Lauri
Nummenmaa
Professor, Turku PET Centre
PhD
Areas of expertise
Emotions
Psychology
Neurotransmission
Neuroimaging
Biography
I did my undergraduate studies majoring in psychology at University of Turku, Finland. I defended my PhD on neurocognitive mechanisms of social attention at University of Turku in 2006. After that, I worked as a post-doc at the MRC CBU in Cambridge, UK studying neural mechanisms of face perception in Andy Calder’s group. I returned to Finland in 2008, to work as Academy of Finland junior fellow and subsequently as senior fellow at Turku Pet Center and Aalto University. After a four-year appointment as Assistant professor in cognitive neuroscience at Aalto University, I returned to the University of Turku with my laboratory. Currently I lead the Human Emotion Systems laboratory at Turku PET Centre and Department of Psychology, University of Turku.
Teaching
Our group focuses on training world-class PhDs, and junior & senior scientists in neuroscience and signal analysis.
Research
Our group studies functional and molecular neural mechanisms of human emotions and social interaction in complex, life-like settings with magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, magneto- and electroencephalography and behavioural techniques. I have written over 100 scientific articles on brain basis of emotions and social cognition, and acquired more than 4M€ grant money for our group. Currently our research is funded by the European Research Council, the Academy of Finland, The Sigrid Juselius Foundation and the Emil Aaltonen Foundation.
Publications
Social touch modulates endogenous mu-opioid system activity in humans (2016)
NeuroImage
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Bodily maps of emotions across child development (2016)
Developmental Science
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Effects of Conversation Content on Viewing Dyadic Conversations (2016)
Journal of Eye Movement Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Weight loss after bariatric surgery normalizes brain opioid receptors in morbid obesity (2016)
Molecular Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Topography of Human Erogenous Zones (2016)
Archives of Sexual Behavior
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Aivot, mielihyvä ja liikunta (2016)
Liikunta ja tiede
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Mirtazapine modulates whole-brain functional connectivity during processing of emotional narratives (2016)
Bipolar Disorders
(Muu (O2))
Patients with complex regional pain syndrome overestimate applied force in observed hand actions (2015)
European Journal of Pain
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Aberrant mesolimbic dopamine-opiate interaction in obesity (2015)
NeuroImage
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Adult attachment style is associated with cerebral mu-opioid receptor availability in humans (2015)
Human Brain Mapping
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))