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Maja
Willard

psycholożka · neuronauka poznawcza · psychodeliki · open science
malarka po godzinach · czytanie tarota · obsesja na punkcie kotów
warszawa · ORCID 0009-0005-3482-1119
Maja Willard
● obsada · cast akt I → akt VI czas trwania · ∞ bilety · gratis ●
I
akt pierwszy · about

About me(ow).

Researcher at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw. Member of the Society for Open Science. I work on grassroots verification of neural theories of consciousness, interdisciplinary research on psychedelics, and meta-analyses of psychological meta-analyses for cultural representativeness.

Earlier: language-comprehension impairments in schizophrenia, neurobiomarkers of psychosis. I'm drawn to psychopharmacology, methodology and therapy efficacy research — but in equal measure to grassroots organising, public-science events, and psychedelic education.

In 2025 I co-created CATS — Conferences Acclaiming Transparent Science with Paweł L., trying to push for rigorous psychedelic science in Poland. Privately I paint, love cats, interwar Polish literature, far-too-long films, and any well-made art deco gesture.

II
akt drugi · scientific chwaliposting

Trzeba mieć samoocenę
jak skały Gibraltaru.

  • Wójcik, M., Orłowski, P., Adamczyk, S., et al. (submitted Jan 2026). No evidence for persistent neurophysiological reorganization in long-term naturalistic psychedelic users.
  • Domingos, C., Więcławski, W., Frycz, S., Wójcik, M., Jáni, M., Dudzińska, O., Ros, T. (2025). Functional connectivity in chronic schizophrenia. Brain & Behavior.
  • Adamczyk, P., Więcławski, W., Wójcik, M., Frycz, S., Panek, B., et al. (2025). Aberrant information flow within the resting-state triple-network model in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
  • Wójcik, M., Lenartowicz, P., Kapka, Z., Pierz, J., Skupień, J. (2025). Methodological challenges in psychedelic-assisted therapy research for SUDs. Preregistered review.
  • Górski, M.R., Kubik, K., Jeleń, A., Kalinowski, M., Stefanowicz, M., Nowak, G., Wójcik, M., et al. (under review). WEIRD in, WEIRD out: cultural bias in psychological meta-analyses. Psychological Bulletin.
III
akt trzeci · communities

Conferences Acclaiming
Transparent Science.

CATS is the conference I'm a mother of — and I designed the entire site. We push for transparent, replicable, methodologically sober psychedelic science in Poland.

cats-conference.pl · with the Society for Open Science (s-on.pl, co-founder).

Plus: psychedelic workshops, biology teaching, popular-science talks, doctoral seminars, a long line of student conferences at knsp-uj.pl (vice-chair, archived).

IV
akt czwarty · obowiązkowo · cats

Koty.

The mandatory cats section. Updated weekly with whoever has been particularly virtuous or particularly chaotic.

nice cat of the week
Bonifacy
Has finally opened up and showed the staff how much he loves belly rubs. Great progress on the trust-issues front.
naughty cat of the week
Hieronim
Stole treats from Daniel, his BLIND roommate. Then stole them again. Disciplinary committee in session.
V
akt piąty · atelier

Czemu to takie nic
jest właśnie czymś dla mnie?

An aspiring expressionist portrait painter, in admiration of Witkacy and Leon Chwistek. Side projects: collages, tarot-deck illustration, the occasional dragon. Psychological-portrait-on-commission coming soon-ish.

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epilog · kontakt

Kontakt — i pozostałe ślady.

mayaowillard@gmail.com · +48 666 276 392
researchgate (old surname: Wójcik) · ORCID 0009-0005-3482-1119

Or: visit the Salon for a séance. Visit the Notatnik for the CV side of things.