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Minna Huotilainen

Minna Huotilainen

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Neuroscience
Finland
2023
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Psychology
Finland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
74
Citations
17263
World Ranking
2133
National Ranking
12

Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
17219
World Ranking
1905
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Minna Huotilainen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and focuses on research spanning neuroscience and psychology. Their scholarly work encompasses a variety of topics centered around cognitive neuroscience, pediatric care, and experimental psychology.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these broad areas, Huotilainen's research delves into several subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Pharmacy

Their work addresses topics such as:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

Huotilainen has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Acta Paediatrica
  • NeuroImage

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Eino Partanen
  • Vineta Fellman
  • Kaisamari Kostilainen
  • Kaija Mikkola
  • Mari Tervaniemi

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Huotilainen cover diverse research questions and methods, including:

  • "Arcuate fasciculus architecture is associated with individual differences in pre-attentive detection of unpredicted music changes," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Short virtual nature breaks in the office environment can restore stress: An experimental study," 2022, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Effects of maternal singing during kangaroo care on maternal anxiety, wellbeing, and mother-infant relationship after preterm birth: a mixed methods study," 2020, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
  • "Exploring Frequency-Dependent Brain Networks from Ongoing EEG Using Spatial ICA During Music Listening," 2020, Brain Topography
  • "The Use of Digital Technologies at School and Cognitive Learning Outcomes: A Population-Based Study in Finland," 2021, International Journal of Educational Psychology

Best Publications

  • Language-specific phoneme representations revealed by electric and magnetic brain responses

    Risto Näätänen;Anne Lehtokoski;Mietta Lennes;Marie Cheour

  • Processing of novel sounds and frequency changes in the human auditory cortex: Magnetoencephalographic recordings

    Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;István Winkler;Carles Escera;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen

  • Signal-space projections of MEG data characterize both distributed and well-localized neuronal sources

    C.D. Tesche;M.A. Uusitalo;R.J. Ilmoniemi;R.J. Ilmoniemi;M. Huotilainen

  • The discrimination of and orienting to speech and non-speech sounds in children with autism.

    Tuulia Lepistö;Teija Kujala;Raija Vanhala;Paavo Alku

  • Statistical language learning in neonates revealed by event-related brain potentials

    Tuomas Teinonen;Tuomas Teinonen;Vineta Fellman;Vineta Fellman;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Paavo Alku

  • Learning-induced neural plasticity of speech processing before birth

    Eino Partanen;Teija Kujala;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Risto Näätänen;Auli Liitola

  • Measurement of extensive auditory discrimination profiles using the mismatch negativity (MMN) of the auditory event-related potential (ERP)

    Satu Pakarinen;Rika Takegata;Teemu Rinne;Minna Huotilainen

  • Spatiotemporal activity of a cortical network for processing visual motion revealed by MEG and fMRI.

    S. P. Ahlfors;G. V. Simpson;A. M. Dale;J. W. Belliveau

  • Cohort Profile: The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (FinnBrain)

    Linnea Karlsson;Mimmi Tolvanen;Noora M Scheinin;Henna-Maria Uusitupa

  • Prenatal music exposure induces long-term neural effects.

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

  • Maturation of the auditory event-related potentials during the first year of life.

    Elena Kushnerenko;Rita Ceponiene;Polina Balan;Vineta Fellman

  • Newborn infants can organize the auditory world

    István Winkler;Elena Kushnerenko;János Horváth;Rita Čeponiene

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

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

  • Visual cortex activation in blind humans during sound discrimination

    Teija Kujala;Minna Huotilainen;Janne Sinkkonen;Antti I. Ahonen

  • Electrophysiological evidence for cross-modal plasticity in humans with early- and late-onset blindness

    Kujala T;Alho K;Huotilainen M;Ilmoniemi Rj

  • Sound frequency change detection in fetuses and newborns, a magnetoencephalographic study

    Rossitza Draganova;Hari Eswaran;Pamela Murphy;Minna Huotilainen

  • Tonotopic auditory cortex and the magnetoencephalographic (MEG) equivalent of the mismatch negativity.

    H. Tiitinen;K. Alho;M. Huotilainen;Risto Ilmoniemi

  • Musical aptitude and second language pronunciation skills in school-aged children: neural and behavioral evidence.

    Riia Milovanov;Minna Huotilainen;Vesa Välimäki;Paulo A.A. Esquef;Paulo A.A. Esquef

  • Top-down effects can modify the initially stimulus-driven auditory organization.

    Elyse Sussman;István Winkler;Minna Huotilainen;Walter Ritter

  • Abstract phoneme representations in the left temporal cortex: Magnetic mismatch negativity study

    Anna Shestakova;Elvira Brattico;Minna Huotilainen;Valery Galunov

  • Combined mapping of human auditory EEG and MEG responses

    Minna Huotilainen;István Winkler;István Winkler;Kimmo Alho;Kimmo Alho;Carles Escera

Frequent Co-Authors

Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Mari Tervaniemi
Mari Tervaniemi University of Helsinki
Risto J. Ilmoniemi
Risto J. Ilmoniemi Aalto University
Teija Kujala
Teija Kujala University of Helsinki
Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki
Eero Pekkonen
Eero Pekkonen University of Helsinki
Elvira Brattico
Elvira Brattico University of Helsinki
Juha Virtanen
Juha Virtanen General Electric (United States)
István Winkler
István Winkler Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Jari Lipsanen
Jari Lipsanen University of Helsinki

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