Jukka Hyönä
PhD
Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology hyona@utu.fi Office: 224 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5950-3361 |
Areas of expertise
cognitive psychology, psychology of language, visual attention
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.
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.
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.
Teaching
I teach courses on cognitive psychology and psychology of language. I also supervise BA, MA and PhD theses.
Publications
- Eye movement patterns are similar during accurate multiple-target tracking (2024)
- IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Gaze Behavior and Cognitive Performance on Tasks of Multiple Object Tracking and Multiple Identity Tracking by Handball Players and Non-Athletes (2024)
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lower maternal emotional availability is related to increased attention toward fearful faces during infancy (2024)
- Infant Behavior and Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Naturalistic reading of multi-page texts elicits spatially extended modulation of oscillatory activity in the right hemisphere (2024)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Relating foveal and parafoveal processing efficiency with word-level parameters in text reading (2024)
- Journal of Memory and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Universality in eye movements and reading: A replication with increased power (2024)
- Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Attention Biases for Emotional Facial Expressions During a Free Viewing Task Increase Between 2.5 and 5 Years of Age (2023)
- Developmental Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Beta- and gamma-band cortico-cortical interactions support naturalistic reading of continuous text (2023)
- European Journal of Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of peri-hand space among users of a familiar tool: more attention enhancement in space near palm than dorsal side of hand (2023)
- Current Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring the comparative adequacy of a unimanual and a bimanual stimulus-response setup for use with three-alternative choice response time tasks (2023)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Higher attention bias for fear at 8 months of age is associated with better socioemotional competencies during toddlerhood (2023)
- Infant Behavior and Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Norms on the Gender Perception of Role Nouns: Gender Ratio Data for Chinese, Finnish, and Russian (2023)
- Journal of Open Psychology Data
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reading compound words in Finnish and Chinese: An eye-tracking study (2023)
- Journal of Memory and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - “The Authors” Make Me Think Equally of Women and Men: Exploring Mixed-Gender Representations in a Visual Categorisation Task (2023)
- Open Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effects of app-based mindfulness practice on the well-being of university students and staff (2023)
- Current Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Importance of Eye Movement Research for Gaining Insight into Morphological Processing (2023) Linguistic Morphology in the Mind and Brain Bertram Raymond, Hyönä Jukka
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Attention control in a demanding dynamic time-sharing environment: An eye-tracking study (2022)
- Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does vowel harmony affect visual word recognition? Evidence from Finnish. (2022)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eye Movements of Children and Adults Reading in Three Different Orthographies (2022)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Paraneeko työteho tai työskentelykokemus vastamelukuulokkeilla? (2022) Sisäilmastoseminaari 2022 Radun Jenni, Tervahartiala Iida-Kaisa, Keränen Jukka, Hyönä Jukka, Hongisto Valtteri
(D3 Article in a professional conference publication)