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 
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- The role of semantic transparency in the processing of Finnish compound words (2005)
- Language and Cognitive Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Are long compound words identified serially via their constituents? Evidence from an eye-movement-contingent display change study (2004)
- Memory and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do frequency characteristics of nonfixated words influence the processing of fixated words during reading? (2004)
- European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of topic headings on text processing: evidence from adult readers' eye fixation patterns (2004)
- Learning and Instruction
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Is multiple object tracking carried out automatically by an early vision mechanism independent of higher-order cognition? An individual difference approach (2004)
- Visual Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Morphological parsing and the use of segmentation cues in reading Finnish compounds (2004)
- Journal of Memory and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Preferential processing of emotional pictures (2004)
- International Journal of Psychophysiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effects of eye movements, spatial attention, and stimulus features on inattentional blindness (2004)
- Vision Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eye movement measures to study global text processing (2003) Hyona J, Lorch RF, Rinck M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Facilitatory and inhibitory effects of grammatical agreement: Evidence from readers' eye fixation patterns (2003)
- Brain and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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