Johanna Kaakinen
PhD (Psychology)
Fostering Finnish Science Capital (FINSCI) johkaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 3035 +358 50 576 9565 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-826X |
Areas of expertise
Cognitive psychology; Reading comprehension; Eye movements
Cognitive psychology; Reading comprehension; Eye movements
Research community or research topic
I am leading the Fostering Finnish Science Capital consortium www.finsci.fi. I'm a thematic area (Skills and learning) leader in the INVEST Research flagship and research center invest.utu.fi.
I am leading the Fostering Finnish Science Capital consortium www.finsci.fi. I'm a thematic area (Skills and learning) leader in the INVEST Research flagship and research center invest.utu.fi.
Biography
I received my PhD from the University of Turku, Finland, in 2004. I am currently leading Fostering Finnish Science Capital (FINSCI) research consortium (www.finsci.fi) and coordinating Turku EyeLabs (https://www.utu.fi/en/university/eye-tracking). I am also editor-in-chief of journal Discourse Processes, together with Catherine Bohn-Gettler.
Research
Teaching
Publications 
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- Do eye movements reflect readers’ thoughts during reading? Evidence from multidimensional experience sampling and eye movements (2025)
- Consciousness and Cognition
- Epistemically Suspect Beliefs About COVID‐19: Results From a Population Survey in FinlandImpact of awe on topic interest and recognition memory for information in planetarium films (2025)
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring game-based psychological empowerment and its motivational and wellbeing effects (2025)
- Entertainment Computing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eye-movement markers of mind wandering during reading: A meta-analysisCOVID-19 and influenza vaccine-hesitancy subgroups2025
- Memory and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How Eye Read: A Social Network Approach (2025)
- Educational Psychology Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2025)
- Cognition and Emotion
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Science capital: Results from a Finnish population survey (2025)
- Public Understanding of Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
- PLoS ONE
- Evidence-based scientific thinking and decision-making in everyday lifeReading Easy Language texts written by public authorities. Evidence from eye tracking (2024)
- Cognitive research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comprehending irony in text: evidence from scanpaths (2023)
- Discourse Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2023)
- Discourse ProcessesMustRead
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - 2023
- Cognition and EmotionPLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2023) Erola Jani, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Lehti Hannu, Kaakinen Johanna
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2023)
- Finnish journal of linguisticsBilingualism: Language and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tailoring interventions to suit self-reported format preference does not decrease vaccine hesitancy (2023)
- PLoS ONE
(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) - Tiedepääomalla parempia päätöksiä – poliitikot koulun penkille? (2023)
(E1 Popularised article) - IDEST: International Database of Emotional Short Texts (2022)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Introduction to the Special Issue on Emotions in Reading, Learning, and Communication (2022)
- Discourse Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Knowledge is a river and education is like a stairway: An eye movement study on how L2 speakers process metaphors and similes (2022)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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