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Overview

Esa Ranta is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and focuses research in the field of neuroscience. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience as well as literature and literary theory, alongside experimental and cognitive psychology.

The primary research topics Esa Ranta addresses include:

  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Media influence and health
  • Psychological and temporal perspectives research

They have contributed to scholarly publications predominantly in the neuroscience domain, with four of their studies categorized under cognitive neuroscience. Additionally, they have engaged in research that intersects with literature and psychology.

Recent papers authored by Esa Ranta include:

  • Do eye movements reflect readers' thoughts during reading? Evidence from multidimensional experience sampling and eye movements, 2025, Consciousness and Cognition
  • Do Eye Movements Reflect Readers' Thoughts During Reading? Evidence from Multidimensional Experience Sampling and Eye Movements, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Esa Ranta frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research projects. Regular collaborators include Diane Caroline Mézière, Johanna K. Kaakinen, Karin Kukkonen, Jonathan Smallwood, and Jaana Simola.

Their research has been published in venues such as Consciousness and Cognition and the SSRN Electronic Journal, each containing one of their recent papers. These venues reflect a focus on consciousness studies and multidisciplinary psychology research.

Best Publications

  • Synchronous dynamics and rates of extinction in spatially structured populations

    Mikko Heino;Veijo Kaitala;Esa Ranta;Jan Lindström

  • Synchrony in Population Dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Jan Lindström;Harto Lindén

  • Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

    Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

  • Population dynamic consequences of delayed life-history effects

    Andrew Beckerman;Tim G. Benton;Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala

  • The Moran effect and synchrony in population dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Jan Lindström;Eero Helle

  • Coexistence in a Patchy Environment: Three Species of Daphnia in Rock Pools

    Ilkka Hanski;Esa Ranta

  • Different antipredator behaviour in two anuran tadpoles: effects of predator diet

    Anssi Laurila;Jutta Kujasalo;Esa Ranta

  • The Spatial Dimension in Population Fluctuations

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Per Lundberg;Per Lundberg;Per Lundberg

  • Population variability in space and time

    Per Lundberg;Esa Ranta;Jörgen Ripa;Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala

  • Population variability in space and time: The dynamics of synchronous population fluctuations

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Per Lundberg

  • Predator-induced changes in life history in two anuran tadpoles: Effects of predator diet

    Anssi Laurila;Jutta Kujasalo;Esa Ranta

  • Resource partitioning in bumblebees: the significance of differences in proboscis length

    Esa Ranta;Hans Lundberg

  • Competition versus cooperation: success of individuals foraging alone and in groups.

    Esa Ranta;Hannu Rita;Kai Lindstrom

  • Synchrony in Tetraonid Population Dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Jan Lindstrom;Harto Linden

  • Spatially autocorrelated disturbances and patterns in population synchrony

    Esa Ranta;Kaitala Veijo;Jan Lindströom

  • Population dynamics and the colour of environmental noise

    Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Janica Ylikarjula;Janica Ylikarjula;Esa Ranta;Per Lundberg

  • Travelling waves in vole population dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala

  • Reinventing the wheel: analysis of sexual dimorphism in body size

    Esa Ranta;Anssi Laurila;Johan Elmberg

  • Genetic lineages and postglacial colonization of grayling (Thymallus thymallus, Salmonidae) in Europe, as revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses.

    M. T. Koskinen;E. Ranta;J. Piironen;A. Veselov

  • Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics in ecology

    E. Ranta;V. Kaitala;J. Lindström

  • GLIM for Ecologists.

    James Bullock;Michael J. Crawley

Frequent Co-Authors

Veijo Kaitala
Veijo Kaitala University of Helsinki
Per Lundberg
Per Lundberg Lund University
Jan Lindström
Jan Lindström University of Glasgow
Kai Lindström
Kai Lindström Åbo Akademi University
Anssi Laurila
Anssi Laurila Uppsala University
Craig R. Primmer
Craig R. Primmer University of Helsinki
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Mats Björklund
Mats Björklund Uppsala University
Aleksi Lehikoinen
Aleksi Lehikoinen University of Helsinki
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews

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