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 pleasures of music (2021)
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Novel Effects of the Gastrointestinal Hormone Secretin on Cardiac Metabolism and Renal Function (2021)
AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Adult Attachment System Links With Brain Mu Opioid Receptor Availability In Vivo (2021)
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Preoperative brain μ-opioid receptor availability predicts weight development following bariatric surgery in women (2021)
JCI Insight
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Systemic cross-talk between brain, gut, and peripheral tissues in glucose homeostasis: effects of exercise training (CROSSYS). Exercise training intervention in monozygotic twins discordant for body weight (2021)
BMC sports science, medicine and rehabilitation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Secretin activates brown fat and induces satiation (2021)
Nature Metabolism
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Cerebral μ-opioid and CB1 receptor systems have distinct roles in human feeding behavior (2021)
Translational Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Reward and emotion: an affective neuroscience approach (2021)
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Tunteelliset aivot (2021)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Decoding Music-Evoked Emotions in the Auditory and Motor Cortex (2021)
Cerebral Cortex
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))