Risto Näätänen#

• 2013 - Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Psychology
• 2007 - 2012 Professor, University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Psychology
• 2001 - 2007 Director of Helsinki Brain Research Centre
• 1991 - 2006 Director of Helsinki University Cognitive Brain Research Unit
• 1983 - 2007 Research Professor (Academy Professor) of the Academy of Finland
• 1975 - 1998 University of Helsinki, Professor of Psychology

• Cognitive neuroscience
• Psychology
• The mismatch negativity phenomenon
• Psychological Mechanisms of Cognition and Personality Processes
• Culture and Society

• 1985 Member of the International Academy of Science
• 1990 Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
• 1991 Member of the Academia Europaea
• 1994 Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1998 - 2002 The Board of the Finnish Science Academies: Member and Vice-president
• 2000 Honorary Doctor of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
• 2000 Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia
• 2001 - 2007 International Steering Committee of the Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Estonia
• 2007 Nordic Prize for research within Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Sweden
• 2007 Honorary Doctor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• 2008 Honorary Doctor (Neuroscience), University of St. Petersburg
• 2008 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• 2010 The Grand Medal of the University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
• 2010 Honorary Doctor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
• 2012 The Golden Medal of the Finnish Psychological Association, Finland
• 2012 Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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