Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (Salmi Lab)
Our research group pursues cognitive neuroscience research that matters.
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Our research group pursues cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience research that matters. We develop research innovations to advance translational and basic research with broad healthcare applications. Our aim is to facilitate multidisciplinary research at the intersection of experimental psychology, multimodal brain imaging, computational science and clinical medicine. We use modern technologies, such as extended reality (including VR and AR), wearables and online behavioral testing, to acquire rich data in various clinical populations.
2026
- Ye Q, Chen J, Santavirta S, Putkinen V, Salmi J, Nummenmaa L (in press). Autistic traits modulate neural responses to social signals during natural vision. NeuroImage.
- Tuominen J, Henttonen P, Piispanen M, Koskinen E, Wuolio M, Harjunen V, Krusemark E, Peräkylä A, Salmi J (2026). To be known is to be exposed: How shame, mentalizing, belongingness, and epistemic trust differentiate narcissistic subtypes. Journal of Personality Disorders. E-published ahead of print.
- Salmi J, Aquilino B, Poçan B, Riihimäki H, Kangas S, Kärhä S, Alho K, Wikman P (2026). Regional topography of auditory and visual attention: an fMRI-based meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. E-published ahead of print.
- Lin F, Albantakis L, Noppari T, Santavirta S, Brandic ML, Sun L, Lukkarinen L, Tani P, Salmi J, Nummenmaa L, Dukart J, Schilbach L, Lahnakoski JM (2026). Reduced inter-subject functional connectivity during movies in autism: Replicability across cross-national fMRI datasets. Molecular Autism. E-published ahead of print.
- Uimonen J, Merzon L, Villarreal S, Laari S, Arola A, Ijäs P, Hietanen M, Salmi J (2026). Real-world virtual reality task with eye tracking for the detection of mild spatial neglect. Virtual Reality. E-published ahead of print.
2025
- Noppari T, Tuisku J, Lukkarinen L, Tani P, Lindberg N, Saure E, Lauerma E, Tiihonen J, Hirvonen J, Helin S, Salmi J, Nummenmaa L (2025). Abnormal opioid-dopamine system interaction in autism spectrum disorder. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. E-published ahead of print.
- Seesjärvi E, Zuber S, Joly-Burra E, Kliegel M, Salmi J (2025). A naturalistic virtual reality task reveals difficulties in time-based prospective memory and strategic time-monitoring for children with ADHD. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 24722.
- Merzon L, Tauriainen S, Triana A, Nurmi T, Huhdanpää H, Mannerkoski M, Aronen ET, Kantonistov M, Henriksson L, Macaluso E, Salmi J (2025). Real-world goal-directed behavior reveals aberrant functional connectivity in children with ADHD. PLOS ONE, 20, e0319746.
- Laine M, Kunnari A, Eräste T, Ritakallio L, Hedberg B, Salmi J (2025). The role of spontaneous strategy use in verbal episodic memory impairment in adult ADHD. Journal of Neuropsychology. E-published ahead of print.
- Koskinen E, Henttonen P, Harjunen V, Krusemark E, Salmi J, Tuominen J, Wuolio M, Peräkylä A (2025). ‘Wired up about self’ – Narcissistic traits predict elevated physiological arousal during self-disclosure in conversation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 210, 112527.
- Gallen A, Taylor E, Salmi J, Haataja L, Vanhatalo S, Airaksinen M (2025). Early gross motor performance detected by wearable technology is associated with concurrent prelinguistic and social development. Pediatric Research. E-published ahead of print.