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Overview

Satu Palva is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and conducts research primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans several specialized areas within this domain, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Computer Networks and Communications, Applied Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main research topics covered by Satu Palva focus on neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and neuroscience and music perception.

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Satu Palva are J. Matias Palva, Felix Siebenhühner, Gabriele Arnulfo, Sheng H. Wang, and Vladislav Myrov.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Measurement of excitation-inhibition ratio in autism spectrum disorder using critical brain dynamics, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Long-range phase synchronization of high-frequency oscillations in human cortex, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genuine cross-frequency coupling networks in human resting-state electrophysiological recordings, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Influence of multiple hypothesis testing on reproducibility in neuroimaging research: A simulation study and Python-based software, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • Brain criticality predicts individual levels of inter-areal synchronization in human electrophysiological data, 2023, Nature Communications

Satu Palva has published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex, NeuroImage, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • New vistas for α-frequency band oscillations

    Satu Palva;Satu Palva;J. Matias Palva

  • Phase Synchrony among Neuronal Oscillations in the Human Cortex

    J. Matias Palva;Satu Palva;Kai Kaila

  • Neuronal synchrony reveals working memory networks and predicts individual memory capacity

    J. Matias Palva;Simo Monto;Shrikanth Kulashekhar;Satu Palva

  • Very Slow EEG Fluctuations Predict the Dynamics of Stimulus Detection and Oscillation Amplitudes in Humans

    Simo Monto;Satu Palva;Juha Voipio;J. Matias Palva

  • Functional Roles of Alpha-Band Phase Synchronization in Local and Large-Scale Cortical Networks

    Satu Palva;J. Matias Palva

  • Neuronal long-range temporal correlations and avalanche dynamics are correlated with behavioral scaling laws

    J. Matias Palva;Alexander Zhigalov;Jonni Hirvonen;Onerva Korhonen

  • Prestimulus Oscillations Enhance Psychophysical Performance in Humans

    Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen;Vadim V. Nikulin;Satu Palva;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

  • Discovering oscillatory interaction networks with M/EEG: challenges and breakthroughs

    Satu Palva;J. Matias Palva

  • Phase transfer entropy: a novel phase-based measure for directed connectivity in networks coupled by oscillatory interactions

    Muriel Lobier;Felix Siebenhühner;Satu Palva;J. Matias Palva

  • Early Neural Correlates of Conscious Somatosensory Perception

    Satu Palva;Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen;Risto Näätänen;J. Matias Palva

  • Ghost interactions in MEG/EEG source space: A note of caution on inter-areal coupling measures.

    J. Matias Palva;Sheng H. Wang;Satu Palva;Alexander Y. Zhigalov

  • Infra-Slow EEG Fluctuations Are Correlated with Resting-State Network Dynamics in fMRI

    Tuija Hiltunen;Jussi Kantola;Ahmed Abou Elseoud;Pasi Lepola

  • Localization of Cortical Phase and Amplitude Dynamics during Visual Working Memory Encoding and Retention

    S. Palva;S. Kulashekhar;M. Hamalainen;J. M. Palva

  • Discrimination of speech and of complex nonspeech sounds of different temporal structure in the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

    Yury Shtyrov;Teija Kujala;Satu Palva;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

  • Electrophysiological Brain Connectivity: Theory and Implementation

    Bin He;Laura Astolfi;Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa;Daniele Marinazzo

  • Measurement of excitation-inhibition ratio in autism spectrum disorder using critical brain dynamics.

    Hilgo Bruining;Hilgo Bruining;Richard Hardstone;Richard Hardstone;Erika L. Juarez-Martinez;Erika L. Juarez-Martinez;Jan Sprengers

  • Infra-slow fluctuations in electrophysiological recordings, blood-oxygenation-level-dependent signals, and psychophysical time series.

    J. Matias Palva;Satu Palva

  • High-alpha band synchronization across frontal, parietal and visual cortex mediates behavioral and neuronal effects of visuospatial attention.

    Muriel Lobier;J. Matias Palva;Satu Palva

  • Gamma Oscillations Underlie the Maintenance of Feature-Specific Information and the Contents of Visual Working Memory

    Roosa Honkanen;Santeri Rouhinen;Sheng H. Wang;J. Matias Palva

  • Graph properties of synchronized cortical networks during visual working memory maintenance

    Satu Palva;Simo Monto;Simo Monto;J. Matias Palva;J. Matias Palva

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Matias Palva
J. Matias Palva Aalto University
Lino Nobili
Lino Nobili University of Genoa
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Risto J. Ilmoniemi
Risto J. Ilmoniemi Aalto University
Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen
Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sari E. Lauri
Sari E. Lauri University of Helsinki
Tomi Taira
Tomi Taira University of Helsinki
Yury Shtyrov
Yury Shtyrov Aarhus University
Teija Kujala
Teija Kujala University of Helsinki

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