Mikko Peltola
@mikkojpeltola.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychology at Tampere University HIP Lab @hiplabtampere.bsky.social studying emotional development, face processing, empathy and attachment in children and adults.
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Mikko Peltola
@mikkojpeltola.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Our lab @hiplabtampere.bsky.social has joined Bluesky. Are you interested in psychophysiological research on face processing, emotion perception, attention, autism, parenting, empathy, attachment etc.? Follow us and we'll do our best to keep you informed of our research! 🧠 #psychology #neuroscience
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My new essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. Why is understanding emotion so challenging? The debates around what counts as an "emotion" shed insight.
These disputes are multidimensional, principled and fascinating. Here, I unpack them.
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
These disputes are multidimensional, principled and fascinating. Here, I unpack them.
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
Emotion research has a communication conundrum
In 2025, the words we use to describe emotions matter, but their definitions are controversial. Here, I unpack the different positions in this space and the rationales behind them—and I invite 13…
www.thetransmitter.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My new essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. Why is understanding emotion so challenging? The debates around what counts as an "emotion" shed insight.
These disputes are multidimensional, principled and fascinating. Here, I unpack them.
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
These disputes are multidimensional, principled and fascinating. Here, I unpack them.
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
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Our new study in Emotion!
Parents report higher satisfaction yet lower daily happiness- the 'parenting paradox'. So in the transition to parenthood, how do we study well-being? We studied how new fathers adapt by examining meaning/purpose and brain connectivity.
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Parents report higher satisfaction yet lower daily happiness- the 'parenting paradox'. So in the transition to parenthood, how do we study well-being? We studied how new fathers adapt by examining meaning/purpose and brain connectivity.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
APA PsycNet
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August 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Our new study in Emotion!
Parents report higher satisfaction yet lower daily happiness- the 'parenting paradox'. So in the transition to parenthood, how do we study well-being? We studied how new fathers adapt by examining meaning/purpose and brain connectivity.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
Parents report higher satisfaction yet lower daily happiness- the 'parenting paradox'. So in the transition to parenthood, how do we study well-being? We studied how new fathers adapt by examining meaning/purpose and brain connectivity.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
Happy to share a new paper (w/ Biro, Huffmeijer, @hannelis.bsky.social, Bakermans-Kranenburg & @mhvij.bsky.social). We explored whether infants' brain responses and attention to their mother's facial expressions predicted infants' attachment security. 👶😀😠🧠 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Exploring Associations Between Infant Attachment, Maternal Sensitivity, and Attention to Maternal Emotion Expressions
Recent studies have indicated that patterns of infant-caregiver attachment are associated with differences in infants’ processing of social signals of emotion, such as facial expressions. In the cur...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy to share a new paper (w/ Biro, Huffmeijer, @hannelis.bsky.social, Bakermans-Kranenburg & @mhvij.bsky.social). We explored whether infants' brain responses and attention to their mother's facial expressions predicted infants' attachment security. 👶😀😠🧠 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New paper! Here (in Nature Communications) we (Ale Geraci, Luca Surian, Lucia Gabriella Tina, & I; work led/run by Ale) show that 5-day-old newborns selectively attend to two distinct forms of prosocial over antisocial action: approaching versus avoiding and helping versus hindering.
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Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions
Nature Communications - Abilities to distinguish between prosocial and antisocial actions are crucial for sustaining cooperative systems. Here, the authors show that human newborns with just 5 days...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New paper! Here (in Nature Communications) we (Ale Geraci, Luca Surian, Lucia Gabriella Tina, & I; work led/run by Ale) show that 5-day-old newborns selectively attend to two distinct forms of prosocial over antisocial action: approaching versus avoiding and helping versus hindering.
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Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
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Are you interested in what to do with all that movement data you often get in your neuroscience measures? Is it just noise, or how can we make use of it? This December, we are organizing a workshop in Lübeck to discuss precisely these questions. (1/2)
June 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Are you interested in what to do with all that movement data you often get in your neuroscience measures? Is it just noise, or how can we make use of it? This December, we are organizing a workshop in Lübeck to discuss precisely these questions. (1/2)
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The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available!
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
NBDC Data Hub
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Sharing Platform: Unifying ABCD and HBCD data management in one powerful platform.
www.nbdc-datahub.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available!
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
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Suomen Akatemian suurilta tuntuvat myönnöt herättävät keskustelua. Saako tutkija tosiaan yli puoli miljoonaa veronmaksajien rahaa omaan taskuun? Miksei niillä rahoilla hoideta vanhuksia?
Seuraa pitkä ketju siitä, mihin Akatemian myöntämä tutkimusrahoitus oikeasti menee ja miten raha kulkee.
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Seuraa pitkä ketju siitä, mihin Akatemian myöntämä tutkimusrahoitus oikeasti menee ja miten raha kulkee.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Suomen Akatemian suurilta tuntuvat myönnöt herättävät keskustelua. Saako tutkija tosiaan yli puoli miljoonaa veronmaksajien rahaa omaan taskuun? Miksei niillä rahoilla hoideta vanhuksia?
Seuraa pitkä ketju siitä, mihin Akatemian myöntämä tutkimusrahoitus oikeasti menee ja miten raha kulkee.
1/9
Seuraa pitkä ketju siitä, mihin Akatemian myöntämä tutkimusrahoitus oikeasti menee ja miten raha kulkee.
1/9
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new preprint - do you use #fnirs to study cognition? do you want to learn how to design better studies? our primer aims to get you started on using #fnirs for real-world #cognitive #neuroscience
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June 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
new preprint - do you use #fnirs to study cognition? do you want to learn how to design better studies? our primer aims to get you started on using #fnirs for real-world #cognitive #neuroscience
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Ketju vähemmän tunnettuista tilastoista Suomesta, vertailukohtana muut pohjoismaat.🧵
Aloitetaan verotuksen tasosta. Verotulot suhteessa BKT on Suomessa pohjoismaiden alhaisimmat. Tämä ei sisällä esim. eläkemaksuja ja muita sosiaalivakuutusmaksuja. 1/
Aloitetaan verotuksen tasosta. Verotulot suhteessa BKT on Suomessa pohjoismaiden alhaisimmat. Tämä ei sisällä esim. eläkemaksuja ja muita sosiaalivakuutusmaksuja. 1/
June 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ketju vähemmän tunnettuista tilastoista Suomesta, vertailukohtana muut pohjoismaat.🧵
Aloitetaan verotuksen tasosta. Verotulot suhteessa BKT on Suomessa pohjoismaiden alhaisimmat. Tämä ei sisällä esim. eläkemaksuja ja muita sosiaalivakuutusmaksuja. 1/
Aloitetaan verotuksen tasosta. Verotulot suhteessa BKT on Suomessa pohjoismaiden alhaisimmat. Tämä ei sisällä esim. eläkemaksuja ja muita sosiaalivakuutusmaksuja. 1/
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Random self-promotion, but my hands-on #VisionScience textbook is available for <$50 at the moment! If you're excited about using analog demos of visual phenomena in your classroom, it's a great time to snag a copy! #STEMed
Practical Vision Science
Amazon.com: Practical Vision Science: 9781032691121: Balas, Benjamin: Books
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May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Random self-promotion, but my hands-on #VisionScience textbook is available for <$50 at the moment! If you're excited about using analog demos of visual phenomena in your classroom, it's a great time to snag a copy! #STEMed
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Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
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#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
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#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
May 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
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#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
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My @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Fully funded for 2 years starting 01 October 2025. Application deadline is 01 June 2025.
👉🏻 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMX778/p...
#fNIRS #hyperscanning #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
👉🏻 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMX778/p...
#fNIRS #hyperscanning #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Essex
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Fully funded for 2 years starting 01 October 2025. Application deadline is 01 June 2025.
👉🏻 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMX778/p...
#fNIRS #hyperscanning #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
👉🏻 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMX778/p...
#fNIRS #hyperscanning #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
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Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits, & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
May 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits, & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Developmental Science is looking for new Associate Editors. Details are at lnkd.in/eDggC6WQ
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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May 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Developmental Science is looking for new Associate Editors. Details are at lnkd.in/eDggC6WQ
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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Join us! @health.nationalacademies.org is organizing a FREE virtual workshop May 19 and 21 on the neurobiology of empathy and compassion and their roles and applications in brain function, medical treatments, and human well-being. Register here: bit.ly/427yN4M
April 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Join us! @health.nationalacademies.org is organizing a FREE virtual workshop May 19 and 21 on the neurobiology of empathy and compassion and their roles and applications in brain function, medical treatments, and human well-being. Register here: bit.ly/427yN4M
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The question we ask: when do face responses arise in human infant cortex?
Neuroscientists and developmental psychologists (my two disciplines) have different intuitions.
Neuroscientists and developmental psychologists (my two disciplines) have different intuitions.
April 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The question we ask: when do face responses arise in human infant cortex?
Neuroscientists and developmental psychologists (my two disciplines) have different intuitions.
Neuroscientists and developmental psychologists (my two disciplines) have different intuitions.
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What they call pedants (people who can’t resist correcting you’re spelling and grammer) in five different countries….
5. Comma fucker (Finland)
4. Little dot shitter (Switzerland)
3. Whittler of woodchips (Norway)
2. Counter of peas (Germany)
1. Sodomizer of flies (France)
5. Comma fucker (Finland)
4. Little dot shitter (Switzerland)
3. Whittler of woodchips (Norway)
2. Counter of peas (Germany)
1. Sodomizer of flies (France)
April 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
What they call pedants (people who can’t resist correcting you’re spelling and grammer) in five different countries….
5. Comma fucker (Finland)
4. Little dot shitter (Switzerland)
3. Whittler of woodchips (Norway)
2. Counter of peas (Germany)
1. Sodomizer of flies (France)
5. Comma fucker (Finland)
4. Little dot shitter (Switzerland)
3. Whittler of woodchips (Norway)
2. Counter of peas (Germany)
1. Sodomizer of flies (France)
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Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried
Two days ago, four Dutch universities announced discontinuing their English-speaking psychology bachelor programs (1, 2). I will briefly explain (1) how this decision came to be, (2) why this is such ...
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April 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
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Very excited to finally share this! In this new study with co-investigators @rogierk.bsky.social and Mara Cercignani, we are following 300 children longitudinally between 6 months and 5 years to establish the building blocks of cognition and their neural foundations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The pioneering child development study monitoring babies’ brains
A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Very excited to finally share this! In this new study with co-investigators @rogierk.bsky.social and Mara Cercignani, we are following 300 children longitudinally between 6 months and 5 years to establish the building blocks of cognition and their neural foundations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New study on the brain topographies of perceived and felt emotions by Heini Saarimäki now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social 🎉🧠
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Heini Saarimäki, Juha M. Lahnakoski, et al:
Cerebral topographies of perceived and felt emotions
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Cerebral topographies of perceived and felt emotions
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
April 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
New study on the brain topographies of perceived and felt emotions by Heini Saarimäki now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social 🎉🧠
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Issue 61, Volume 4 is now out for Developmental Psychology!
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Topics Include
-Emotion Processes
-Empathy across the Lifespan
-Memory
-Maltreatment & Victimization
@apajournals.bsky.social
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psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Topics Include
-Emotion Processes
-Empathy across the Lifespan
-Memory
-Maltreatment & Victimization
@apajournals.bsky.social
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APA PsycNet
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March 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Issue 61, Volume 4 is now out for Developmental Psychology!
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Topics Include
-Emotion Processes
-Empathy across the Lifespan
-Memory
-Maltreatment & Victimization
@apajournals.bsky.social
1/2
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Topics Include
-Emotion Processes
-Empathy across the Lifespan
-Memory
-Maltreatment & Victimization
@apajournals.bsky.social
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Tampere University offers support for preparing applications for the MSCA program. If you would like to do a postdoc in @hiplabtampere.bsky.social on social neuroscience in infants, children and adults (fNIRS, EEG, EMG, eyetracking etc.), please get in touch! #academicskye #neurosky
Note that the Tampere University welcomes again applicants to jointly prepare successful applications for the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship program. 1/2
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Tampere University | Tampere universities
Tampere University welcomes applicants to jointly prepare successful applications for the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship program. The program is targeted for researchers ...
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March 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tampere University offers support for preparing applications for the MSCA program. If you would like to do a postdoc in @hiplabtampere.bsky.social on social neuroscience in infants, children and adults (fNIRS, EEG, EMG, eyetracking etc.), please get in touch! #academicskye #neurosky
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Why do we not remember being a baby? One idea is that the hippocampus, which is essential for episodic memory in adults, is too immature to form individual memories in infancy. We tested this using awake infant fMRI, new in @science.org #ScienceResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants
Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...
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March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Why do we not remember being a baby? One idea is that the hippocampus, which is essential for episodic memory in adults, is too immature to form individual memories in infancy. We tested this using awake infant fMRI, new in @science.org #ScienceResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...