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PL 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)
00014
Finland
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Anu-Katriina Pesonen is professor in experimental mind and brain research at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki.
Her scientific background is in developmental psychology and sleep research, and she leads an interdisciplinary Sleep & Mind Research Group, combining methods and designs from psychology, medicine, and brain research. The team studies sleep structures, and develops experimental interventions to explore how sleep affects cognition, emotions and well-being, specifically in youth.
Professor Pesonen is currently leading two research projects – one is related to REM sleep and emotion regulation, funded by the Academy of Finland, and the other is about the relations between physical activity and sleep in the late adulthood, funded by the Ministry of Education. The group utilizes a variety of methods, spanning from cohort studies to experimental designs. The core concepts in her research are sleep, physical activity, learning, and stress. Her group is familiar with physiological stress measurement methods, quantifying physical activity with accelerometers, and measuring sleep with sophisticated EEG algorithms. Her group constantly develops novel approaches and algorithms for investigating health-related behaviors. The width of used methodologies and their development, combined with a developmental psychology perspective to the study of sleep and health, are corner stones of her scientific activity.
Professor Pesonen leads the BA and MA programs of Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, since 2016.
Academic milestones
2004 PhD in Psychology, University of Helsinki
2006 Title of Docent (corresponds to adjunct professor) in educational and developmental psychology, University of Helsinki
2008 Title of Docent (corresponds to adjunct professor) in personality psychology, University of Tampere
2009 Speciality in Clinical Child Psychology and Educational Psychology, an academic, clinical diploma
2015 Professor of clinical and developmental psychology (6-year position), University of Helsinki
2020 Professor of experimental mind and brain reserarch, University of Helsinki
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Research project
01/09/2023 → 31/08/2027
Project: Academy of Finland: Academy Project
01/01/2009 → 31/12/2011
Project: Research project
Pesonen, Anu-Katriina (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prizes and awards
Anu-Katriina Pesonen (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Anu-Katriina Pesonen (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Anu-Katriina Pesonen (Board member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Sami Kivikkokangas (Supervisor), Henrik Enckell (Supervisor), Anu-Katriina Pesonen (Supervisor) & Mikael Leiman (Supervisor)
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Anu-Katriina Pesonen (Supervisor)
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
07/03/2021
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