Jukka
Hyönä
Docent, Psychology
PhD
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Areas of expertise
cognitive psychology
psychology of language
visual attention
Biography
I received my PhD degree in psychology in 1993 from the University of Turku (Finland), where I now serve as a professor of psychology and the Head of the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology.
Teaching
I teach courses on cognitive psychology and psychology of language. I also supervise BA, MA and PhD theses.
Research
My main research focus is on the use of the eye-tracking method to study various visually based cognitive tasks, including, reading and text comprehension, multiple object tracking, attentional capture and recognition of peripherally presented stimuli. The emphasis is on capturing how processing of visual stimuli evolves over time. To date, my most significant scientific contributions have been made to the study of how the eyes (and visual attention) are guided through a written text. In that domain, my studies tap into different levels of written language comprehension – from word recognition via sentence parsing to comprehension of long expository texts. I have also applied the method to study attentional processes and eye guidance during reading. My research has been published in journals such as Journal of Memory and Language, Psychological Science, Cognition, and Cognitive Psychology. I have published more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Publications
Reading compound words in Finnish and Chinese: An eye-tracking study (2023)
Journal of Memory and Language
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Higher attention bias for fear at 8 months of age is associated with better socioemotional competencies during toddlerhood (2023)
Infant Behavior and Development
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Norms on the Gender Perception of Role Nouns: Gender Ratio Data for Chinese, Finnish, and Russian (2023)
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))Attention Biases for Emotional Facial Expressions During a Free Viewing Task Increase Between 2.5 and 5 Years of Age (2023)
Developmental Psychology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Paraneeko työteho tai työskentelykokemus vastamelukuulokkeilla? (2022)
Sisäilmastoseminaari
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Eye Movements of Children and Adults Reading in Three Different Orthographies (2022)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Universal and specific reading mechanisms across different writing systems (2022)
Nature Reviews Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Does vowel harmony affect visual word recognition? Evidence from Finnish. (2021)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
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The role of tonal information during spoken-word recognition in Chinese: Evidence from a printed-word eye-tracking study (2021)
Memory and Cognition
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Parafoveal access to word stem during reading: An eye movement study (2021)
Cognition
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