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Emotional speech and affective touch processing in children less than 2 years of age
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-05-18)
Speech and touch are fundamental ways of communicating emotions in infancy and early childhood. However, little is known about emotional processing in children. The aim of this dissertation was to examine emotional speech ...
Pediatric traumatic brain injury in Finland : contextual influences and threats to caregiver capacity
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-10-12)
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a mechanical force to the head distorts brain function. This interruption in function can result in temporary, long term or permanent brain damage or even death. Research on TBI's ...
The Risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcomes of psychotic depression
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-10-16)
Major depression with psychotic features (psychotic depression, PD) is a severe mental disorder characterized by depression and psychotic symptoms. Despite grave symptoms and high mortality, PD has remained under-researched. ...
Neurodevelopment across early life: Prenatal distress, preterm birth, and neurophysiological outcomes. The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study
(Turun yliopisto, 2025-05-24)
During prenatal and early postnatal periods, the brain experiences rapid growth. Fetuses are vulnerable to prenatal distress and preterm birth, which can increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions. Identifying ...
Neuropsychological correlates in substance use disorder
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-11-11)
Previous studies show contradictory results concerning associations with age of onset of substance use, differences between genders, and comorbid substance use in patients with mood disorders on neuropsychological performance. ...
Prenatal maternal health and child brain structure: Implications for non-verbal ability and optimizing subcortical segmentation
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-10-28)
Brain development starts in utero, and the fetal brain can already be affected by the environment, including chemical exposures and maternal health characteristics. These factors range from exposures to large quantities ...
Newborn brain structural characteristics and their relationships with maternal prenatal distress : Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort MRI Study
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-12-11)
Plasticity renders the brain sensitive to its intrauterine environment and susceptible to alterations during early brain development. The amygdala and hippocampus, structures key in socioemotional functions, are susceptible ...
Alexithymic traits, mental and physical health, and early-life adversity – FinnBrain birth cohort study
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-11-22)
Alexithymia is a personality construct first identified in hospitalized psychosomatic patients. It is characterized by difficulties in identifying (DIF) and describing (DDF) feelings, an externally oriented, or concrete ...
Risk factors of non-affective psychoses: Metabolic health indicators and physical activity in childhood and adolescence
(Turun yliopisto, 2025-04-25)
Psychoses are often considered the most severe psychiatric conditions, characterized by an impaired sense of reality. Schizophrenia is the most common and severe form of non-affective psychoses. In addition to psychiatric ...
Mapping cortical brain development, early life exposures and neural correlates of language skills: findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-11-03)
Human brain starts to develop in utero during the first trimester of pregnancy, and the rapid structural growth continues postnatally during the first years of life. This suggests the early childhood as a critical period ...