FIFTY YEARS OF THE LABORATORY FOR EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Slobodan Marković
Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Belgrade | smarkovi@f.bg.ac.rs
Aleksandar Kostić
Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Belgrade | akostic@f.bg.ac.rs

Aleksandar Baucal
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Belgrade | abaucal@f.bg.ac.rs
Sunčica Zdravković
Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Novi Sad | szdravko@f.bg.ac.rs

This round table is dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the Laboratory for Experimental Psychology (LEP) at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Since its establishment in 1974 research originating in the Laboratory mainly encompasses the fields of psycholinguistics, visual perception, psychological aesthetics, as well as decision making. Since its establishment LEP has retained as affiliates about 160 researchers and students, many of whom went on to professorships in Belgrade and Novi Sad but also to appointments at universities and scientific institutions around the world, while developing successful scientific careers. Apart from about 500 scientific papers and about 1000 conference presentations our researchers have produced, this dissemination of people is probably the greatest achievement of our Laboratory. Today, the Laboratory is a place of vivid scientific exchange, continuous scientific research, training facility for the new researchers and one of the well-established regional centers for experimental psychology. The Laboratory is also a venue for the activities not directly connected to the advancement of science. Since the early nineties, we have organized a weekly LEP Colloquia, an invited talk series that offers an opportunity to learn about the latest research, not only for our members but also for members of the Psychology Department and other scientific institutions of our University. Likewise, many distinguished local and international scientists have been our guest-presenters. In addition, the Laboratory is co-organizer of the annual scientific meeting Empirical Research in Psychology and organizer of the international conferences, such as the European Conference on Visual Perception in 2014 and the First International Quantitative Morphology Meeting in 2015. The Laboratory is also permanent host to one of the world’s most significant collections of old psychological instruments. Recently, the Laboratory is more intensively involved in various programs for the popularization of science such as Researchers night, Festival of science, Brain awareness week etc.

Keywords: Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, fiftieth anniversary