motive for power. We identifi...

Test-taking is an integral part of students’ lives, and the way they approach tests may be of high relevance for their academic outcomes. Therefore, the present study addressed the way college students reflect on the process of preparing for tests. Specifically, it investigated the relevance of students' achievement goals, perceived academic contro...

When solving reasoning tasks such as the Cognitive reflection test (CRT) or the Belief bias syllogisms (BBS), people can do it in four different ways depending on whether they detected the conflict or not and whether they were accurate or not. Specifically, one can detect the conflict and be accurate, detect the conflict but be inaccurate, fail to...

Objective: Vaccine hesitancy has been identified as one of the major contributors to child under-vaccination. Research indicates that some hesitant parents’ mistrust extends to specific conspiracy ideation, but research on vaccine conspiracy beliefs is still scarce. Our objective was to explore factors contributing to parental vaccine conspiracy be...

Istraživanje načina na koji pojedinci konceptualiziraju sreću, odnosno njihovih uvjerenja o tome što čini sretan život predstavlja važan element razumijevanja subjektivne dobrobiti jer ova uvjerenja ne reflektiraju samo njihova razmišljanja već i utječu na subjektivni osjećaj sreće. Istraživanja takvih uvjerenja pokazala su da postoje tri temeljne...

The aim of the study was to investigate the role that cognitive abilities, rational thinking abilities, cognitive styles and self-control play in explaining the endorsement of epistemically suspect beliefs among university students. A total of 159 students participated in the study. We found that different aspects of rational thought (i.e. rational...

Typical physics textbook problems often include supportive diagrams that visualize the physical situation although the potential benefits of providing such diagrams is not yet fully established. We used eye tracking to explore the role of supportive diagrams in problem solving. Including a supportive diagram with the text of the problem improved st...

Potraga za srećom predstavlja jednu od temeljnih ljudskih težnji koja je u posljednje vrijeme privukla pažnju brojnih istraživača zainteresiranih za otkrivanje čimbenika koji utječu na sreću. Za razliku od većine prethodnih istraživanja u ovom području, koja su bila usmjerena isključivo na ispitivanje antecedenata i posljed- ica doživljavanja sreće...

Previous studies have identified physics students’ difficulties with graph slope and area under a graph in different contexts. In this study we compared physics and nonphysics (psychology) students’ understanding of graphs; i.e., we evaluated the effects of concept (graph slope vs area under graph), type of question (qualitative vs quantitative), a...

The present study had three goals: to construct a relevant questionnaire of economic attitudes, to examine the role of socio-demographic variables in explaining the economic attitudes as measured by that questionnaire, and to check whether moral foundations, as a psychological construct, can contribute to understanding the economic attitudes beyond...

The present study had three goals: to construct a relevant questionnaire of economic attitudes, to examine the role of socio-demographic variables in explaining the economic attitudes as measured by that questionnaire, and to check whether moral foundations, as a psychological construct, can contribute to understanding the economic attitudes beyond...

In pursuit of happiness, individuals often choose activities which may be influenced by their general decision making styles that reflect habitual ways of choosing and making decisions. The present study investigated the associations of such tendencies, namely individuals’ temporal perspectives that included present and future focus, and maximizing...

Postulating expectations regarding one's professional future represents an important segment of career decision making, as well as choosing behaviors aimed at fulfilling professional goals. Given the relevance of this topic, the conducted study addressed such expectations among a group of students studying to become educators and teachers. Specific...

Developing a better understanding of the measurement process and measurement uncertainty is one of the main goals of university physics laboratory courses. This study investigated the influence of graphical representation of data on student understanding and interpreting of measurement results. A sample of 101 undergraduate students (48 first year...

Methods: Emotional and behavioral problems and QoL were investigated in 6-12-year-olds who were born late preterm at the University Hospital Center Split in the period from January 2002 to March 2008. The study included 126 late preterm children treated in ICU (LP-ICU group), 127 late preterm children not treated in ICU (LP-non-ICU group), and 131...

This study investigated how people's beliefs regarding their vocational abilities (i.e., career decision self-efficacy) are associated with their perceived academic control, self-liking, and self-competence. It also assessed the relevance of these 4 types of self-beliefs for personal job optimism among 268 Croatian college students. Results indicat...

Understanding the mechanisms underlying the perception of artworks is of significant interest in experimental esthetics. Therefore, in this study, we utilized eye-tracking for investigating how participants familiar and unfamiliar with paintings' titles viewed Kandinsky's abstract and figural artworks. The analysis of behavioral data indicated that...

Although the cognitive reflection test (CRT) represents a frequently used instrument within the field of judgement and decision-making, its scope and detailed characteristics are still not well understood. Therefore, the present article discusses 5 different ways of scoring the CRT that include the regular CRT scoring procedure (CRT-Regular), addin...

Iako se u svakodnevnom životu često susrećemo s pojmovima održivoga razvoja i održivoga življenja, većini ljudi teško je definirati ove konstrukte, odrediti njihove temeljne komponente i živjeti u skladu s njima. Motivirani ovim fenomenom, proveli smo kvalitativno istraživanje u kojem su sudjelovali studenti društveno-humanističkih usmjerenja koji...

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je razvoj hrvatskog oblika Upitnika kognitivne emocionalne regulacije – skraćeni oblik i provjera nekih njegovih psihometrijskih obilježja na uzorku 206 polaznika psihoterapije ili psihološkog savjetovanja. Rezultati konfirmatorne faktorske analize podržavaju predloženi 9-faktorski model ovog upitnika. Ovim instrumentom o...

A transition from elementary to high school represents a very profound change and a potential source of stress, as it often requires young adolescents to make significant professional decisions. This topic was the focus of the present study in which 303 Croatian students attending their final year of elementary school completed measures of career d...

Parents play a very important role in all aspects of children’s experiences, and parental involvement in children’s school lives is associated with numerous educational outcomes. Therefore, the present study investigated the role of several parents’ demographic characteristics, parental self-efficacy, as well as beliefs regarding the value of educa...

Leaving secondary school in order to enter university education or labour market represents an important educational and professional transition in the life of every individual. At that, the decisions that secondary school students make in this period are influenced by numerous personal characteristics which, among other things, include decision-ma...

Despite its relevance and potential long-term consequences for each individual, the process of students’ transition from elementary schools to high schools has still not been sufficiently explored nor understood. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the goals of describing how students make decisions regarding their future high schools a...

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the level of stress in mothers of school-aged children born late preterm and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with the level of maternal stress if a child was born late preterm and not admitted to the ICU as well as if a full-term child was admitted to the ICU. Methods: In this retrospective coh...

Through adoption of the democratic system in the 1980s and the 1990s,the countries of South-East Europe began decentralizing their school systems and introduced the school board as the governing body which, in co-operation with the principal, is responsible for the functioning of the school. In most countries of the region, the role of school board...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies have so far reported the results of mapping the primary motor cortex (M1) for hand and tongue muscles in stuttering disorder. This study was designed to evaluate the feasibility of repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for locating the M1 for laryngeal muscle and premotor corti...

Many studies have indicated that self-reports, as the dominant method of personality assessment, have certain limitations. For example, respondents may be unaware of their true standing on the assessed psychological trait, or could even fake their responses in order to be seen in a more desirable light. Additionally, self-reports do not capture unc...

Despite the fact that the focus within educational research is often placed on cognitive factors and academic achievements, children's social and emotional experiences are also very relevant for their overall school commitment. Consequently, the goal of the present study was to investigate the relevance of students' social self-efficacy and perceiv...

Although modern societies are characterized by a constant decrease in marriage rates and an increase in divorce rates, individuals today still hold positive attitudes towards marriage and parenthood, and aim to nurture a marital union themselves in their adult age. Nevertheless, individuals differ with respect to the degree in which they deliberate...

Previous research has acknowledged the relevance of individuals' perception of own abilities related to the vocational domain, namely career decision self-efficacy beliefs, for their professional success. In the present study, such beliefs were examined among a group of high school seniors who are facing the process of choosing what professional pa...

Research within the field of cognitive psychology has traditionally been aimed at investigating relatively isolated cognitive processes, with the goal of elucidating the efficacy of information processing. However, in recent years the relevance of considering the role of cognitive styles in cognitive functioning has been recognized, which was also...

Although we all live in the present and often hear about the importance of living “here and now”, every moment of our lives is highly influenced by explicit and implicit thoughts about our past and potential future. The present study investigated the relation between individuals' tendencies to either drift towards the past by, e.g. constantly re-ev...

"Imagination is what makes our sensory experience meaningful, enabling us to interpret and make sense of it, whether from a conventional perspective or from a fresh, original, individual one. It is what makes perception more than the mere physical stimulation of sense organs. It also produces mental imagery, visual and otherwise, which is what make...

Individuals differ in the manner they approach decision making, namely their decision-making styles. While some people typically make all decisions fast and without hesitation, others invest more effort into deciding even about small things and evaluate their decisions with much more scrutiny. The goal of the present study was to explore the relati...

Research within the field of cognitive psychology has traditionally been aimed at investigating relatively isolated cognitive processes, with the goal of elucidating the efficacy of information processing. However, in recent years the relevance of considering the role of cognitive styles in cognitive functioning has been recognized, which was also...

Choosing one's future career represents one of the most important decisions individuals face during their development. In the present study, Croatian college students recollected the process of choosing their future professional paths at the end of high school, and evaluated the outcome of this process. Specifically, students described how they cho...

Algebra typically represents the students’ first encounter with abstract mathematical reasoning and it therefore causes significant difficulties for students who still reason concretely. The aim of the present study was to investigate the developmental trajectory of the students’ ability to solve simple algebraic equations. 311 participants between...

While contemporaries often viewed his reversible composite heads as scherzi (jokes) and modem art connoisseurs as creative masterpieces, Giuseppe Arcimboldo's ingenious paintings served as inspiring stimuli for the present eye-tracking experiment. One group of participants viewed three chosen paintings in an upright, and another in an upside-down,...

Equation rearrangement is an important skill required for problem solving in mathematics and science. Eye movements of 40 university students were recorded while they were rearranging simple algebraic equations. The participants also reported on their strategies during equation solving in a separate questionnaire. The analysis of the behavioral and...

In order to capture the “magic” of these rehabilitation approaches and illustrate how surprisingly efficient they might be if proper training is applied, we will begin this chapter by presenting some of these exciting new solutions and briefly discuss the rehabilitation outcomes currently associated with them. To better understand the mechanisms me...

Identifying and evaluating events which are novel in a particular environment is crucially important for adaptive behavior. These events are often not just novel, as they typically violate expectations which may be formulated based on numerous features of our surroundings, one of which includes the ordinal structure (temporal order) of relevant sti...

Neuroplasticity, or the brain’s ability to modify its structure and function at all levels, is variable over the course of life. Although it is most pronounced during early development, there is a growing consensus that a remarkable degree of flexibility is retained even during adulthood. In this chapter we explore the topic of brain plasticity, wi...

The term “predictive brain” depicts one of the most relevant concepts in cognitive neuroscience which emphasizes the importance of “looking into the future”, namely prediction, preparation, anticipation, prospection or expectations in various cognitive domains. Analogously, it has been suggested that predictive processing represents one of the fund...

Identifying novel or unexpected events which violate predictions based on the regularities extracted from our environment is crucially important for adaptive behavior. However, the exact dynamics of processing such events is not well understood. Furthermore, it is not known in which degree the process of deviant detection differs across contexts an...

Processing perceptual sequences relies on the motor system, which is able to simulate the dynamics of the environment by developing internal representations of external events and using them to predict the incoming stimuli. Although it has previously been demonstrated that such models may incorporate predictions based on exact stimulus properties a...

doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21013

Setting perceptual expectations can be based on different sources of information that determine which functional networks will be involved in implementing preparatory top–down influences and dealing with situations in which expectations are violated. The goal of the present study was to investigate and directly compare brain activations triggered b...

Although change detection constitutes an important and pervasive process in our everyday lives, phenomena such as change blindness show that we are quite limited in our ability to notice even large changes in visual scenes. Change detection is greatly dependant on attention deployment which can be influenced by the contextual setting in which a tar...