Background
NAATANEN, Risto was born on June 14, 1939 in Helsinki. Son of Professor Esko K. Naatanen and Rauni (nee Raudanjoki) Naatanen.
(This book delineates cerebral mechanisms of attention in ...)
This book delineates cerebral mechanisms of attention in humans as they presently appear in the light of data obtained by using various modern brain-research techniques. While the book focuses primarily on the ways humans select environmental information, the selectivity manifest in human thinking, consciousness, and motor behavior is also dealt with in the framework of an expanded attention concept. By combining the most recent evidence from diverse fields of human brain research and relating these physiological data to achievements of modern cognitive psychology, the author has developed an integrative view of human information processing. This theory concentrates on mechanisms of attentional selection and on the automatic processing which provides a basis for the selective processes.
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NAATANEN, Risto was born on June 14, 1939 in Helsinki. Son of Professor Esko K. Naatanen and Rauni (nee Raudanjoki) Naatanen.
Master of Arts, University Helsinki, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, 1968. Honorary Doctorate (honorary), University Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2000.
Honorary Doctorate (honorary), University Tartu, Estonia, 2000. Honorary Doctorate, University Barcelona, 2007. Honorary Doctorate, University St. Peterburg, 2008.
Honorary Doctorate, University Helsinki, 2010.
Senior assistant department psychology University Helsinki, 1965—1969. Junior researcher The Academy of Finland, 1969—1972, senior researcher, 1973—1975. Professor psychology University Helsinki, 1975—1998.
Research professor Academy of Finland, 1983—1998, academy professor, 1998—2007. Chairman Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2000—2002.
(This book delineates cerebral mechanisms of attention in ...)
Member governor council The National Healthy Brain Project of Finland, 1990—1993. Member of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea (council member since 2000), Finnish Association of University Professors (member governor council 1993—2000), International Organization Psychophysiology (2nd vice president since 1997, 20th Annual award for Contributions to Field), Society for Psychophysiol. Research (president 1998-1999), Federation of European Psychophysiology Society 1996—2000, Nordic Psychophysiol.
Society 1992-1998, (prize 2007).
Married Marjatta (nee Kerola) Naatanen in 1960.