Jukka Leppänen - UTU Research Portal

Jukka Leppänen

Associate Professor, Psychology (Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology)

jukka.leppanen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 3493

+358 50 410 8623

gaze tracking

gaze analysis

gaze prediction

Areas of expertise

Eye tracking, infant behavior, development, visual attention, facial information

Biography

Research

My research aims to develop eye-tracking methods to examine elementary visual behaviors in infants and young children, particularly in situations that mimic natural dyadic (e.g., infant-parent) and triadic (i.e., infant-parent-objects) interactions. Of the many questions that are central to these topics, my current work focuses on individual differences in infant visual behavior, the origins of these differences, and their functional significance.

Teaching

Developmental psychology (PSYK8119) and cognitive neuroscience (PSYK3394 & PSYK3517).

Publications

Assessing infant cognition in field settings using eye-tracking: a pilot cohort trial in Sierra Leone (2022)
- BMJ Open
Leppänen Jukka M., Butcher Julius Walker, Godbout Claire, Stephenson Kevin, Hendrixson D. Taylor, Griswold Stacy, Rogers Beatrice Lorge, Webb Patrick, Koroma Aminata S., Manary Mark J.
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Eye tracking based assessment of lexical processing and early lexical development in very preterm children (2022)
- Early Human Development
Ståhlberg-Forsén Eva, Latva Reija, Leppänen Jukka, Lehtonen Liisa, Stolt Suvi
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Eye tracking: empirical foundations for a minimal reporting guideline (2022)
- Behavior Research Methods
Holmqvist K, Örbom SL, Hooge ITC, Niehorster DC, Alexander RG, Andersson R, Benjamins JS, Blignaut P, Brouwer AM, Chuang LL, Dalrymple KA, Drieghe D, Dunn MJ, Ettinger U, Fiedler S, Foulsham T, Van der Geest JN, Hansen DW, Hutton SB, Kasneci E, Kingstone A, Knox PC, Kok EM, Lee H, Lee JY, Leppänen JM, Macknik S, Majaranta P, Martinez-Conde S, Nuthmann A, Nyström M, Orquin JL, Otero-Millan J, Park SY, Popelka S, Proudlock F, Renkewitz F, Roorda A, Schulte-Mecklenbeck M, Sharif B, Shic F, Shovman M, Thomas MG, Venrooij W, Zemblys R, Hessels RS
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Maternal stress and development of infant attention to threat-related facial expressions (2022)
- Developmental Psychobiology
Reilly EB, Dickerson KL, Pierce LJ, Leppanen J, Valdes V, Gharib A, Thompson BL, Schlueter LJ, Levitt P, Nelson CA
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
The Stability of Early Developing Attentional Bias for Faces and Fear From 8 to 30 and 60 Months in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- Developmental Psychology
Kataja Eeva-Leena, Eskola Eeva, Pelto Juho, Korja Riikka, Paija Sasu-Petteri, Nolvi Saara, Häikiö Tuomo, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Harri, Leppänen Jukka M
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))