# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/risto-naatanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:19:57.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/risto-naatanen"
name: "Risto Näätänen"
slug: "risto-naatanen"
description: "Risto Kalervo Näätänen was a Finnish psychological scientist, pioneer in the field of cognitive neuroscience, and known worldwide as one of the discoverers of the electrophysiological mismatch negativity. He was a much-cited social scientist and one of the few individuals appointed permanent Academy Professor of the Academy of Finland. He retired in 2007 and retained a title of Academy Professor emeritus of the Academy of Finland. He was a professor at the University of Tartu starting in 2007."
tagline: "Finnish psychologist (1939–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1939-06-14"
deathDate: "2023-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.88
  momentum:             12.85714285714285
  historical:           7.004968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_N%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Risto Näätänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Наатанен, Ристо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2376744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump