Researchers of music can approach their field from a wide variety of perspectives and apply a variety of methods. This is well evidenced by the elements of the eight-year plan…
Elina Marttinen, PhD in psychology, works with troubled youth. Forming a clear identity is important for the development of young people. For some of them, however, identity remains ambiguous and…
Tuija Turunen comes originally from Oulu. In her youth, she never had to ponder her career choice. Since upper secondary school she knew she would become a psychologist. And that…
The brain works independently for the good of its owner. It assists you by assessing what is worth remembering and what is not. Memory stores what you experience and learn,…
Part of her soul remains in Jyväskylä Leea Mattila, coming originally from Hollola, graduated as a psychologist from the University of Jyväskylä in 2002. At present she is working as…
Birth rates are declining rapidly in the Western world. In order to revitalise Finland’s birth rates, people have been encouraged to have more children as a community effort, and further…
Comedy sketch characters talking in dialect or a foreign accent are common on entertainment shows. Yet do the characters themselves realize that as they make people laugh, they are also…
