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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- Future challenges to E-Z Reader: Effects of OVP and morphology on processing long and short compounds (2003) Hyona J, Bertram R
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How prior knowledge, WMC, and relevance of information affect eye fixations in expository textIndividual differences in reading to summarize expository text: Evidence from eye fixation patterns (2003)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and CognitionJournal of Educational Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Incorporating semantics and individual differences in models of working memory (2003) Keenan JM, Hyona J, Kaakinen JK
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The length of a complex word modifies the role of morphological structure: Evidence from eye movements when reading short and long Finnish compounds (2003)
- Journal of Memory and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A morphological effect obtains for isolated words but not for words in sentence context (2002)
- European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2002)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Perspective effects on online text processingJukka Hyona Professor of Psychology, University of Turku, Finland (2002)
- Discourse Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reading morphologically complex clause structures in Finnish (2001)
- European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Affixal Homonymy triggers full-form storage, even with inflected words, even in a morphologically rich language (2000)
- Cognition
- (2000)
- European Psychologist
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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