Agata Bochynska

Senior Academic Librarian - Section for open research

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Email agata.bochynska@ub.uio.no

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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 39 Georg Sverdrups hus/4.etg. 0851 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1085 Blindern 0317 Oslo

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About

I am a researcher and a research librarian focusing on implementing open research and reproducibility practices across disciplines. My academic background is in psychology and linguistics with a special focus on the relationship between language and cognitive abilities in children and adults. My current interest is also in meta-scientific assessments and evaluating implementation of open research.

Tasks performed

Teaching and implementing open science and reproducibility practices
Teaching research data management and data sharing
Supporting digital research skills development
The Carpentries instructor, teaching reproducible data science
Co-organizer of Open Science Lunch
Co-organizer of ReproducibiliTea at UiO (sign up for our mailing list here)
Initiating member of Norwegian Reproducibility Network (NORRN)
Coordinator of QualiFAIR hub at UiO: making qualitative data more FAIR
Affiliated researcher at the Department of Psychology, New York University, USA

Teaching

Research data management and sharing

Open and reproducible research

Carpentry: Training on foundational coding and data science skills

SV9104: Research Ethics (Social Sciences)

Background

Postdoctoral researcher in psychology, New York University, USA
PhD in language and linguistics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Trondheim, Norway
MPhil in psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
MA in philosophy and BA (equivalent) in psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland

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Tags: open science, open research, data sharing, research data management, reproducibility, digital research methods, digital skills, research methods

Larson, Caroline; Bochynska, Agata & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2024). Mental rotation and language in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research. ISSN 1939-3792. 17(4), p. 785–798. doi: 10.1002/aur.3128.
Bochynska, Agata; Keeble, Liam; Halfacre, Caitlin; Casillas, Joseph V.; Champagne, Irys-Amélie & Chen, Kaidi [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Reproducible research practices and transparency across linguistics. Glossa Psycholinguistics. ISSN 2767-0279. 2(1). doi: 10.5070/G6011239. Full text in Research Archive
Lobben, Marit; Bochynska, Agata; Eifring, Halvor & Laeng, Bruno (2023). Tracking semantic relatedness: numeral classifiers guide gaze to visual world objects. Frontiers in Language Sciences. ISSN 2813-4605. doi: 10.3389/flang.2023.1222982. Full text in Research Archive
Pownall, Madeleine; Azevedo, Flávio; König, Laura M.; Slack, Hannah R.; Evans, Thomas Rhys & Flack, Zoe [Show all 70 contributors for this article] (2023). Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. Royal Society Open Science. ISSN 2054-5703. 10(5). doi: 10.1098/rsos.221255. Full text in Research Archive
Bochynska, Agata & Dillon, Moira (2022). Young children’s drawings and descriptions of layouts and objects. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. ISSN 1069-7977.
Bochynska, Agata & Dillon, Moira (2021). Bringing Home Baby Euclid: Testing Infants’ Basic Shape Discrimination Online. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.734592.
Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta; Postma, Albert; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova & Laeng, Bruno (2020). More mental rotation time does not imply more mental effort: Pupillary diameters do not change with angular distance. Brain and Cognition. ISSN 0278-2626. 148. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105670. Full text in Research Archive
Endestad, Tor; Godøy, Rolf Inge; Sneve, Markus Handal; Hagen, Thomas; Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta & Laeng, Bruno (2020). Mental Effort When Playing, Listening, and Imagining Music in One Pianist’s Eyes and Brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. ISSN 1662-5161. 14. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.576888. Full text in Research Archive
Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Vulchanov, Valentin & Landau, Barbara (2020). Spatial language difficulties reflect the structure of intact spatial representation: Evidence from high-functioning autism. Cognitive Psychology. ISSN 0010-0285. 116, p. 1–27. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2019.101249.
Lobben, Marit; Bochynska, Agata; Tanggaard, Stine & Laeng, Bruno (2020). Classifiers in non-European languages and semantic impairments in western neurological patients have a common cognitive structure. Lingua. ISSN 0024-3841. 244C. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2020.102929. Full text in Research Archive
Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta; Coventry, Kenny R.; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2020). Tell me where it is: Selective difficulties in spatial language on the autism spectrum. Autism. ISSN 1362-3613. 24(7), p. 1740–1757. doi: 10.1177/1362361320921040.
Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Vulchanov, Valentin & Landau, Barbara (2019). Spatial language difficulties reflect the structure of intact spatial representation: Evidence from high-functioning autism  . Cognitive Psychology. ISSN 0010-0285. 116. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2019.101249.
Laeng, Bruno; Kiambarua, Kenneth Gitiye; Hagen, Thomas; Bochynska, Agata; Lubell, James & Suzuki, Hikaru [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). The "face race lightness illusion": An effect of the eyes and pupils? PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 13:e0201603(8), p. 1–36. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201603. Full text in Research Archive
Lobben, Marit & Bochynska, Agata (2018). Grounding by Attention Simulation in Peripersonal Space: Pupils Dilate to Pinch Grip But Not Big Size Nominal Classifier. Cognitive Science. ISSN 0364-0213. 42(2), p. 576–599. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12524.
Bochynska, Agata & Laeng, Bruno (2015). Tracking down the path of memory: eye scanpaths facilitate retrieval of visuospatial information. Cognitive Processing. ISSN 1612-4782. 16, p. 159–163. doi: 10.1007/s10339-015-0690-0.

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Kvale, Live Håndlykken; Sarre, Aili; Ostrop, Jenny; Pharo, Nils; Stangeland, Elin & Sundstøl, Shea Allison [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2023). Competency framework for development of Research Data Support Services.
Neff, Mary Beth & Bochynska, Agata (2023). Unconference on (Transparent) Piloting: current practices and ways forward .
Bochynska, Agata & Dillon, Moira (2022). Opening science to families so families can open their homes to science. BPS Developmental Psychology Forum. ISSN 2396-8699.
Kvale, Live Håndlykken; Bochynska, Agata; Sarre, Aili; Stangeland, Elin; Ostrop, Jenny & Enerstvedt, Kjersti Hasle [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2022). Competency Framework for research data services in Norwegian libraries.
Kvale, Live Håndlykken; Bertheussen, Lene Elisabeth; Bochynska, Agata; Good, Matthew; Stangeland, Elin & Enerstvedt, Kjersti Hasle [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2022). Kompetanse for forskningsdatastøtte i fag- og forskningsbibliotek.
Bochynska, Agata & Kalandadze, Tamara (2022). Preregistration: Benefits, challenges, and practical tips by Dr Agata Bochynska. Show summary
More and more researchers across disciplines are preregistering their hypotheses, methods, and analysis plans before they collect or analyze the data. Preregistration motivates us to think more carefully about research designs, helps prevent manipulating the study outcomes, and increases research transparency and visibility. But how and where do we preregister research studies? In this talk, Agata Bochynska will lay out the benefits and challenges of preregistration and provide practical tips for preregistering studies on Open Science Framework (OSF) – a well-developed platform for research registration and sharing.
Bochynska, Agata; Quintana, Daniel; Mayor, Julien; Leknes, Siri; Roettger, Timo & Mayiwar, Lewend (2022). Fram for troverdig forskning: Forskningen må være gjennomsiktig og etterprøvbar. Forskerforum. ISSN 0800-1715. 54(4), p. 38–39. Show summary
Forskere ved Universitetet i Oslo, Handelshøyskolen BI og Høgskolen i Østfold har etablert det nasjonale nettverket Norwegian Reproducibility Network (NORRN). NORRN skal bidra til god forskningspraksis i Norge gjennom å fremme og legge til rette for åpenhet og etterprøvbarhet av forskningsresultater.
Hart, Sara A.; Kalandadze, Tamara & Bochynska, Agata (2022). RIOT Science Club: Data sharing in developmental science. Show summary
In this talk, Dr Sara Hart talked about her experiences in creating a data repository and otherwise supporting open science, as well as working with her research community to understand hesitations around data sharing and support those towards open data goals.
Pennington, Charlotte; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders ; Bochynska, Agata & Kalandadze, Tamara (2022). A new way of publishing: Registered Reports 2.0 by Dr Charlotte Pennington. Show summary
Growing concerns of replicability and reproducibility have ushered in fast-paced changes to scientific reform under the umbrella term of ‘open science’. We now understand that such concerns stem from academic incentives that reward novel surprising results and quantity over quality which fuel a range of questionable research practices. Study preregistration and Registered Reports (RRs) represent two open science initiatives that aim to improve research quality and rigour, and emerging empirical research demonstrates their effectiveness. However, neither are perfect. This talk will outline study preregistration and the standard Registered Report model before introducing a new form of Registered Reports that reshape academic publishing – Peer Community In Registered Reports (PCI RR). PCI RR is a community-driven initiative that reviews and recommends RRs across the full spectrum of STEM, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. Upon receiving In Principle Acceptance (IPA) of a Stage 1 manuscript, authors are then free to choose from a range of ‘PCI friendly journals’ who agree to publish the Stage 2 manuscript without the need for additional peer review. PCI RRs, therefore, represent an exciting new way of publishing that puts the authors back in control.
Quintana, Daniel; Kalandadze, Tamara; Bochynska, Agata & Nordahl-Hansen, Anders Johan (2022). RIOT Science Club: Five things about open science that every researcher should know | Dr Dan Quintana.
Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta (2018). How to harness the support of your local community: write with your PhD pals. Nature.com. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05925-0.
Bochynska, Agata; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2017). Same but different: comprehension of spatial terms in highly verbal individuals with autism and typically developing controls.
Bochynska, Agata; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2017). Differences in the production of path terms in highly verbal individuals with autism and typically developing controls.
Bochynska, Agata; Nilsen, Randi Alice; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2016). Where is the red ball (moving)?: Differences in the use of locative and directional prepositions in high-functioning autism.
Bochynska, Agata; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2016). Mental rotation of geometrical figures and common objects in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a pupillometry study.
Bochynska, Agata; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2016). Mental rotasjon av to- og tredimensjonale figurer i Autismespekterforstyrrelser.
Bochynska, Agata & Laeng, Bruno (2015). Tracking down the path of memory. Eye scanpaths facilitate retrieval of visuospatial information.
Bochynska, Agata; Vulchanov, Valentin & Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova (2015). Mental Rotation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review.
Bochynska, Agata; Eifring, Halvor Bøyesen; Laeng, Bruno & Lobben, Marit (2015). The role of visual attention in the semantic processing of item, container and default numeral classifiers in Chinese.
Bochynska, Agata & Laeng, Bruno (2015). Re-enactment of eye movements’ sequences facilitates retrieval of visuospatial information.
Foyn, Camilla Hellum; Eshuis, Rik; Voß, Friederike; Chahboun, Sobh; Bochynska, Agata & Havas, Viktoria [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2015). Språk: Mat for tanken? Show summary
Vi kommer fra språktilegnelses- og språkprosesseringslaben. Vi tilbyr deg demonstrasjoner av kulinariske atferds- og eye-tracking-eksperimenter. Vår utsøkte meny for Ungdommens Forskernatt er som følger. Forrett: "Å koke suppe på en spiker" Lær om idiomer og metaforer. Hvordan prosesserer hjernen vår idiomer og hvordan foregår dette hos autister? Hovedrett: “Hjerneføde" Lær om språk, mat, ‘embodiment’ og hjernen. Hva får mat til å se velsmakende ut? Dessert: "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" Hvordan lærer barn seg å forstå hva pronomener som "han" eller "hun” refererer til? Hvis de blir bedt om å spise opp "den", hvordan finner de ut om de må spise puddingen eller iskremen? Velkommen til restauranten vår!
Bochynska, Agata (2015). Spatial language and spatial cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders: what do we know (so far)?
Bochynska, Agata & Laeng, Bruno (2014). The Sequence Matters. An Experimental Study of the Functional Role of Eye Movements in Long-term Visuospatial Memory.
Bochynska, Agata (2012). Executive functions and social skills. A case study of a patient with frontal lobes damage.
Kvale, Live Håndlykken; Bochynska, Agata; Stangeland, Elin; Sarre, Aili; Arnesen, Sondre Strandskog & Goncharenko, Igor [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Kompetanserammeverk for forskningsdatastøtte i UH-bibliotek. OSF.
Bochynska, Agata Elzbieta (2018). Spatial language and spatial representation in high-functioning individuals with autism. An experimental study of the linguistic and non-linguistic spatial abilities in the presence of a developmental deficit. NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology. ISSN 978-82-326-3565-8.
Bochynska, Agata (2014). The functional role of gaze scanpaths in long-term visual memory. 7Letras.