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 role of game preferences on arousal state when playing first-person shooters (2020)
- CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - What Can Eye Movements Tell us about Visual Perception Processes in Classroom Contexts? Commentary on a Special Issue (2020)
- Educational Psychology Review
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - A stab in the dark: The distance threshold of target identification in low light (2019)
- Cogent Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do Self-reported Playing Preferences Correlate with Emotional Reactions During Playing? Evidence from Psychophysiological Recordings (2019)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
(Other publication) - Eye movements during reading (2019) Eye Movement Research - An Introduction to its Scientific Foundations and Applications Jukka Hyönä, Johanna K. Kaakinen
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Selective attention to question-relevant text information precedes high-quality summaries: Evidence from eye movements (2019)
- Journal of Eye Movement Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The ability to recognise emotions predicts the time-course of sarcasm processing: Evidence from eye movements (2019)
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of look-backs in the processing of written sarcasm (2019)
- Memory and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Digital Gaming for Improving the Functioning of People With Traumatic Brain Injury: Randomized Clinical Feasibility Study (2018)
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fluctuation in Cognitive Engagement During Reading: Evidence From Concurrent Recordings of Postural and Eye Movements (2018)
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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