Maxim Likahnov, PhD
likhanov-m.bsky.social
Maxim Likahnov, PhD
@likhanov-m.bsky.social
Researcher in pscyhology. I employ SEM, network analysis, machine learning, EEG and eye-tracking to investigate individual differences that are linked to academic and occupational success, and wellbeing.

https://maxim-likhanov-psychology.tilda.ws/
We also published a paper from a very old project on protective effects of nostalgia, showing for the first time the links between spatial components of Nostalgic experiences and spatial ability!

mdpi.com/3618788
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 AM
A new paper alert!

We showed that third graders, who focus on both personal growth and perfrom better then others, achieve higher in maths and literacy compared to those who at the same time want to master a skill but fear to fail, or don't have a particular motivation

www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/13...
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I abandoned bsky for some time (a year?). Since then couple of things happened:
1) I moved from China to France (hoooray)!
2) got involved in very interesting project on vocational students wellbeing
3) published couple of papers

I will describe them in the following posts.
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
These are very important (and sad) results. And could be one explanation for our results on lower spatial ability in adolescents who play in elite hockey teams which we published last year: doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
December 11, 2024 at 2:12 AM
A small step to a recognised #researcher - more than 500 citations on Google Scholar!

#psychology #STEM #research
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 AM
www.linkedin.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:28 AM
A post to introduce myself here. Some #scientific papers that I contributed to recently:

#spatialability contributes to #maths beyound general #intelligence (Fig 1 and 2): doi.org/10.1016/j.in...

#ML can predict #personality from #eye-movements only (Fig 3): doi.org/10.1371/jour...
November 26, 2024 at 2:24 AM