Cognitive Science

The focus of Cognitive Science is on the cognitive analysis and design of human interaction with technology.
Collage of various research targets

Table of contents

Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Information technology and the human in the knowledge society
Research areas
Learning and Cognitive Sciences
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology

Research group description

We utilize the concepts, theories and methods of cognitive science to facilitate the design of intelligent human-technology interaction. Our special interest is on the analysis and modelling of thinking, intelligence, mind and experience in human-technology interaction.

In particular, we:


1) Conduct basic research on cognitive and affective processes, with a particular focus on how people interact with technology;

2) Perform foundational analysis of the operationalizations used in empirical studies to understand users, to improve their validity; and

3) Develop computational cognitive models and design methods that integrate the insights of our basic research and foundational analysis, and provide predictions of cognitive and affective processes and human behavior in interaction with technology.

Publications

Publication
2025

ACM SIGCHI annual conference on human factors in computing systems
Kujala, Tuomo
Sarkar, Abhishek
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Computational Brain & Behavior
Zhang, Shanshan
Howes, Andrew
Jokinen, Jussi P. P.
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Silvennoinen, Johanna
Maldonado, Giomara Lárraga
Ruiz, Ana B.
Ruiz, Francisco
Misitano, Giovanni
Miettinen, Kaisa
Publication
2025

ACM Transactions on Computing Education
Taipalus, Toni
Grahn, Hilkka
Ritonummi, Saima
Siitonen, Valtteri
Vartiainen, Tero
Zhidkikh, Denis
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Wang, Yueyang
Srinivasan, Aravinda Ramakrishnan
Jokinen, Jussi P.P.
Oulasvirta, Antti
Markkula, Gustav
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Sarkar, Abhishek
Kujala, Tuomo

Research group