Education:

2010 – 2016 PhD in Psychology (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)

2001 – 2006 MA in Psychology (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)

 

Work experience:

2014 – Synetiq Ltd. (Lead researcher)

2006 – 2008 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Counseling psychologist)

 

Research interests:

– Psychophysiology of stress

– Stress and well-being

– Emotion research

– Psychoneuroimmunology

– Positive psychology and eustress

 

Skills:

– Research design and management

– Protocol writing and training research staff

– Quantitative analysis

– Programming in R

– Processing and analyzing psychophysiological data (EEG, EDA, ECG, eye tracking, etc.)

– Measurement of salivary components (steroid hormones, alpha-amylase)

 

Awards:

2016 Qusp prize at the Brain and Vision hackathon (Budapest) for integration of wearable EEG brain sensing into mobile, PC, and web-based apps

2012 Erasmus plus scholarship

2010 – 2013 State scholarship for Ph.D. studies

 

Publications:

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=Lec9WuYAAAAJ&hl=en

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tamas_Nagy

 

– Nagy, T., Bálint, K., Czető, M., Török, Á., Pálma, D., Rooney, B., Divák, Á. (in preparation). Empathy moderates the effect of close-up shots on film enjoyment and EEG frontal asymmetry.

– Nagy, T., van Lien, R., Willemsen, G., Proctor, G., Efting, M., Fülöp, M., Bárdos, G., Veerman, E.C.I., Bosch, J. A. (2015). A fluid response: Alpha-amylase reactions to acute laboratory stress are related to sample timing and saliva flow rate. Biological Psychology, 109, 111–119. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.04.012

– Nagy, T., Salavecz, G., Simor, P., Purebl, G., Bódizs, R., Dockray, S., & Steptoe, A. (2015). Frequent nightmares are associated with blunted cortisol awakening response in women. Physiology & Behavior, 147, 233–237. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.05.001

– Bálint, K., Nagy, T., & Csabai, M. (2014). The effect of patient-centeredness and gender of professional role models on trainees’ mentalization responses. Implications for film-aided education. Patient education and counseling, 97(1), 52-58.

– Kekecs, Z., Nagy, T., & Varga, K. (2014). The effectiveness of suggestive techniques in reducing postoperative side effects: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 119(6), 1407-1419.

– Nagy, T., Kovács, K. J., Polyák, Á., Harmat, L., Bárdos, G., Fülöp, F. (2015). A versengés jutalmazásának hatása a nyáltesztoszteronszintre és a teljesítményre fiatal felnőtt férfiakban: A hiperversengés szerepe [The effect of reward on salivary testosterone level and performance in young adult males during competition: the role of hypercompetitiveness]. Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle, 70(1), 121–141. doi:10.1556/0016.2015.70.1.8