Browsing by Author "Koskinen, Emmi"

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    Lähtökohtia tilasuunnitteluun jaetun asumisen näkökulmasta
    (2019) Koskinen, Emmi; Pirinen, Antti; Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu; School of Arts, Design and Architecture; Pirinen, Antti
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    Physiological responses to affiliation during conversation: Comparing neurotypical males and males with Asperger syndrome
    (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2019-01-01) Stevanovic, Melisa; Henttonen, Pentti; Koskinen, Emmi; Peräkylä, Anssi; von-Wendt, Taina Nieminen; Sihvola, Elina; Tani, Pekka; Ravaja, Niklas; Sams, Mikko; Department of Computer Science; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering; University of Helsinki; Neuromental
    We examined the emotional and psychophysiological underpinnings of social interaction in the context of autism spectrum disorder, more specifically, involving participants diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (AS). We recorded participants’ autonomic nervous system (ANS) activation (electrodermal activity, heart rate, and heart rate variability) and facial muscle activation during conversations in two different types of male dyads: (1) ten dyads where one participant has been diagnosed with AS (AS/NT dyads) and (2) nine dyads where both participants are neurotypical (NT/NT dyads). Afterwards, three independent raters assessed continuously each participant’s affiliative and dominant behaviors during the first and last 10 minutes of the conversations. The relationship between the assessed data and ANS responses was examined. We found that, in the NT/NT dyads, a high level of affiliation displayed by the conversational partner calms down the participant when they are actively dominating the interaction. In contrast, when the participants themselves expressed affiliation, their psychophysiological responses indicated increase in arousal, which suggests that the giving of affiliation is physiologically “hard work.” The affiliation-related ANS responses were similar in those NT participants whose conversational partner had AS, while some differences in facial muscle activation did occur in comparison to NT/NT dyads. In the AS participants, in contrast, a high level of affiliation provided by the conversational partner was associated with increase in arousal, suggesting heightened alertness and stress. As for their own affiliative behavior, the AS participants exhibited similar indicators of alertness and stress as the NT participants, but only when their own level of dominance was low. Our results increase understanding of how individuals with AS experience social interaction at the physiological level, and how this experience differs from that in NT individuals. Moreover, our results confirm and further specify our earlier results, where we proposed that affiliation involves the type of “sharing of the burden” that also reverberates in the participants’ bodies.
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    Putting self at stake by telling a story : Storyteller’s narcissistic traits modulate physiological emotional reactions to recipient’s disengagement
    (Public Library of Science, 2024-08-01) Koskinen, Emmi; Henttonen, Pentti; Harjunen, Ville; Krusemark, Elizabeth; Piispanen, Matias; Voutilainen, Liisa; Wuolio, Mariel; Peräkylä, Anssi; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering; University of Helsinki; Millsaps College; University of Eastern Finland
    Telling a story to a disengaged recipient induces stress and threatens positive self-image. In this study, we investigated whether storytellers with overly positive and fragile self-images (e.g., individuals with grandiose and vulnerable narcissism) would show heightened behavioral, emotional, and psychophysiological reactivity to recipient disengagement.Building on Bavelas, Coates, and Johnson [1] we conducted a conversational experiment instructing the participants to tell about a “close call” experience to a previously unknown co-participant. We modified the co-participant’s level of interactional engagement by asking them either to listen to the story carefully or to simultaneously carry out a counting task that distracted them from the content of the story. We found that the distraction condition was unrelated to the storytellers’ narration performance, but a significant positive association was found between the story-recipients’ observed lack of affiliation and the tellers’ narration performance. The distraction of recipients was also associated with increased self-reported arousal in the tellers, indicating disengagement-induced stress in the tellers. Moreover, tellers higher in grandiose narcissism reacted with higher skin conductance response to disengagement, and vulnerable narcissism was associated with higher heart rate during narration in general. Our experiment thus showed that grandiose narcissists are emotionally sensitive to their co-participants’ disengagement.
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    Pyöräliikenteen kehittäminen kuntatasolla - case Vantaa
    (2013) Pasanen, Teppo; Koskinen, Emmi; Yhdyskunta- ja ympäristötekniikan laitos; Insinööritieteiden korkeakoulu; Luttinen, Tapio
    The purpose of this thesis was to construct a bicycle strategy for The City of Vantaa. The general background, motives and means of bicycle promotion were explored especially from the municipality level perspective. The cycling situation in Vantaa was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative survey methods in addition to the use of written material. Less than ten per cent of all trips are made by bicycle in Vantaa, which is clearly less than for example in Oulu or in the best foreign cycling cities. In order to raise the popularity of cycling in Vantaa, cycling should be more competitive compared to other means of transport. Preconditions for cycling are created through land use and transport planning In dense and mixed use urban structure more destinations can be reached by bicycle. In order to make cycling convenient and easy, bicycle infrastructure should provide cyclists safe and the quickest routes. Inter modality with public transportation can substitute longer car trips. The position of cycling can also be affected by pricing of transportation and by other political means. Bicycle promotion should be continuous and integral. Apart from infrastructure means, cycling should be promoted by affecting people's habits and perceptions and by providing services for cyclists. Bicycle promotion in Finland and in Vantaa has mainly focused on building shared use bicycle and pedestrian paths. Although the safety of cycling has increased, the quality of the infrastructure in many cases doesn't provide convenient and fast cycling. Defects in the infrastructure could be obstacles for the growth of the popularity of cycling. Planning of infrastructure should be focusing more on the needs of cyclists. The bicycle strategy was compiled using the Balanced Scorecard model by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton. The strategy includes vision, mission, values, balanced scorecard and detailed table of objectives and distribution of responsibilities. The main goals of the strategy are at the same time to raise the popularity of cycling and increase the safety of cycling.
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    Shame in social interaction : Descriptions of experiences of shame by participants with high or low levels of narcissistic traits
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 2024-07) Koskinen, Emmi; Henttonen, Pentti; Kettunen, Sanna Kie; Pesonen, Sanna; Piispanen, Matias; Voutilainen, Liisa; Wuolio, Mariel; Peräkylä, Anssi; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering; University of Helsinki
    In this study, we investigate how personal experiences about shameful events are described in face-to-face social interaction, and how these stories differ between participants who have either high or low levels of narcissistic personality traits. The dataset consists of 22 dyadic conversations where the participants describe events where they felt ashamed of themselves. We found the narratives to vary in terms of five dimensions. With narcissistic individuals, the default narrative tended to exhibit a cluster of characteristics that gather at one end of these dimensions: (1) weak expressions of shame; (2) located in the story-world; (3) low level of reflexivity as well as; (4) responsibility of the described event; and (5) a general level of description. We discuss the findings in relation to sociological and psychological theories of shame and suggest that individuals with narcissistic personality traits are more inclined to use suppressive conversational practices in their treatment of shame, thus providing a “window” to these interactional practices.
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    Vantaa's Accessibility Strategy
    (2006) Koskinen, Emmi; Pajunen, Jarmo; Rakennus- ja ympäristötekniikan osasto; Teknillinen korkeakoulu; Helsinki University of Technology; Ernvall, Timo
    Työn tavoitteena oli esteettömyysstrategian laatiminen Vantaan kaupungille noudattaen kaupungin strategiatyön periaatteita. Työssä käsitellään myös esteettömyyden yleisiä periaatteita ja kaupungin mahdollisuuksia esteettömyyden edistämiselle. Esteetön ympäristö on kaikkien kannalta toimiva, turvallinen ja miellyttävä käyttää ja se tukee yhdenvertaista toimimista. Kaikille soveltuva esteetön ympäristö on myös edellytyksenä itsenäisesti ja omatoimisesti elämiselle. Tulevaisuudessa väestön ikääntyminen asettaakin lisää haasteita esteettömyydelle. Esteettömästä ympäristöstä hyötyvät iäkkäiden ja vammaisten lisäksi myös esimerkiksi pienten lasten tai raskaiden kantamusten kanssa liikkuvat. Muille esteettömyys tuo mukanaan ympäristön hyvän laadun, käyttömukavuuden ja matkustamisen sujuvuuden. Esteettömyysstrategia on tehty Kaplanin ja Nortonin kehittämän balanced scorecard - mallin mukaan. Strategiaan sisältyy visio, missio ja arvot sekä tuloskortti ja taulukko tavoitteista ja vastuunjaosta. Tuloskortin näkökulmia ovat vaikuttavuus ja palvelutarjonta, rakenteet ja prosessit, uudistuminen ja henkilöstön työhyvinvointi sekä taloudelliset resurssit ja mahdollisuudet. Vantaan esteettömyysstrategian toteutuksella on selkeä vastuunjako ja toimijoiden motivointi. Hyvän liikkumisympäristön luominen vaatii esteettömyyden huomioimista suunnittelun kaikissa vaiheissa ja ympäristön eri elementeissä. Uutta rakennettaessa esteettömyys tulisikin huomioida kaikissa suunnittelun ja rakentamisen vaiheissa. Jo olemassa oleva ympäristö ei yleensä ole esteetöntä, joten näiden korjaaminen ja myös priorisointi on tarpeen. Hyvällä kunnossapidolla vaikutetaan siihen, että ympäristö pysyy esteettömänä ajan kuluessa ja muuttuvissa olosuhteissa. Suunnitteluohjeilla sekä suunnittelijoiden tiedoilla ja taidoilla on merkitystä siihen, millainen ympäristöstä muodostuu. Esteettömyyden edistämisessä tärkeää on yhteistyö kaupungin eri hallintokuntien välillä ja käyttäjänäkökulman huomioon ottaminen. Esteetön ympäristö tuo pitkällä tähtäimellä säästöjä yhteiskunnalle, mutta rakennetun ympäristön korjaaminen esteettömäksi edellyttää resurssien varaamista esteettömyyden edistämiselle. Toimiva esteetön ympäristö luo mahdollisuuden liikkumiseen kaikille.