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Two new studies conducted at the Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, examined how facial expressions are perceived through measurements of brain activity, and how emotional faces influence working memory.

Doctoral Researcher Dimitri Delcourt developed in his dissertation peptidic catenanes that incorporate biological building blocks such as arginine. Delcourt will defend on 31.10.2025.

MSCA Research Fellow Maarja Merivoo-Parro was awarded a prize at the prestigious Falling Walls Lab MSCA competition.

The University of Jyväskylä’s acquisition offer for the shares of Jamk University of Applied Sciences Ltd and a potential transaction will be considered by the Jyväskylä City Board on 27 October 2025.

The first Wisdom Days: Science for Sustainability Transformations conference takes place in May 2026 at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The conference will foster scientific discussions and new connections across disciplines.

We are launching a study to investigate potential sex differences in the activation of corticospinal and corticoreticular pathways in the nervous system before and after high-intensity (70–75% of one-repetition maximum) bicep curl resistance training. We

Workshops on friendly encounters 11.-12.11.2025

JYU is currently the world’s only supplier offering complete recoil spectrometry systems on a turnkey basis. The latest research equipment was sold to Norway for over €400,000.

Today’s older adults experience fewer vision and hearing impairments than their counterparts in the 1990s. According to recent research these changes are particularly evident in the vision of 75- and 80-year-olds.  

A recent study examined early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers’ observations of loneliness and ostracism – or social exclusion – among 5-year-old children.

In the science article, Suvi Saarikallio, Piia Astikainen, Miriam Nokia, and Eero Haapala explain emotions, music, or exercise enhance learning. How are heart beat and breathing rhythm connected to memory?