Risto Näätänen#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 1069 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
Elected: | 1991 |
Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Risto Näätänen passed away October 5, 2023.
Positions Held
- 2013 - Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Psychology
- 2007 - 2012 Professor, University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Psychology
- 2001 - 2007 Director of Helsinki Brain Research Centre
- 1991 - 2006 Director of Helsinki University Cognitive Brain Research Unit
- 1983 - 2007 Research Professor (Academy Professor) of the Academy of Finland
- 1975 - 1998 University of Helsinki, Professor of Psychology
Fields of Scholarship
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Psychology
- The mismatch negativity phenomenon
- Psychological Mechanisms of Cognition and Personality Processes
- Culture and Society
Honours and Awards
- 1985 Member of the International Academy of Science
- 1990 Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1991 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1994 Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 - 2002 The Board of the Finnish Science Academies: Member and Vice-president
- 2000 Honorary Doctor of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
- 2000 Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia
- 2001 - 2007 International Steering Committee of the Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Estonia
- 2007 Nordic Prize for research within Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Sweden
- 2007 Honorary Doctor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- 2008 Honorary Doctor (Neuroscience), University of St. Petersburg
- 2008 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2010 The Grand Medal of the University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- 2010 Honorary Doctor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- 2012 The Golden Medal of the Finnish Psychological Association, Finland
- 2012 Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland