Riitta Salmelin

Personal profile

Artistic and research interests

Noninvasive neuroimaging methods are invaluable tools for exploring the neural basis of the human mind. My focus is on language function as an integral part of human cognition. At the same time, language offers a valuable cognitive probe for assessing the type of information that can be extracted with brain imaging. Descriptive language models, largely based on observations of patients with language disorders, serve as a useful conceptual framework. However, computationally explicit models of language are needed to link behaviour to neuroimaging measures for an in-depth understanding of the human mind and language function. Such models may now be within reach owing to the accumulating imaging data, increasing understanding of the functional significance of the different measures, and adoption of machine learning approaches used in the field of language technology. Besides the obvious relevance to language and imaging neuroscience, well-defined behavioural-neuroimaging models will feed back to language technology for improved practical solutions, as well as lay the foundation for a rigorous, individual-level assessment and potential rehabilitation of language disorders. This type of work is necessarily multidisciplinary: experimental and methodological expertise must live side by side and be constantly exchanged in common research projects to educate a new generation of individuals with genuine interdisciplinary knowhow supplementing strong primary fields of expertise.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Science (Technology)

Master of Science (Technology)

Keywords

Brain Research
MEG
fMRI
Imaging Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Magnetoencephalography
Neural connectivity
Systems neuroscience
Language function

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Riitta Salmelin is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

14 Similar Profiles

Network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Research Output

143 Article
52 Conference contribution
49 Working paper
12 Chapter
22 More

Task-Modulated Corticocortical Synchrony in the Cognitive-Motor Network Supporting Handwriting

Saarinen, T., Kujala, J., Laaksonen, H., Jalava, A. & Salmelin, R., 14 Mar 2020, In : Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). 30, 3, p. 1871-1886 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

File

7 Downloads (Pure)

Children show hemispheric differences in the basic auditory response properties

Parviainen, T., Helenius, P. & Salmelin, R., 1 Jan 2019, In : Human Brain Mapping. p. 1-12

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

File

3 Citations (Scopus)

31 Downloads (Pure)

Discovering heritable modes of MEG spectral power

Leppäaho, E., Renvall, H., Salmela, E., Kere, J., Salmelin, R. & Kaski, S., 1 Apr 2019, In : Human Brain Mapping . 40, 5, p. 1391-1402 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

File

2 Citations (Scopus)

105 Downloads (Pure)

Dynamics of brain activation during learning of syllable-symbol paired associations

Hämäläinen, J. A., Parviainen, T., Hsu, Y. F. & Salmelin, R., 1 Jun 2019, In : Neuropsychologia. 129, p. 93-103 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

In Memoriam: Fernando Lopes da Silva (1935-2019) OBITUARY

Michel, C. M., Baillet, S., Benar, C., Bertrand, O., Gotman, J., He, B., Huiskamp, G-J., Lemieux, L., Makeig, S., Pascual-Leone, A., Salmelin, R., Seri, S., Valdes-Sosa, P. & Wendling, F., Jul 2019, In : Brain Topography. 32, 4, p. 519-522 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Projects

1 Active
2 Finished

Individual cortical markers of language function

Saarinen, T., Liljeström, M., Cotroneo, S., Salmelin, R. & Ghazaryan, G.

01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

Dyslexia: genes, brain functions, interventions

Nora, A., Salmelin, R., Kujala, J., Ghazaryan, G., Liljeström, M., Mäkelä, S., Hakala, T. & Lindh-Knuutila, T.

01/09/2015 → 24/09/2019

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

Kielellisen toiminnan järjestyminen ihmisaivoissa

Salmelin, R.

01/01/2010 → 09/12/2011

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

Prizes

Academy Professor Finnish Academy, Finland

Riitta Salmelin (Recipient), 2012

Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work

Curt von Euler Honorary Award and Lecture (Sweden)

Riitta Salmelin (Recipient), 9 Mar 2016

Prize: Award or honor granted for academic career

Fellow of the International Society for Functional Source Imaging (ISFSI) International Society for Functional Source Imaging (ISFSI), Canada

Riitta Salmelin (Recipient), 2011

Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work

Justine and Yves Sergent Award (Canada)

Riitta Salmelin (Recipient), 2 Dec 2015

Prize: Award or honor granted for academic career

Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Riitta Salmelin (Recipient), 2016

Prize: Award or honor granted for academic career

Activities

67 Hosting a visitor
43 Public or invited talk
32 Conference presentation
30 Membership of a scientific or program committee of a conference or seminar
73 More

ENRIO Congress on Research Integrity Practice

Riitta Salmelin (Member)

1 Nov 2019 → 7 Oct 2020

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Membership of a scientific or program committee of a conference or seminar

Language and the brain

Riitta Salmelin (Speaker)

18 Jun 2019

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public or invited talk

Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting

Riitta Salmelin (Organiser)

19 Aug 2019 → 22 Aug 2019

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Membership of an organizing committee or other positions of trust of a conference or a seminar