Jukka
Hyönä
Docent, Psychology
PhD
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Areas of expertise
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.
Teaching
I teach courses on cognitive psychology and psychology of language. I also supervise BA, MA and PhD theses.
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.
Publications
Semantic Categorization Precedes Affective Evaluation of Visual Scenes (2010)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sanantunnistus (2010)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Semantic Categorization Precedes Affective Evaluation of Visual Scenes (2010)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Activating Gender Stereotypes During Online Spoken Language Processing Evidence From Visual World Eye Tracking (2010)
Experimental Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Task Effects on Eye Movements During Reading (2010)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Development of parafoveal processing within and across words in reading: Evidence from the boundary paradigm (2010)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Visual Signals Vertically Extend the Perceptual Span in Searching a Text: A Gaze-Contingent Window Study (2010)
Discourse Processes
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Vertical perceptual span and the processing of visual signals in reading (2010)
International Journal of Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Development of the letter identity span in reading: Evidence from the eye movement moving window paradigm (2009)
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Parafoveal processing within and between words (2009)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))