Researchers

This page presents the researchers of the Project DyAdd.
University of Helsinki, Psychology

Senior researchers

Dr. Marja Laasonen, PhD: dyslexia, PI of the project 

Dr. Laura Hokkanen, PhD: ADHD

Dr. Elisabet Service, PhD: phonological processing

Prof. Veijo Virsu, PhD: temporal acuity 

Postgraduate researchers

MPsych Emma Hietarinta: attention and executive functions 

MSci Henna Oksanen-Hennah: implicit learning

MPsych Anita Vedenpää: temporal acuity

Undergraduate researchers

Marja Kantele: dyslexia questionnaires

Jenni Kauppinen: conditioning

Sasa Kivisaari: ADHD questionnaires

Minna Kuivalainen: working memory

Maisa Lehtinen: phonological processing

Jonna Salomaa: visual attention

Arja Sarkio: temporal acuity

Mirva Reuhkala: memory

Meeri Sivonen: ADHD questionnaires

Jenni Väre: implicit learning

Finnish collaborators

Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Clinic for Neuropsychiatry

Dr. Sami Leppämäki, MD, PhD: ADHD

Dr. Pekka Tani, MD, PhD: ADHD



Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Neurology

Dr. Hanna Harno, MD, PhD: cerebellum



University of Jyväskylä, Department of Psychology

Dr. Jan Wikgren, PhD: conditioning



University of Kuopio, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition

Dr. Arja Erkkilä, PhD: fatty acids

International collaborators

University of Rochester, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department Prof. Daphne Bavelier, PhD and Research Associate M.W.G. Dye, PhD: brain plasticity, visual attention



Université libre de Bruxelles, Cognitive science research unit

Dr. Axel Cleeremans, PhD: implicit learning



University of Wales, Psychology Department

Dr. Emmanuel Pothos, PhD: implicit learning