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Anu-Katriina Pesonen

Anu-Katriina Pesonen

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Psychology

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71
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13262
World Ranking
2211
National Ranking
20

Overview

Anu-Katriina Pesonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a significant focus on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Additional areas of study include endocrine and autonomic systems, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The primary topics covered in their work involve sleep and related disorders, sleep and wakefulness research, and circadian rhythm and melatonin. Other research areas include mental health topics, physical activity and health, behavioral health and interventions, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Pesonen's scholarly output appears in various academic journals. Notable frequent publication venues include the Journal of Affective Disorders, Frontiers in Psychology, Scientific Reports, Sleep Medicine, and npj Biodiversity.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Pesonen are:

  • Pandemic Dreams: Network Analysis of Dream Content During the COVID-19 Lockdown (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Sleep and physical activity - the dynamics of bi-directional influences over a fortnight (2022), published in BMC Public Health

Other recent publications from related co-authors in the broader research group include works published in Scientific Reports and npj Biodiversity, indicating a multidisciplinary collaborative environment.

Pesonen often collaborates with researchers such as Liisa Kuula, Risto Halonen, Katri Räikkönen, Jari Lipsanen, and Timo Partonen, reflecting a network of research primarily anchored in Finnish institutions.

The researcher's contributions intersect areas bridging sleep science, mental health, and physical activity, incorporating methods that range from polysomnography to network analysis of cognitive and behavioral data. This combination situates their work within both fundamental neuroscience and applied psychological health sciences.

Best Publications

  • Systematic review of light exposure impact on human circadian rhythm

    Leena Tähkämö;Timo Partonen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen

  • An epigenetic clock for gestational age at birth based on blood methylation data.

    Anna K. Knight;Jeffrey M. Craig;Christiane Theda;Marie Bækvad-Hansen

  • Increased Melatonin Signaling Is a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes

    Tiinamaija Tuomi;Cecilia L F Nagorny;Pratibha Singh;Hedvig Bennet

  • Aspirin in the prevention of pre-eclampsia in high-risk women: a randomised placebo-controlled PREDO Trial and a meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Villa Pm;Kajantie E;Räikkönen K;Pesonen Ak

  • Short sleep duration and behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in healthy 7- to 8-year-old children.

    E Juulia Paavonen;Katri Räikkönen;Jari Lahti;Niina Komsi

  • Very Low Birth Weight and Behavioral Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adulthood : The Helsinki Study of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Adults

    Sonja Strang-Karlsson;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding.

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

  • Depression in young adults with very low birth weight: the Helsinki study of very low-birth-weight adults.

    Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Kati Heinonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Behavioural symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preterm and term children born small and appropriate for gestational age: A longitudinal study

    Kati Heinonen;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Sture Andersson

  • Continuity of temperament from infancy to middle childhood.

    Niina Komsi;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Kati Heinonen

  • Maternal Depressive Symptoms During and After Pregnancy and Psychiatric Problems in Children.

    Marius Lahti;Marius Lahti;Katri Savolainen;Soile Tuovinen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen

  • Childhood separation experience predicts HPA axis hormonal responses in late adulthood: A natural experiment of World War II

    Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Katri Räikkönen;Kimmo Feldt;Kati Heinonen

  • Poor Sleep and Altered Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical and Sympatho-Adrenal-Medullary System Activity in Children

    Katri Räikkönen;Karen A. Matthews;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Riikka Pyhälä

  • Prenatal and postnatal growth and cognitive abilities at 56 months of age: a longitudinal study of infants born at term.

    Kati Heinonen;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Depressive Symptoms in Adults Separated from Their Parents as Children: A Natural Experiment during World War II

    Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Katri Räikkönen;Kati Heinonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Harmonization of neuroticism and extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: An application of item response theory

    Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Marleen H.M. De Moor;Matt McGue;Matt McGue;Erik Pettersson

  • Sleep Duration and Regularity are Associated with Behavioral Problems in 8-year-old Children

    Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Katri Räikkönen;E. Juulia Paavonen;Kati Heinonen

  • Adults Born at Very Low Birth Weight Exercise Less than Their Peers Born at Term

    Eero Kajantie;Eero Kajantie;Sonja Strang-Karlsson;Sonja Strang-Karlsson;Petteri Hovi;Petteri Hovi;Katri Räikkönen

  • Cardiovascular health of Finnish war evacuees 60 years later

    Hanna Alastalo;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Clive Osmond

  • Maternal Licorice Consumption and Detrimental Cognitive and Psychiatric Outcomes in Children

    Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Kati Heinonen;Jari Lahti

  • Small body size at birth and behavioural symptoms of ADHD in children aged five to six years.

    Jari Lahti;Katri Räikkönen;Eero Kajantie;Kati Heinonen

  • MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

Frequent Co-Authors

Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Jari Lipsanen
Jari Lipsanen University of Helsinki
Dieter Wolke
Dieter Wolke University of Warwick
Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen University of Helsinki
Karin J. H. Verweij
Karin J. H. Verweij University of Amsterdam
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Michael Gradisar
Michael Gradisar Flinders University

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