Henri Olkoniemi
@holkoniemi.bsky.social
University lecturer @oulu.fi | PI of the @percola.bsky.social eye movements | cognitive psychology | individual differences | language processing | figurative language >> https://olkoniemi.com
Across 2,469 mother-child pairs, sensitive maternal responses were linked to fewer later emotional and behavioral problems, even after preterm birth. The full pathway remains unresolved. doi.org/hb92wr
A mother's sensitivity protects children born preterm from emotional and behavioral problems
A mother's warm, timely and appropriate responses to her child's needs support the child's development and help protect against emotional and behavioral difficulties later in life.
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Today in Psychology (5th May 1908), psychologist Raymond Dodge's 'apparatus for testing eyes' was officially patented. Via which he conducted pioneering research into the psychology of reading and the function of eye movements in the visual perception of motion. #psychology
It has become difficult to reach a #science audience on #social_media. For example, the combined reach of a recent post about a new paper shared here, on LinkedIn, and on Mastodon was nowhere near what it used to be on Twitter alone. Is there a good solution, or should I start making TikTok videos?
Please share with colleagues: The new Psychonomics journal, Individual Differences in Cognition, is accepting submissions! Please send us your empirical, measurement, & stats-methods research in all areas of cognition, including lab, daily-life, & applied work. www.psychonomic.org/general/cust...
Individual Differences in Cognition - Psychonomic Society
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🚨 New paper out in Pragmatics & Cognition with @pennypexman.bsky.social! We review #irony #training studies and show that even short‑term training improves children’s irony comprehension, highlighting metapragmatic knowledge as a key mechanism in irony #development. 🔗 doi.org/10.1075/pc.2...
I’m a cognitive psychologist. Don’t tell me this isn’t a stroopwafel.
Kutsupuhujana FiCLAn ja SKYn kevätseminaarissa on Helsingin yliopiston kognitiotieteen professori Riikka Möttönen, joka puhuu esitelmässään kielenoppimisesta kognitiotieteiden näkökulmasta. Riikan haastattelu @hs.fi ssä taannoin:
Oppiminen | Aikuinen oppii vierasta kieltä paremmin, kun häiritsevä älyllinen toiminta vaimennetaan
Aikuinen voi päästä takaisin lapsen kaltaiseen vaivattoman oppimisen tilaan.
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Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys SKY@linguistics.fi · 4mo agoSuomen kognitiivisen kielentutkimuksen yhdistyksen (FiCLA) ja Suomen kielitieteellisen yhdistyksen (SKY) yhteisen kevätseminaarin ohjelma on julkaistu! Aika: pe 24.4. klo 12.30-17.30 Paikka: Tieteiden talo, Helsinki Vapaa pääsy! Kahvitarjoilua varten pyydämme ilmoittautumisia viimeistään 20.4. 👇
🚨 New paper out! Our paper "Who gets it? Explaining variability in children’s written irony comprehension" is now published #OpenAccess in Journal of Child Language. With Tuomo Häikiö, Matti Laine & @pennypexman.bsky.social 🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1017/S030... @oulu.fi @utu.fi @aboakademi.bsky.social
Who gets it? Explaining variability in children’s written irony comprehension | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core
Who gets it? Explaining variability in children’s written irony comprehension
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🆕 Why did #COVID‑19 shape some people’s #dreams more than others? A new paper by Loukola at al. found that: • Lower life satisfaction → more threatening dreams • Fewer positive emotions → more COVID‑related dream threats 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jsr.... @utu.fi @oulu.fi @hogskolaniskovde.bsky.social
<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected dream recall, dream content, and nightmares. However, relatively little attention has been devoted to the individual and situational ....
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Delighted to share that I’ll be giving the keynote at the Humor Research Conference this Sunday. I’ll also be joining a panel on irony with my brilliant colleagues. We’re expected to discuss irony without being ironic — let’s see how that goes. #Irony #HumorResearch #AcademicLife #Keynote
2026 Humor Research Conference - East Texas A&M University
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The 23rd European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 2026) Ulm, Germany 30 August – 3 September 2026 Deadline for symposia submission: 31 January 2026 Deadline for poster submission: 31 March 2026
ECEM2026 - Universität Ulm
uni-ulm.de
PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
Do you know those moments when you’re reading something and suddenly realize that you have zoned out, eyes have moved on autopilot? Our meta-analysis examined whether those moments can be detected from readers’ eye movements. The answer is: perhaps. Read and enjoy: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Eye-movement markers of mind wandering during reading: A meta-analysis - Memory & Cognition
Mind wandering during reading has been extensively investigated, with multiple studies reporting differences in eye-movement behavior between mind-wandering and on-task reading. More recently, researc...
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Get enchanted by science at the Researchers' Night on Sept. 26, 5–9 pm! The Botanical Garden’s greenhouses are open. Everyone is welcome to meet little bugs and researchers. Take a look inside a beehive and learn how to make biochar.
Researchers' Night
Researchers' Night offers a diverse and exciting programme with plenty to see, experience, and do for all ages.
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The abstract submission deadline for the pre-Psychonomics symposium on individual differences in cognition (SIDIC), to be held on Nov. 20, is due on Friday, August 1, TWO DAYS FROM TODAY! Here's the direct link to the abstract submission information: caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/su...
Michael J. Kane@michaeljkane.bsky.social · last yr.Registration for the second Symposium on Individual Differences in Cognition (SIDIC), scheduled for the Thursday of the next Psychonomics Annual Meeting (in Denver) is now open. Please register as soon as possible to help us plan. Abstracts due August 1. caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/re...
🚨 New preprint! With @lehtorituomo.bsky.social, Matti Laine, & @pennypexman.bsky.social 🔍 We analyzed data from two eye-tracking studies to explore individual differences in how #children process and comprehend written #irony. We showed that empathy and working memory mattered — gender didn't.
PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · last yr.Who gets it? Explaining variability in children's written irony comprehension: https://osf.io/y486w
”Vapaa tiede ei ole tutkijayhteisön etuoikeus, vaan koko yhteiskunnan turva. Vain kriittinen ja riippumaton tutkimus voi paljastaa rakenteellisia ongelmia, tuottaa uusia näkökulmia ja auttaa tekemään parempia päätöksiä.” Osuva ja tärkeä puheenvuoro tieteen vapaudesta. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Lukijan mielipide | Donald Trump hyökkää ankarasti Harvardia vastaan, samoja merkkejä on myös Suomessa
Vapaa tiede ei ole tutkijayhteisön etuoikeus, vaan koko yhteiskunnan turva.
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Tuoreen Academic Freedom Indexin mukaan Suomi kuuluu maihin, joissa tieteen vapaus on vähentynyt huomattavasti viime vuosikymmenen aikana. Suomi kuuluu enää 20−30% parhaimmistoon ja edellä on sellaisia maita kuten Sierra Leone ja Vanuatu. 1/ academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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Etsimme uutta työkaveria! Haussa on yliopisto-opettaja määräaikaiseen työsuhteeseen (50 %) ajalle 11.8.2025 – 30.4.2027. Jos kiinnostui, tutustu tarkempaan hakuilmoitukseen täältä: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...
Yliopisto-opettaja, psykologia, kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta
Haemme nyt Oulun yliopiston kasvatustieteiden tiedekuntaan, psykologian yksikköön Yliopisto-opettajaa määräaikaiseen 50 % työsuhteeseen ajalle 11.8.2025 – 30.4.2027. Työtehtävät Ylio
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Happy to share that our paper 📝 "Learning irony in school: Effects of metapragmatic training" is now out in Journal of Child Language! 🎉 We show that metapragmatic knowledge plays a crucial role in development of irony comprehension, and it can be effectively trained. doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Learning Irony in School: Effects of Metapragmatic Training | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core
Learning Irony in School: Effects of Metapragmatic Training
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New Special Issue call on ATTENTION in the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (CJEP), @cjep.bsky.social! #attention #cognition #neuroscience #development #psychology www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Call for papers: Taking possession of the mind: Retrospectives on the wide-ranging study of attention
A call for papers from the journal Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. This special issue will include a collection of theoretical and review papers, including meta-analyses, synthesizing a wide range of topics under William James’ umbrella of attention.
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Harvardin julkaisu antaa tutkijoille käytännön ohjeita, miten pelastaa tutkimusdata Trumpin hallinnon hyökkäykseltä tutkimusta vastaan. USA:n tiedeyhteisölle on annettava äänekäs tuki myös Euroopasta. Ja oltava hereillä, ettei jouduta samalle polulle. journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
Researchers rush to preserve government health data
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.
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Could we please make the Finnish idiom 'climb a tree ass first' a globally well-known expression? It's so much better than 'put the cart before the horse'. Thank you for your assistance!
Let me clarify a thing about the doctoral swords in Finland. They are not meant for the faculty meetings.
New preprint with @holkoniemi.bsky.social, on why verbal irony is challenging for children, and what we can learn from the fact that training helps:
PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 2y agoTraining studies provide new insights about mechanisms of irony development: http://osf.io/xeg5j/
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
Encouraging #cognition folks to consider the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (@cjep.bsky.social) as an outlet for their work. This includes an open call for Special Issues on topics relevant to experimental #cognitive #psychology or #neuroscience. www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Call for special issues
The Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology is now issuing an open call for special issue proposals for original research papers that advance understanding of the field of experimental psychology.
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