Juha Salmitaival

Juha Salmitaival is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University. His research focuses on neurocognitive and neuroimaging approaches to understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), with emphasis on working memory, prospective memory, and goal-directed behavior. He utilizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and virtual reality (VR) to explore cognitive deficits in ADHD across age groups.

• Academic Rank: Visiting Professor
• Institution: Aalto University, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests include functional connectivity, brain network analysis, and spontaneous strategy use in memory tasks. His work also intersects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals through neurotechnology applications for mental health.

Recent Publications highlight the use of VR for ADHD assessment, functional connectivity abnormalities in children with ADHD, and memory impairment mechanisms in adult ADHD. His studies often employ multisensory attention paradigms and physiological arousal monitoring in behavioral contexts.

Projects include principal investigator roles in:

• AR4U: Aalto_R2B_AR4U (2024–2025): Commercializing neurocognitive research into business applications.
• Bringing real-life to attention (2019–2024): Developing integrative models of ADHD, funded by the Academy of Finland and Business Finland.

Activities span conference presentations at the Human Brain Mapping and Society for Neuroscience conferences (2010–2023) and committee memberships in Learning and Plasticity events (2018–2023). Media engagements include discussions on ADHD diagnostics and narcissistic traits in self-disclosure (2022–2023).