Johanna Kaakinen
PhD (Psychology)
Fostering Finnish Science Capital (FINSCI) johkaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 3035 +358 50 576 9565 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-826X |
Areas of expertise
Cognitive psychology; Reading comprehension; Eye movements
Cognitive psychology; Reading comprehension; Eye movements
Research community or research topic
I am leading the Fostering Finnish Science Capital consortium www.finsci.fi. I'm a thematic area (Skills and learning) leader in the INVEST Research flagship and research center invest.utu.fi.
I am leading the Fostering Finnish Science Capital consortium www.finsci.fi. I'm a thematic area (Skills and learning) leader in the INVEST Research flagship and research center invest.utu.fi.
Biography
I received my PhD from the University of Turku, Finland, in 2004. I am currently leading Fostering Finnish Science Capital (FINSCI) research consortium (www.finsci.fi) and coordinating Turku EyeLabs (https://www.utu.fi/en/university/eye-tracking). I am also editor-in-chief of journal Discourse Processes, together with Catherine Bohn-Gettler.
Research
Teaching
Publications 
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- The effects of app-based mindfulness practice on the well-being of university students and staff (2023)
- Current Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tiedepääomalla parempia päätöksiä – poliitikot koulun penkille? (2023)
- MustRead
(E1 Popularised article) - IDEST: International Database of Emotional Short Texts (2022)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Introduction to the Special Issue on Emotions in Reading, Learning, and Communication (2022)
- Discourse Processes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Knowledge is a river and education is like a stairway: An eye movement study on how L2 speakers process metaphors and similes (2022)
- Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lukemisen psykologiset vaikutukset: emootiot, uppoutuminen ja sosiaalinen kognitio (2022) Hoitava lukeminen — Teoreettisia ja käytännöllisiä näkökulmia lukemistyöhön Kaakinen Johanna K.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The impact of hyperlinks, skim reading and perceived importance when reading on the Web (2022)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Contextual Meaning-Making in Reading: The Role of Affect (2021) Handbook of Empirical Literary Studies Lüdtke Jana, Kaakinen Johanna K., Jacobs Arthur M.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Eye Movements during dynamic scene viewing are affected by visual attention skills and events of the scene: Evidence from first-person shooter gameplay videos (2021)
- Journal of Eye Movement Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Game Dynamics Preferences Are Connected with Experiences Derived from First-Person Shooters (2021)
- IEEE Conference on Games
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
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