Alicja Brzozowska

Alicja Brzozowska, Ph.D., is a researcher at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology within the Faculty of Psychology. Her research focuses on early cognitive development in infants, utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate visual perception, attention mechanisms, and brain development during the first years of life.

Her research interests center on developmental cognitive neuroscience with specific emphasis on:

• Electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis in infant populations
• Visual evoked potentials and neural responses to rhythmic stimulation
• Development of the visual system and face processing
• Neural entrainment and stimulus-tracking mechanisms
• Brain development during early infancy

Dr. Brzozowska's publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output from 2016 through 2024, with recent work appearing in high-impact journals including Scientific Reports and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research shows a clear trajectory examining how infants process visual information and how neural mechanisms supporting attention develop in the first two years of life. She has developed expertise in using rhythmic visual stimulation paradigms to probe early brain development.

Her scientific contributions include:

• Investigating peak alpha frequency as an indicator of visual temporal attention in 6-month-olds
• Conducting systematic reviews on rhythmic visual stimulation as a window into early brain development
• Addressing conceptual challenges in distinguishing neural entrainment from stimulus-tracking

Dr. Brzozowska actively presents her research findings at scientific conferences, with upcoming presentations scheduled through 2025 on topics including frontal theta modulation as an index of cognitive ability and neural entrainment to gaze-cued visual rhythms. She collaborates extensively with researchers including Stefanie Höhl, Moritz Köster, Annett Schirmer, and Johanna Ruess.