Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I’m a postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in psychology, working in the Cognitive Brain Research Unit in the Medical Faculty of the University of Helsinki. I’m vice director of the DyslexiaBaby project (funded by the Academy of Finland and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation) by Professor Teija Kujala. My PhD docused on the development of auditory skills from infancy to adulthood and how it is shaped by music training. Early auditory skills and their neuroplasticity are particularly interesting to me. I’m currently supervising two PhD theses and several master’s theses in psychology.
Fields of Science
- 515 Psychology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2011 2019
An extensive pattern of atypical neural speech-sound discrimination in newborns at risk of dyslexia
Thiede, A., Virtala, P., Ala-Kurikka, I., Partanen, E., Huotilainen, M., Mikkola, K., Leppänen, P. HT. & Kujala, T., May 2019, In : Clinical Neurophysiology. 130, 5, p. 634-646 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Can very early music interventions promote at-risk infants’ development?
Virtala, P. M. & Partanen, E. J., 30 Apr 2018, In : Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1423, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Distortion and Western music chord processing: an ERP study of musicians and nonmusicians
Virtala, P., Huotilainen, M., Lilja, E., Ojala, J. & Tervaniemi, M., Feb 2018, In : Music Perception. 35, 3, p. 315-331 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Neural discrimination of speech sound changes in a variable context occurs irrespective of attention and explicit awareness
Virtala, P., Partanen, E., Tervaniemi, M. & Kujala, T., Feb 2018, In : Biological Psychology. 132, p. 217-227 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Mielipide: Musiikkiluokka kehittää teräviä ja iloisia nuoria: Sadat tutkimukset painottavat musiikkiharrastuksen merkitystä lapsen aivojen kehityksen tukemisessa
Virtala, P., Torppa, R., Linnavalli, T., Huotilainen, M. & Tervaniemi, M., 22 Jan 2017, In : Helsingin Sanomat. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Activities 2012 2018
Neural markers of dyslexia in the developing brain
Paula Maarit Virtala (Speaker), Eino Partanen (Speaker)12 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Språkkunskaper med hjälp av musik – Kielitaitoa musiikin avulla
Paula Maarit Virtala (Attendee)13 Apr 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Neural markers of dyslexia in the developing brain
Paula Maarit Virtala (Speaker), Eino Partanen (Speaker)13 Jun 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Lainan päivä Töölön kirjastossa: Lukemalla kasvaa
Paula Maarit Virtala (Attendee)8 Feb 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Frontiers in Psychology (Journal)
Paula Maarit Virtala (Reviewer)6 Jul 2017 → 15 Sep 2017
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
Vastasyntynyt erottaa äidinkielensä muiden kielten joukosta - haastattelu Yle Radio Suomen ohjelmassa: Haastattelu ohjelmasarjassa Aivot - tärkein pääomasi
06/07/2016
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Musiikkiharrastus tuo hyvän koulutuksen - haastattelu Maaseudun tulevaisuus -lehdessä
16/03/2016
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Yle Radio Perämeri: haastattelu Lukivauva-hankkeesta ja musiikkiharrastuksen vaikutuksesta aivojen kehitykseen ja kuntoutukseen
02/11/2015
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Aivotutkija laittaisi lapsen muskariin - haastattelu Yle Uutisten verkkosivuilla
02/11/2015
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Lukivauva-hankkeen esittely YLE TV1:n Puoli seitsemän -ohjelmassa
07/10/2015
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media