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Saara
Nolvi
Senior Research Fellow, Psychology
Docent, Faculty of Social Sciences
Ph.D (FT), adjunct professor (dos.)
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS); Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology; the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.

Contact

Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

prenatal stress
early life stress
postnatal stress
anxiety
temperament
fear reactivity
executive functioning
socioemotional development
cognitive development
structural equation modelling
milk cortisol
brain structure
amygdala
MRI
fMRI, DTI

Biography

Pronouns: she/hers

Teaching

Teacher education (60 ects); experience from teaching and lecturing from all age groups and educational levels

Taught courses currently:

PSYK3933 Developmental psychology I

PSYK4323 Master's thesis (Psychology)

Research

I am adjunct professor and psychologist and currently work as post-doctoral reseacher in Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) under the division of Psychology and in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. I have currently started as senior researcher in the InterLearn Centre of Excellence, funded by Academy of Finland. 

My research focuses on early life environmental effects on child self-regulation development and the neural and other biological mechanisms underlying these associations. I am also interested in the inter-individual differences in sensitivity to stress and environment, and how these differences in plasticity are shaped by the environment across development. I conduct the research in a multi-cohort setting, with an aim is to use methods that increase reproducibility and research credibility.

Publications

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An opportunity to increase collaborative science in fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging (2022)

Biological Psychiatry
Vaughn KA, Arichi T, Aydin E, Camacho CE, Dapretto M, Ford A, Graham A, Gregg C, Hendrix CL, Howell B, Korom M, Lajous H, Licandro R, Skak Madsen K, Manessis AG, McDowell MG, Miranda-Dominguez O, Mooney LN, Moser J, Nolvi S, Payette K, Pollatou A, Scheinost D, Schwarzlose RF, Short SJ, Spann M, Taha H, Tuulari JJ, van Haren NEM N, Weber CF, Zollei L
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))

Feasibility of FreeSurfer Processing for T1-Weighted Brain Images of 5-Year-Olds: Semiautomated Protocol of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab (2022)

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Pulli Elmo P, Silver Eero, Kumpulainen Venla, Copeland Anni, Merisaari Harri, Saunavaara Jani, Parkkola Riitta, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Saukko Ekaterina, Nolvi Saara, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Korja Riikka, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Tuulari Jetro J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Infant and Child MRI: A Review of Scanning Procedures (2021)

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Copeland Anni, Silver Eero, Korja Riikka, Lehtola Satu J., Merisaari Harri, Saukko Ekaterina, Sinisalo Susanne, Saunavaara Jani, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Parkkola Riitta, Nolvi Saara, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Tuulari Jetro J.
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))