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Well-being, health and physical activity

The brain does not work in isolation from the rest of the body and its surroundings. Rather, the body and the brain influence each other, which has implications for health and well-being.

We adopt a wide concept of well-being. Our focus in health sciences lies on protective factors such as physical activity, in addition to which we study populations with mental disorders such as depression. We also provide special setups to study the nervous system in movement. Our equipment is used to conduct internationally acclaimed, high-level research in sport science at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences.

Collaborators

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Research groups

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Active Mind Lab

In the Active Mind Lab, we study how the brain processes information; in particular, we study communication through speech and facial expressions. The name of our group reflects our aim to produce information that can help promote effective learning and t
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Changing Brain

Investigating brain changes throughout the lifespan
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Embodied Eureka

Research Society for Affective Flow and Aesthetics of Experience in Clinical Interactions
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Interaction of Dogs and Humans

Interdisciplinary research of interaction between humans and dogs.
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InterLearn – Research team of psychology

Within the CoE, the specific aim of the research team of psychology is to study longitudinally links between children's learning and mental wellbeing.
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Learning and neural plasticity - From single neurons to behavior

We study the neural basis of learning and memory.

Research projects

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Brain-wide memory consolidation in sleep studied with simultaneous electrophysiology and ultra-quiet zero-echo time fMRI

Research Council of Finland research project 2023-2027
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DETECT - Learning for detection and processing of disinformation

The project explores the skills of secondary school students to detect disinformation, related factors and develops pedagogical methods for detecting disinformation.
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EarlyMath - Pathways to math difficulties: A longitudinal study from birth to school-age

The EarlyMath project (2021-2026) studies children’s early development of mathematical skills, motivation and emotions in interaction with learning environments. We want to understand better why the learning of basic mathematical skills is challenging for
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FatigEEG - The effect of fatigue on attentional focus and regulation

The research project investigates the effects of extreme fatigue on an individual's physiology and performance in a military context
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LearnDigi - Digitalization in and for learning and interaction

LearnDigi is a profiling area of JYU funded by Academy of Finland. We aim to examine ways in which technologies are used to support learning and knowledge construction, and the impacts of increasing digitalization on learning and interaction.
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Learning, aging and dyslexia - LeADy

In this project we will focus on dyslexia, or reading disability, how it manifests in older individuals, how it is associated with aging-related cognitive decline and will study in detail these processing using brain research methods.