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2026

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Psychology

D-Index
81
Citations
22842
World Ranking
1399
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Mari Tervaniemi is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans multiple disciplines within neuroscience and psychology, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and music's role in brain function and rehabilitation.

The main fields of study covered by their research include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these fields, the subfields of focus are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Music
  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

The key topics addressed in their work consist of:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs" (2020), published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • "Inter-brain synchronization occurs without physical co-presence during cooperative online gaming" (2022), published in Neuropsychologia
  • "Transient DUX4 expression in human embryonic stem cells induces blastomere-like expression program that is marked by SLC34A2" (2022), published in Stem Cell Reports
  • "The neuroscience of music - towards ecological validity" (2023), published in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Improved Auditory Function Caused by Music Versus Foreign Language Training at School Age: Is There a Difference?" (2021), published in Cerebral Cortex

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mari Tervaniemi include:

  • Vesa Putkinen
  • Tommi Makkonen
  • Peixin Nie
  • Cuicui Wang
  • Sha Tao

Their work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Neuropsychologia
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal

Best Publications

  • Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke

    Teppo Särkämö;Mari Tervaniemi;Sari Laitinen;Anita Forsblom

  • ‘Primitive intelligence’ in the auditory cortex

    Risto Näätänen;Mari Tervaniemi;Elyse Sussman;Petri Paavilainen

  • Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Benefits of Regular Musical Activities in Early Dementia: Randomized Controlled Study

    Teppo Särkämö;Mari Tervaniemi;Sari Laitinen;Ava Numminen

  • The mismatch negativity in cognitive and clinical neuroscience: theoretical and methodological considerations.

    Teija Kujala;Mari Tervaniemi;Erich Schröger

  • Lateralization of auditory-cortex functions

    Mari Tervaniemi;Kenneth Hugdahl

  • Individual music therapy for depression: randomised controlled trial

    Jaakko Erkkilä;Marko Punkanen;Jörg Fachner;Esa Ala-Ruona

  • Superior Pre-Attentive Auditory Processing in Musicians

    Stefan Koelsch;Erich Schröger;Mari Tervaniemi

  • Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation

    Aleksi J Sihvonen;Aleksi J Sihvonen;Teppo Särkämö;Vera Leo;Mari Tervaniemi

  • Development of a memory trace for a complex sound in the human brain

    Risto Näätänen;Erich Schröger;Sirel Karakas;Mari Tervaniemi

  • Pitch discrimination accuracy in musicians vs nonmusicians: an event-related potential and behavioral study.

    Mari Tervaniemi;Mari Tervaniemi;Viola Just;Stefan Koelsch;Andreas Widmann

  • Plastic neural changes and reading improvement caused by audiovisual training in reading-impaired children

    T. Kujala;K. Karma;R. Ceponiene;S. Belitz

  • Temporal window of integration revealed by MMN to sound omission.

    Hirooki Yabe;Mari Tervaniemi;Kalevi Reinikainen;Risto Näätänen

  • Superior Formation of Cortical Memory Traces for Melodic Patterns in Musicians

    Mari Tervaniemi;Mika Rytkönen;Erich Schröger;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

  • A functional MRI study of happy and sad emotions in music with and without lyrics

    Elvira Brattico;Elvira Brattico;Vinoo Alluri;Brigitte Bogert;Brigitte Bogert;Thomas Jacobsen

  • Representation of abstract attributes of auditory stimuli in the human brain.

    Jukka Saarinen;Petri Paavilainen;Erich Schöger;Mari Tervaniemi

  • Lateralized automatic auditory processing of phonetic versus musical information: a PET study.

    M. Tervaniemi;S. V. Medvedev;K. Alho;K. Alho;S. V. Pakhomov

  • Prenatal music exposure induces long-term neural effects.

    Eino Partanen;Teija Kujala;Mari Tervaniemi;Mari Tervaniemi;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen

  • Neural representations of abstract stimulus features in the human brain as reflected by the mismatch negativity.

    Mari Tervaniemi;Sini Maury;Risto Näätänen

  • The amusic brain: in tune, out of key, and unaware.

    Isabelle Peretz;Elvira Brattico;Miika Järvenpää;Mari Tervaniemi

  • Temporal window of integration of auditory information in the human brain

    Hirooki Yabe;Mari Tervaniemi;Janne Sinkkonen;Janne Sinkkonen;Minna Huotilainen

Frequent Co-Authors

Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki
Elvira Brattico
Elvira Brattico University of Helsinki
Teija Kujala
Teija Kujala University of Helsinki
Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki
Erich Schröger
Erich Schröger Leipzig University
István Winkler
István Winkler Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Peter Vuust
Peter Vuust Royal Academy of Music
Thomas Jacobsen
Thomas Jacobsen Helmut Schmidt University
Matti Laine
Matti Laine Åbo Akademi University

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