Helena Thuneberg, PhD, Researcher, helena.thuneberg@helsinki.fi

Department of Applied Sciences of Education, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki

Teacher qualifications: special education & class teacher (specialty: Fine arts & Mother tongue), high school teacher (Finnish language & literature);

Currently post-doc visitor in EGLab , Child Study Center, Yale University

Grants:

The Finnish Cultural Fund 3 year grant, The Wihuri Foundation grant (with Dr. Hotulainen)

Research:

Procedural factors of learning:

Psychological well-being, academic and prosocial self-regulation in elementary & middle school in general, special and selective educational settings

Dyslexia (Review of current developmental dyslexia research: Brain/genetic/behavioral)

Attention capacity (examining the usability of Attention Concentration Test in Finnish schools, collaboration with Dr. Hotulainen)

Applications of the Self-organizing maps- method on psycho-educational field
(High Ability Studies, Volume 17, Issue 1 June 2006, 87 - 100)

Member of CICERO Learning network