Shcherbakova Olga

Associate Professor, Ph.D. 

Shcherbakova Olga

Scientific research

Olga’s research interests include psychology of intelligence, processes of understanding and, in particular, the influence of correspondence between mental imagery and verbal representations on intellectual efficiency. With the use of different types of verbal texts (such as jokes, fables, metaphors, etc.), she studies how mental representations of cognitive tasks affect their solutions. Olga has been a PI in a number of research projects on psychological and psychophysiological aspects of cognitive activity and factors of cognitive impairments in intellectually safe adults. 

In the Lab

As a member of the Laboratory team, she contributes to the study of various factors affecting the efficiency of explicit and implicit semantic learning of novel word-forms. She is the Chair of the Organizing Committee of the annual International Neurobiology of Speech and Language conference organized by the Laboratory.  

More information on website Academia, Researchgate.

Publications

  1. Heintz S., Ruch W., Aykan S., Brdar I., Brzozowska D., Carretero-Dios H., Chen H.C., Chlopicki W., Choi I., Dionigi A., Durka R., Ford T.E., A. Güsewell A., Isler R. B., Ivanova A., Laineste L., Lajčiaková P., Lau C., Lee M., Măda S., Martin-Krumm C., Mendiburo-Seguel A., Migiwa I., Mustafi N., Oshio A., Platt T., Proyer R. T., Quiroga-Garza A., Ramis T., Săftoiu R., Saklofske D. H., Shcherbakova O.V., Slezackova A., Stalikas A., Stokenberga I., Torres-Marín J., Wong P. S. O. Benevolent and Corrective Humor, Life Satisfaction, and Broad Humor Dimensions: Extending the Nomological Network of the BenCor Across 25 Countries // Journal of Happiness Studies. – 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00185-9.
  2. Miroshnik K., Shcherbakova O.V. The Proportion and Creativity of “Old” and “New” Ideas: Are They Related to Fluid Intelligence? // Intelligence. 2019. – V. 76. – September – October 2019, 101384.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2019.101384.
  3. Shtyrov Yu.Yu., Kirsanov A.S., Shcherbakova O.V. Explicitly Slow, Implicitly Fast, or the Other Way Around? Brain Mechanisms for Word Acquisition // Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 13:116. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00116.
  4. Tikhodeyev O.N., Shcherbakova O.V. The problem of non-shared environment in behavioral genetics // Behavior Genetics.– Vol. 49.– № 3, May 2019.– P. 259 – 269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-019-09950-1.
  5. Shcherbakova O.V., Filippova M.G., Chan R.W., Gorbunov I.A. Unconscious detection of verbal and non-verbal ambiguous stimuli // International Journal of Psychophysiology. Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP2018) of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP) Lucca, Italy, September 4 – 8, 2018. V.131S. P. 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.07.396
  6. Heintz S., Ruch W., Platt T., Pang D., Carretero-Dios H., Dionigi A., Argüello Gutiérrez C., Brdar I., Brzozowska D., Chen H.-C., Chłopicki W., Collins M., Ďurka R., El Yahfoufi N.Y., Quiroga-Garza A., Isler R.B., Mendiburo-Seguel A., Ramis T., Saglam B., Shcherbakova O.V., Singh K., Stokenberga I., Wong P.S.O., Torres-Marín J. Psychometric Comparisons of Benevolent and Corrective Humor across 22 Countries: The Virtue Gap in Humor Goes International // Frontiers in Psychology. 2018. Vol. 9(92). P. 1 – 19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00092.
  7. Immink M.A., Chan R.W., Greaves D., Shcherbakova O. Fixation in sequence learning occurs with previous practice involving random and complex but not simple sequence structures // Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 39, S144.
  8. Shcherbakova O.V., Filippova M.G. Psychophysiological correlates of understanding of ambiguity: Evidence from humor and ambiguous figures // International Journal of Psychophysiology. Proceedings of the 18th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP2016) of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP) Havana, Cuba August 31st to September 4th, 2016. V.108. P. 96 – 97. 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.297.
  9. Shcherbakova O.V., Golovanova I.V., Gorbunov I.A. EEG fractal dimension as a marker of cognitive success: Evidence from conceptual thinking tasks // International Journal of Psychophysiology. Proceedings of the 18th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP2016) of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP) Havana, Cuba August 31st to September 4th, 2016. V. 108. P. 99. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.303.
  10. Nikiforova E., Scherbakova O. Conceptual abilities as a predictor of apologues comprehension efficiency // International Journal of Psychology. Special Issue: 31st International Congress of Psychology, 24–29 July 2016, Yokohama, Japan. July 2016. Volume 51, Issue Supplement S1. P. 176 – 177.
  11. Makarova D., Shcherbakova O. IQ or Intellectual Competencies? In Search for Essence of Intelligence // International Journal of Psychology. Special Issue: 31st International Congress of Psychology, 24–29 July 2016, Yokohama, Japan. July 2016. Volume 51, Issue Supplement S1. P. 175.
  12. Shcherbakova O., Gorbunov I., Golovanova I., Kholodnaya M. The Neural Efficiency Hypothesis: Further Evidence from the EEG-Study of Conceptual Thinking // International Journal of Psychophysiology. Volume 94, Issue 2. November 2014. Proceedings of 17th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP2014), Hiroshima, Japan, September 23rd to 27th, 2014. P. 218.
  13. Shcherbakova O.V. How Does Mental Imagery Navigate Our Thinking and Comprehension? // International Journal of Psychology: Abstracts of the XXX International Congress of Psychology. Cape Town, South Africa, July 22 – 27, 2012. – P. 135.
  14. Shcherbakova O.V., Filippova M.G.1, Shtyrov Y.Y. Negativnost, svyazannaya s oshibkoy, kak marker neosoznavaemoy chuvstvitelnosti k mnogoznachnosti stimula [Error-related negativity as a marker of unconscious sensitivity to ambiguity]. Zhurnal vyisshey nervnoy deyatelnosti im. IP Pavlova. [Zhurnal vysshei nervnoi deyatelnosti imeni I.P. Pavlova]. – 2019. – Vol. 69(3), рр. 334–338.
  15. Shcherbakova O.V. It is not funny nor comprehensible: Perception of canned jokes’ genre by modern young adults // Journal of Psycholinguistics. – 2019. – №1 (39). – С. 165 – 181.
  16. Filippova M.G., Shcherbakova O.V., Shtyrov Yu.Yu. It is not what you think it is: ERP correlates of verbal and non-verbal ambiguity processing // Zhurnal vyisshey nervnoy deyatelnosti im. IP Pavlova. [Zhurnal vysshei nervnoi deyatelnosti imeni I.P. Pavlova].– 2019. – Vol. 69(2), pp. 175 – 186.
  17. Ivanova E.M., Obraztsova V.S., Grabovaya E.V., Shcherbakova O.V. Humor comprehension in mental patients: A qualitative analysis // // Voprosy Psichologii. – 2018. – Vol.6, pp. 77 – 87.
  18. Shcherbakova O.V., Obraztsova V.S., Grabovaya E.V., Chan R., Ivanova E.M. Humor comprehension in healthy people and mental patients: Cognitive and emotional components // Voprosy Psichologii. – 2018. – Vol. 4, pp. 92 – 102.
  19. Shcherbakova O.V., Nikiforova E.A. Fables Comprehension in Healthy Adults: Does IQ Matter? // Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics. 2018. Vol. 15. № 2. P. 222–231. DOI: 10.17323/1813-8918-2018-2-222-231.
  20. Shcherbakova O.V., Makarova D.N., Nikiforova E.A. “Concept Synthesis” test for intelligence research: Qualitative analysis and conceptual commentaries // Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7. issue 2, pp. 128–136. DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu16.2017.202.
  21. Shcherbakova O.V. How do our mental and personal experience mediate intellectual efficiency? Intellectual competencies as patterns of individual cognitive performance //Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, pp. 43–54. DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu16.2017.103.
  22. Shcherbakova O. V., Makarova D. N. Are they different or the same? Experts’ psychometric IQ does not correlate with conceptual abilities. Vestnik SPbSU. Series 16. Psychology. Education, 2016, issue 4, pp. 88-96. DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu16.2016.407.
  23. Shcherbakova O.V., Tikhodeyev O.N. Non-shared environment: its origins and role in psychological traits development // Journal of Psychology – 2017. – Vol.38(1), pp. 52 – 63.
  24. Kholodnaya M.A., Shcherbakova O.V., Gorbunov I.A., Golovanova I.V., Papovyan M.I. Information and energy parameters of various types of cognitive performance // Journal of Psychology. – 2013. – Vol. 34(6), pp. 96 – 107.
  25. Shcherbakova O.V. Information and energy parameters of various patterns of metacognitive regulation // Annals of Saint Petersburg University. Line 12. – Vol.3. – 2012, pp. 103 – 114.
  26. Osorina M.V., Shcherbakova O.V., Avanesyan M.O. Metacognitive regulation: Norms and patterns of unefficient intellectual performance // Annals of Saint Petersburg University. Line 12. – Vol.2. – 2011, pp. 32 – 43.
  27. Shcherbakova O.V., Osorina M.V. Humor increases the difficulty of intellectual tasks (Evidence from WAIS and WISC-III) // // Annals of Saint Petersburg University. Line 12. – Vol.1. – 2009, pp. 108 – 115.
  28. Shcherbakova O.V. Comprehension as Mental Reversible Convertion From Symbolic to Imagery System Converting (Evidence from Comical Texts) // Annals of Saint Petersburg University. Line 12. – Vol.4. – 2008, pp. 215 – 225.  
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