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Figure 1. A thematic network titled Dialogue diversification shows the different organizational and basic themes of dialogue diversification in RAF context.

By using Recorded Audio Feedback academics can reduce their workload both mentally and physically

Academics experience that by using the Recorded Audio Feedback (RAF) in higher education they can give more relaxed and dialogic feedback for their learners and reduce their own workload both mentally and physically.

Passive exposure alone can enhance the learning of foreign speech sounds

Ability to understand and subsequently speak a new language requires the ability to accurately discriminate speech sounds of a given language.

Tommi Jantunen. Photo: Sari Laapotti

Tommi Jantunen appointed as Professor of Finnish Sign Language

The Rector of the University of Jyväskylä Keijo Hämäläinen has appointed PhD, Docent Tommi Jantunen as Professor of Finnish Sign Language from 1 December 2018.

Music evokes powerful positive emotions through personal memories

Music is known to evoke emotions through a range of mechanisms. A new study gives insights into the way positive emotional reactions can be triggered by music and pictures.

Tenacious and flexible goal pursuit gets older people on the move

Tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment have been shown to help maintain psychological well-being despite age related challenges and losses.

Katja Sorri appointed the HR Director of the University of Jyväskylä

MSc (Econ.) Katja Sorri has been appointed as the HR Director of the University of Jyväskylä. Sorri moves to JYU from Mediatalo Keskisuomalainen and will start in the new position on 23 January 2019.

A change in marital status affects the number of daily steps: the men who divorced and the women who found a new partner reduced their physical activity

According to a recent study, changes in relationships have links to physical activity.

THE ranking: JYU climbs to the list of Computer Sciences

The University of Jyväskylä was ranked 401–500 among the world’s best universities in Computer Science in the Times Higher Education – World University Rankings. This is the first time JYU gets on the list.

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Food webs essential for nature conservation efforts in the future

Lake ecosystems make annual environmental changes more predictable.

Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen achieves the “highly cited researcher” status in 2018

Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen has been named as one of the most-cited researchers in the world in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics in its annual “highly cited researchers” list. The 2018 list includes 35 researchers from Finland.

The renowned AACSB accreditation awarded to JSBE

The AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation is the most significant international recognition to an educational institution of economics for high-quality teaching and research.

Kulta-atomit altistuvat vahvalle sähkökentälle. Credit: Alexander Ericson.

How to melt gold at room temperature

As tension rises unexpected things can happen. This is also true for gold atoms. Researchers, have, for the first time, managed to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.