Dr Jenni Elise Kähkönen
ResearchResearch interests
I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow on a 4-year project FLOURISH (Fear Learning via Observation, Understanding Resilience Interventions and Supporting Healthy Development). I run a lab-based study on 7-10-year-old children and their parents. This exciting multifaceted study includes for example eyetracking, heart rate measures, and parent-child observations across several activities.
Alongside the fellowship, I work one day a week as a research assistant disseminating the findings of my PhD. My PhD investigated environmental sensitivity in primary school children, with a special focus on developing new sensitivity measures suitable for the school context and identifying features of the school environment that may affect sensitive children's well-being. This project involved conducting a longitudinal study in UK schools, analysing longitudinal data from Switzerland, and administering cognitive activities and interviews with children in schools.
Before my doctoral studies, I conducted research in cognitive psychology and social psychology of intimate relationships. These lab studies also involved physiological measures (HR, RSA, EMG).
Despite the differences in these projects, the common thread is investigating what characteristics make individuals more affected by their experiences.
Research interests
I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow on a 4-year project FLOURISH (Fear Learning via Observation, Understanding Resilience Interventions and Supporting Healthy Development). I run a lab-based study on 7-10-year-old children and their parents. This exciting multifaceted study includes for example eyetracking, heart rate measures, and parent-child observations across several activities.
Alongside the fellowship, I work one day a week as a research assistant disseminating the findings of my PhD. My PhD investigated environmental sensitivity in primary school children, with a special focus on developing new sensitivity measures suitable for the school context and identifying features of the school environment that may affect sensitive children's well-being. This project involved conducting a longitudinal study in UK schools, analysing longitudinal data from Switzerland, and administering cognitive activities and interviews with children in schools.
Before my doctoral studies, I conducted research in cognitive psychology and social psychology of intimate relationships. These lab studies also involved physiological measures (HR, RSA, EMG).
Despite the differences in these projects, the common thread is investigating what characteristics make individuals more affected by their experiences.