Jaana Simola
Biographic Data
| ID | 7523242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jaana Simola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jaana |
| FAMILY NAME | Simola |
| SIGNATURE | SIMOLA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8273-685X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Racism and anti-racism in medical education
BACKGROUND: Racism negatively impacts health, and it has both structural and interpersonal manifestations in medicine. In Finnish medical education, diversity, equity, and inclusion work is still in its infancy. This is the first study examining Finnish medical students' perspectives on racism and anti-racism during their studies. METHODS: An online survey was distributed to medical students across Finland. The responses (N = 150) were analyzed u…
Curiosity and evidence quality affect information seeking and eye movements during reading
Curiosity is critical for learning and selective information processing, but it is unclear how it affects eye-movement patterns during reading. We tracked participants' (n=56) eye movements in a task with 18 health-related questions. Each question was followed by up to 15 statements from three quality categories: scientific relevant (SR), scientific irrelevant (SI), and non-scientific relevant (NR). The statements were concealed in three boxes ac…
Eye movements reflect thought patterns while listening to literary narratives
Listeners experience different types of thoughts while listening to literary texts. • These thoughts are similar to those experienced while reading literary texts. • These thought patterns are reflected in eye-movement behaviour. • The dichotomy on/off task does not cover the whole range of thoughts listeners have. • Immersion can positively influence text comprehension outcomes. While listening to an audiobook, listeners’ attention may shift bet…
Science capital
This study examined science capital among Finnish adults ( N = 1572), who responded to 37 survey items assessing science capital. Factor analysis suggested four science capital dimensions: visiting science-related places, science attitudes, science-related self-efficacy, and early support for studying natural sciences. Higher education and higher parental education were linked to higher science capital across all dimensions. Older participants ex…
Do eye movements reflect readers’ thoughts during reading? Evidence from multidimensional experience sampling and eye movements
While reading narrative texts, readers' attention often fluctuates from the text (e.g., immersion) to text-unrelated thoughts (e.g., mind-wandering). Research on mind-wandering and immersion suggests that they influence the reading process differently. In this article, we examine the types of thoughts readers have while reading a literary text. Specifically, we investigated the effect of immersion and mind-wandering on eye-movement behaviour duri…
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Science capital
This study examined science capital among Finnish adults ( N = 1572), who responded to 37 survey items assessing science capital. Factor analysis suggested four science capital dimensions: visiting science-related places, science attitudes, science-related self-efficacy, and early support for studying natural sciences. Higher education and higher parental education were linked to higher science capital across all dimensions. Older participants ex…
Do eye movements reflect readers’ thoughts during reading? Evidence from multidimensional experience sampling and eye movements
While reading narrative texts, readers' attention often fluctuates from the text (e.g., immersion) to text-unrelated thoughts (e.g., mind-wandering). Research on mind-wandering and immersion suggests that they influence the reading process differently. In this article, we examine the types of thoughts readers have while reading a literary text. Specifically, we investigated the effect of immersion and mind-wandering on eye-movement behaviour duri…
Racism and anti-racism in medical education
BACKGROUND: Racism negatively impacts health, and it has both structural and interpersonal manifestations in medicine. In Finnish medical education, diversity, equity, and inclusion work is still in its infancy. This is the first study examining Finnish medical students' perspectives on racism and anti-racism during their studies. METHODS: An online survey was distributed to medical students across Finland. The responses (N = 150) were analyzed u…
Curiosity and evidence quality affect information seeking and eye movements during reading
Curiosity is critical for learning and selective information processing, but it is unclear how it affects eye-movement patterns during reading. We tracked participants' (n=56) eye movements in a task with 18 health-related questions. Each question was followed by up to 15 statements from three quality categories: scientific relevant (SR), scientific irrelevant (SI), and non-scientific relevant (NR). The statements were concealed in three boxes ac…
Eye movements reflect thought patterns while listening to literary narratives
Listeners experience different types of thoughts while listening to literary texts. • These thoughts are similar to those experienced while reading literary texts. • These thought patterns are reflected in eye-movement behaviour. • The dichotomy on/off task does not cover the whole range of thoughts listeners have. • Immersion can positively influence text comprehension outcomes. While listening to an audiobook, listeners’ attention may shift bet…
Eye movement (3 works) · Mind wandering and attention (3 works) · Fixation (population genetics) (2 works) · Active listening (1 work) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Anti-racism (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Cultural Competency in Health Care (1 work) · Curiosity (1 work) · Demography (1 work)