Otto Lappi

Dr. Otto Lappi is a Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki's Department of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts. His work bridges cognitive science and human performance in complex dynamic tasks, particularly focusing on predictive processing in visuomotor control.

• PhD in Cognitive Science
• Title of Docent at University of Helsinki
• Academy Research Fellow (2020-2025)

His research explores:

• Cognitive mechanisms in high-speed sports and driving
• Predictive gaze strategies and steering control
• Flow states in skill acquisition
• VR and eye-tracking applications in archaeomusicology
• Neural substrates of domain expertise

Recent publications analyze:

• Flow-state dynamics in visuomotor learning
• Predictive gaze behavior in automated driving
• Computational models of attention in distracted driving
• Chunking mechanisms in high-speed sports performance

Scientific contributions include:

• Academy Research Fellow (Research Council of Finland)
• Editorial work on high-performance cognition
• Organizing cognitive science workshops

As doctoral supervisor, he has guided:

• Samuel Tuhkanen (Predictive Gaze and Steering)
• Jesse Kuokkanen (Mechanistic Computationalism)
• Ida Maasalo (Driver Behavior)
• Markus Mattsson (Psychometrics)