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Elisa Ryyppö serves as a Visiting Professor within the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, Finland, actively contributing to the research group led by Professor Jari Saramäki. Her interdisciplinary work bridges computational methods with cognitive neuroscience, leveraging Aalto University's research infrastructure for advanced neuroimaging studies.
Her research centers on neuroscience and cognitive science with specific expertise in functional brain networks, social cognition, and neuroimaging methodologies. She pioneers naturalistic paradigms—using feature films to investigate how social variables like kinship, sisterhood, and perspective-taking modulate neural synchronization and brain network dynamics. This approach reveals how social structures shape cognitive processing during ecologically valid tasks, integrating computational modeling with fMRI data analysis to decode complex brain-behavior relationships.
Analysis of her publication trajectory shows consistent innovation in naturalistic neuroscience, with a focus on inter-subject correlation methods and dynamic network analysis. Her work spans high-impact journals including NeuroImage and Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, demonstrating methodological rigor in examining social influences on brain activity during film viewing. Key themes include gender-based neural synchronization, moral decision-making under kinship variables, and cognitive style differences in cinematic processing.
Within Aalto University, Dr. Ryyppö collaborates with the Saramäki research group specializing in network science applications to brain imaging. Her team develops computational frameworks for analyzing time-varying functional connectivity, particularly investigating how social bonds influence neural processing topology. This environment fosters cutting-edge research at the computer science-neuroscience interface, utilizing advanced tools for dynamic brain network mapping.
