Dr. Suvi Saarikallio

Docent of Music Psychology

Department of Music
P.O. Box 35 (M)
40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Email: suvi.saarikallio 'at' jyu.fi
Tel. + 358 50 536 1900

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Examples of recent papers


Saarikallio S, McFerran K, Gold C. 2015. Development and validation of the Healthy Unhealthy Music Scale HUMS. Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Carlson E, Saarikallio S, Toiviainen P, Bogert B, Kliuchko M, Brattico E. 2015. Maladaptive and adaptive emotion regulation through music. A behavioral and neuroimaging study of males and females. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Saarikallio S, Vuoskoski J, Luck G. 2014. Adolescents expression and perception of emotion in music reflects their broader abilities of emotional communication. Psychology of Wellbeing.

Saarikallio S, Luck G, Burger B, Thompson M, Toiviainen P. 2013. Dance moves reflect current affective state illustrative of approach avoidance motivation. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.