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
A NEUROLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DEFICITS IN A FINNISH-SWEDISH BILINGUAL APHASIC (1994)
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
PROCESSING OF TOPIC SHIFTS BY ADULTS AND CHILDREN (1994)
Reading Research Quarterly
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
SYNTACTIC CONTEXT EFFECTS ON WORD RECOGNITION - A DEVELOPMENTAL-STUDY (1994)
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
EFFECTS OF THEMATIC AND LEXICAL PRIMING ON READERS EYE-MOVEMENTS (1993)
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
TIME-COURSE OF CONTEXT EFFECTS DURING READING - AN EYE FIXATION ANALYSIS (1993)
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))WHAT MAKES THE READER TO REFIXATE A WORD - SEMANTIC CONTEXT EFFECTS (1992)
International Journal of Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
EYE-MOVEMENTS DURING REPEATED READING OF A TEXT (1990)
Acta Psychologica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
READING LONG WORDS EMBEDDED IN SENTENCES - INFORMATIVENESS OF WORD HALVES AFFECTS EYE-MOVEMENTS (1989)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
MECHANISMS OF EYE GUIDANCE DURING THE COMPREHENSION OF SENTENCES (1986)
Bulletin of the British Psychological Society
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))