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Elina Kangas is a Grant Researcher and Doctoral Student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, affiliated with the Faculty of Education and Psychology. Her research focuses on the neural basis of depression, particularly automatic information processing in individuals with depressive symptoms. She investigates brain responses such as event-related potentials (ERPs) and psychophysiological markers to understand the neural underpinnings of depression.
Her work has been supported by grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for projects like 'Information processing in depression - the impact of vegetative and affective symptoms' (2020–2022 and 2022–2024). Key research areas include auditory and somatosensory processing differences between depressed and non-depressed individuals, with a focus on predictive coding mechanisms and interoceptive accuracy.
- Education: Doctoral studies in Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä.
- Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Psychology (Department of Psychology PSY) and School of Wellbeing teams at JYU.
- Grants:
- Finnish Cultural Foundation (2020–2024).
Her publications highlight contributions to understanding auditory and somatosensory ERP alterations in depression, emphasizing potential biomarkers for clinical applications.
