Education

2019

Postdoctoral training, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

2018

PhD in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Thesis supervisor: Sunčica Zdravković
Thesis title: Characteristics and mechanism by which language influences colour discrimination process

2011

MSc in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Career

2020

Assistant Professor for General Psychology

2018

Teaching assistant, lecturing subjects in Psychology (Memory and learning, Perception, Introduction to cognitive neuroscience), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad

2015

Teaching assistant lecturing subject in Psychology, Faculty of Sport and Tourism, Educons University

2015

Junior researcher at Horizon 2020: EU project 653811 – CITYCoP – GAP-653811, 2015–2018.
Junior researcher at Horizon 2020: EU project 653748 – CARISMAND – GAP-653748, 2015–2018.

2012

Teaching assistant, lecturing subjects in Psychology (Memory and learning, Perception, Introduction to cognitive neuroscience), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad

2010

Researcher, Laboratory for experimental psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad.

Invited lecturer

2019

The role of language for the color discrimination process. Out Of Our Minds research group, University of Birmingham, UK

2019

Categorical perception of color – the role of language. Perception group, University of Aberdeen, UK

Research Interests

Color perception

Color categorization

Color memory

Lightness

Teaching

PhD studies:

Graduate studies:

Visual perception

Introduction to cognitive neuroscience

Experimental psychology

Undergraduate studies:

Perception
Cognitive neuroscience
Learning and Memory

Other study programs:

General Psychology

Selected Publications

Chauhan, T., Jakovljev, I., Thompson, L. N., Wuerger, S. M., & Martinovic, J. (2023). Decoding of EEG signals reveals non-uniformities in the neural geometry of colour. NeuroImage, 119884.
Krimer Gaborović, S., & Jakovljev, I (2022). Žensko-muške razlike u hromatskom imenovanju u standardnom srpskom jeziku. Zbornik Matice srpske za filologiju i lingvistiku, 65 (1), 47-75.
Appleby-Arnold, S., Brockdorff, N., Jakovljev, I., & Zdravković, S. (2021). Disaster preparedness and cultural factors: a comparative study in Romania and Malta. Disasters 45: 664-690. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12433
Popov, S., Jakovljev, I., Radanović, J. et al. The Effect of Unconditional Self-Acceptance and Explicit Self-Esteem on Personal Explanatory Style. J Cogn Ther 13, 271–286 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41811-020-00082-7
Reid, I. D., Appleby-Arnold, S., Brockdorff, N., Jakovljev, I., & Zdravković, S. (2020). Developing a model of perceptions of security and insecurity in the context of crime. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 1-17.
Jakovljev, I., & Zdravković, S. (2018). The colour lexicon of the Serbian language – a study of dark blue and dark red colour categories Part 1: Colour-term elicitation task. Psihologija. doi: https:// doi.org/10.2298/PSI160521002J
Popov, S. & Jakovljev, I. (2017). Uticaj fizičkog vežbanja na unapređenje kognitivnih funkcija. TIMS. Acta. 11(2), 111-120.
Appleby-Arnold, S., Jakovljev, I., Zdravković, S.,& N. Brockdorff (2018). Applying cultural values to encourage disaster preparedness: lessons from a low-hazard country. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Jakovljev, I., & Milin, P. (2017). The relationship between thematic, lexical, and syntactic features of written texts and personality traits. Psihologija, 50(1), 67-84.
Toscani, M., Zdravković, S., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). Lightness perception for surfaces moving through different illumination levels. Journal of Vision, 16(15), 21-21.
Jakovljev, I., & Zdravković, S. (2016). The role of visual coding in categorical perception of colour. ECVP. Book of abstracts, 144. Barcelona, Spain.
Jakovljev, I., & Zdravković, S. (2016). Uloga vizuelnog kodiranja u kategoričkoj percepciji boja. XXII Empirijska istraživanja u psihologiji. Knjiga rezimea, 9-10. Beograd, Srbija.
Jakovljev, I., Zdravković, S. (2014). Stroop effect in the color discrimination task. 3. Riječki dani eksperimentalne psihologije. Sažeci priopćenja, 17. Rijeka, Hrvatska.
Jakovljev, I., Zdravković, S. (2014). Color representations in Hungarian-Serbian billinguals. European Conference on Visual Perception. Abstracts, 145. Belgrade, Serbia.
Jakovljev, I., Zdravković, S. (2014). Mentalne reprezentacije boja i dvojezičnost. XX Empirijska istraživanja u psihologiji. Knjiga rezimea, 10-11. Beograd, Srbija.
Jakovljev, I., Soranzo, A., Zdravković, S. (2013). Color categories for red and blue in Serbian language. European Conference on Visual Perception. Abstracts, 108. Bremen, Germany.
Jakovljev, I., Zdravković, S. (2013). Mentalne reprezentacije boja kod dvojezičnih govornika mađarskog i srpskog jezika. Savremeni trendovi u psihologiji. Knjiga sažetaka, 110. Novi Sad, Srbija.
Jakovljev, I. i Zdravković, S. (2013). Kategorička percepcija boja u srpskom jeziku: efekat plavo-teget i crveno-bordo kategorija na zadatak perceptivne diskriminacije. XIX Empirijska istraživanja u psihologiji. Knjiga rezimea, 9-11. Beograd, Srbija.
Jakovljev, I., Thornton, I., & Zdravković, S. (2012). Characteristics of multiple target search task in the lightness domain. Rijeka Days of Experimental Psychology, Rijeka, Croatia
Zdravković, S., Jakovljev I., & Thornton, I. (2012). Highest luminance modulates search in complex tasks. European Conference on Visual Perception, Alghero, Italy.