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Heikki Hämäläinen

Heikki Hämäläinen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
7995
World Ranking
6228
National Ranking
48

Psychology

D-Index
47
Citations
7751
World Ranking
6232
National Ranking
51

Overview

Heikki Hämäläinen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics involve a focus on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Alzheimer's Disease research and treatments, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms, and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue.

Notable recent publications by Heikki Hämäläinen include:

  • Bilingualism Is Associated with a Delayed Onset of Dementia but Not with a Lower Risk of Developing it: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses, 2020, Neuropsychology Review
  • Aging and sleep deprivation affect different neurocognitive stages of spatial information processing during a virtual driving task - An ERP study, 2022, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Differential interactions of age and sleep deprivation in driving and spatial perception by male drivers in a virtual reality environment, 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • Correction to: Bilingualism Is Associated with a Delayed Onset of Dementia but Not with a Lower Risk of Developing it: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses, 2020, Neuropsychology Review
  • Ethics of Cybersecurity and Biomedical Ethics: Case SHAPES, 2021, Information & Security An International Journal

Heikki Hämäläinen frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Neuropsychology Review
  • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • Information & Security An International Journal
  • Psykologia

The scientist collaborates regularly with researchers including:

  • Stefano Brini
  • Hamid R. Sohrabi
  • Jeffrey J. Hébert
  • Mitchell R. L. Forrest
  • Matti Laine

Best Publications

  • Effects of 902 MHz electromagnetic field emitted by cellular telephones on response times in humans.

    Mika Koivisto;Antti Revonsuo;Christina Krause;Christian Haarala

  • The effects of memory load on event-related EEG desynchronization and synchronization

    Christina M Krause;Lauri Sillanmäki;Mika Koivisto;Carina Saarela;Carina Saarela

  • The effects of electromagnetic field emitted by GSM phones on working memory.

    Mika Koivisto;Christina M. Krause;Antti Revonsuo;Matti Laine

  • Effects of electromagnetic field emitted by cellular phones on the EEG during a memory task

    Christina M. Krause;Lauri Sillanmäki;Mika Koivisto;Anna Häggqvist

  • Attention and cognitive control: Unfolding the dichotic listening story

    Kenneth Hugdahl;René Westerhausen;Kimmo Alho;Svyatoslav Medvedev

  • Speech sounds learned by sleeping newborns.

    M. Cheour;M. Cheour;O. Martynova;R. Näätänen;R. Erkkola

  • Brain oscillatory 4-30 Hz responses during a visual n-back memory task with varying memory load.

    Mirka Pesonen;Heikki Hämäläinen;Christina M. Krause

  • Human somatosensory evoked potentials to mechanical pulses and vibration: contributions of SI and SII somatosensory cortices to P50 and P100 components.

    Heikki Hämäläinen;Jouni Kekoni;Mikko Sams;Kalevi Reinikainen

  • Auditory and somatosensory event-related brain potentials in early blind humans

    T. Kujala;K. Alho;J. Kekoni;H. Hämäläinen

  • Automatic attention orienting by social and symbolic cues activates different neural networks: An fMRI study

    Jari K. Hietanen;Lauri Nummenmaa;Mikko J. Nyman;Riitta Parkkola

  • Effect of a 902 MHz electromagnetic field emitted by mobile phones on human cognitive function: A replication study.

    Christian Haarala;Linda Björnberg;Linda Björnberg;Maria Ek;Matti Laine;Matti Laine

  • Mobile Phone Affects Cerebral Blood Flow in Humans

    Sargo Aalto;Christian Haarala;Anna Brück;Hannu Sipilä

  • Effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by cellular phones on the electroencephalogram during a visual working memory task

    C M Krause;L Sillanmäki;M Koivisto;A Häggqvist

  • Rate effect and mismatch responses in the somatosensory system: ERP-recordings in humans.

    Jouni Kekoni;Heikki Hämäläinen;Mikael Saarinen;Jutta Gröhn

  • Effects of electromagnetic field emitted by cellular phones on the EEG during an auditory memory task: a double blind replication study.

    Christina M. Krause;Christina M. Krause;Christian Haarala;Lauri Sillanmäki;Mika Koivisto

  • Blind individuals show enhanced perceptual and attentional sensitivity for identification of speech sounds.

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Maria Ek;Fiia Takio;Taija Rintee

  • GSM phone signal does not produce subjective symptoms.

    Mika Koivisto;Christian Haarala;Christina M. Krause;Christina M. Krause;Antti Revonsuo

  • Electromagnetic field emitted by 902 MHz mobile phones shows no effects on children's cognitive function.

    Christian Haarala;Monica Bergman;Matti Laine;Matti Laine;Antti Revonsuo

  • Brain oscillatory 1–30 Hz EEG ERD/ERS responses during the different stages of an auditory memory search task

    Mirka Pesonen;Christian Haarala Björnberg;Heikki Hämäläinen;Christina M. Krause

  • Effects of a 902 MHz mobile phone on cerebral blood flow in humans: a PET study.

    Christian Haarala;Sargo Aalto;Hubertus Hautzel;Laura Julkunen

Frequent Co-Authors

Matti Laine
Matti Laine Åbo Akademi University
Mika Koivisto
Mika Koivisto University of Turku
Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
Antti Revonsuo
Antti Revonsuo University of Turku
Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki
Teija Kujala
Teija Kujala University of Helsinki
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Riitta Parkkola
Riitta Parkkola Turku University Hospital
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki
René Westerhausen
René Westerhausen University of Oslo

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