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
- Reading strategies as revealed by readers' eye-movement patterns (2000)
- International Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of context in morphological processing: Evidence from Finnish (2000)
- Language and Cognitive Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of morphological constituents in reading Finnish compound words (2000)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of visual constraints on lexical processing (2000)
- International Journal of 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 (1999)
- Studies in languages
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lexical access routes to nouns in a morphologically rich language (1999)
- Journal of Memory and Language
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Utilization of illustrations during learning of science textbook passages among low- and high-ability children (1999)
- Contemporary Educational Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reading and language processing. (1998)
- European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reading Finnish compound words: Eye fixations are affected by component morphemes (1998)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of case marking and word order on sentence parsing in Finnish: An eye fixation analysis (1997)
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



