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
- AN EYE-MOVEMENT ANALYSIS OF TOPIC-SHIFT EFFECT DURING REPEATED READING (1995)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - DO IRREGULAR LETTER COMBINATIONS ATTRACT READERS ATTENTION - EVIDENCE FROM FIXATION LOCATIONS IN WORDS (1995)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of a word's morphological complexity on readers' eye fixation patterns (1995) HYONA J, LAINE M, NIEMI J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - EYE FIXATION PATTERNS AMONG DYSLEXIC AND NORMAL READERS - EFFECTS OF WORD-LENGTH AND WORD-FREQUENCY (1995)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF POLYMORPHEMIC NOUNS IN A HIGHLY INFLECTING LANGUAGE (1995)
- Cognitive Neuropsychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - PRIMERS AS SOCIALIZING AGENTS IN AMERICAN AND FINNISH SCHOOLS (1995)
- Comparative Education Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - PUPIL-DILATION AS A MEASURE OF PROCESSING LOAD IN SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION AND OTHER LANGUAGE TASKS (1995)
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - TEXT, TOPOS, AND MENTAL MODELS (1995)
- Discourse Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A NEUROLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DEFICITS IN A FINNISH-SWEDISH BILINGUAL APHASIC (1994)
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - DISCOURSE REPRESENTATION AND TEXT-PROCESSING - OAKHILL,J, GARNHAM,J (1994)
- European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - PROCESSING OF TOPIC SHIFTS BY ADULTS AND CHILDREN (1994)
- Reading Research Quarterly
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - SYNTACTIC CONTEXT EFFECTS ON WORD RECOGNITION - A DEVELOPMENTAL-STUDY (1994)
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - EFFECTS OF THEMATIC AND LEXICAL PRIMING ON READERS EYE-MOVEMENTS (1993)
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - TIME-COURSE OF CONTEXT EFFECTS DURING READING - AN EYE FIXATION ANALYSIS (1993) HYONA J, JARVELLA RJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - WHAT MAKES THE READER TO REFIXATE A WORD - SEMANTIC CONTEXT EFFECTS (1992)
- International Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - EYE-MOVEMENTS DURING REPEATED READING OF A TEXT (1990)
- Acta Psychologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - READING LONG WORDS EMBEDDED IN SENTENCES - INFORMATIVENESS OF WORD HALVES AFFECTS EYE-MOVEMENTS (1989)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - MECHANISMS OF EYE GUIDANCE DURING THE COMPREHENSION OF SENTENCES (1986)
- Bulletin of the British Psychological Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)