Department of Biological and Medical Psychology
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Assessment of visual problems after acquired brain injury: a survey of current practice in Danish hospitals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives: To explore current hospital practice in relation to the assessment of vision problems in patients with acquired brain injury. Design: A survey study. Subjects: A total of 143 respondents from hospital ... -
Analysis of distributions reveals real differences on dichotic listening scores between left- and right-handers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)About 95% of right-handers and 70% of left-handers have a left-hemispheric specialization for language. Dichotic listening is often used as an indirect measure of this language asymmetry. However, while it reliably produces ... -
Deficits in specific executive functions manifest by severity in major depressive disorder: a comparison of antidepressant naïve inpatient, outpatient, subclinical, and healthy control groups
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Previous research has highlighted the executive function (EF) deficits present in depressed patients; however, conflicting results exist regarding the impact of depression severity on the size of these deficits. ... -
Norske sjetteklassinger med og uten dysleksi - en studie om muntlige engelskferdigheter
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Formål: Studien har som formål å undersøke muntlige engelskferdigheter hos norske sjetteklassinger med og uten dysleksi, hvor engelsk er elevenes andrespråk. Problemstillingen er om det finnes en forskjell mellom dysleksigruppe ... -
Dysleksi og engelsk som andrespråk. Skriftlige engelskferdigheter hos elever med og uten dysleksi- Sett i lys av økt eksponering for engelsk
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Bakgrunn. Formålet med denne studien har vært å undersøke norske 6. klassinger, med og uten dysleksi, sine ferdigheter i engelsk som andrespråk. Deltakerne i studien går på skoler i en større by i Vestland. Metode. Ved ... -
Innsatte i norske fengsler: Ønske om fengselsopplæring, med kommunikasjonsvansker som barriere
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Tidligere forskning avdekker i liten grad hvilke barrierer som oppleves av innsatte med kommunikasjonsvansker som ikke deltar i fengselsopplæring. Formålet med denne kvantitative studien var å undersøke hvilke barrierer ... -
Patients with cognitive deficits and substance use disorders, a clinical population in need of focused attention
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A comparative analysis of colour–emotion associations in 16–88-year-old adults from 31 countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed ... -
Improvement in self-reported cognitive functioning but not in rumination following online working memory training in a two-year follow-up study of remitted major depressive disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Self-reported subjective cognitive difficulties (subjective deficits) and rumination are central residual cognitive symptoms following major depressive disorder (MDD). These are risk factors for more a severe course of ... -
Oral language skills and mental health in female prisoners: pragmatic skills are essential
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: There are strong indications of an elevated incidence of both language problems and problems with mental health among prisoners. We also know that women in prison are a particularly vulnerable group who often ... -
Resilience to substance use disorder following childhood maltreatment: association with peripheral biomarkers of endocannabinoid function and neural indices of emotion regulation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for substance use disorders (SUD) in adulthood. Understanding the mechanisms by which people are susceptible or resilient to developing SUD after exposure to CM is important for ... -
Neurocognitive development after pediatric brain tumor - a longitudinal, retrospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors (PBTs) treated with cranial radiation therapy (CRT) often experience a decline in neurocognitive test scores. Less is known about the neurocognitive development of non-irradiated survivors ... -
Signatures of exposure to childhood trauma in young adults in the structure and neurochemistry of the superior temporal gyrus
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Childhood trauma (CT) has been linked to increased risk for mental illness in adulthood. Although work in experimental animals has shown that early life stressors can affect inhibitory and excitatory ... -
An online survey on clinical and healthy individuals with auditory verbal hallucinations: Abuse did not lead to more negative voice content
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Abstract Despite the clinical and theoretical importance of the negative content in auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), little research has been conducted on the topic. A handful of studies suggest that trauma or adverse ... -
Functional changes in GABA and glutamate during motor learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) of GABA at 3 T poses additional challenges compared with fMRS of other metabolites because of the difficulties of measuring GABA levels; GABA is present in the brain at ... -
Cognitive impairment as a predictor of long-term psychological distress in patients with polysubstance use disorders: a prospective longitudinal cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: The association between polysubstance use disorder (pSUD), mental illness, and cognitive impairments is well established and linked to negative outcomes in substance use disorder treatment. However, it remains ... -
fMRI fluctuations within the language network are correlated with severity of hallucinatory symptoms in schizophrenia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Although schizophrenia (SZ) represents a complex multiform psychiatric disorder, one of its most striking symptoms are auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH). While the neurophysiological origin of this pervasive symptom has ... -
Cognitive impairment as a predictor of outcomes in SUD rehabilitation
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-05)Bakgrunn: Gjentatte studier har vist at forekomsten av svekket kognitiv fungering blant pasienter med rusmiddellidelser er høy og assosiert med svakere behandlingsutfall i rusbehandling. Identifisering av svekket kognitiv ... -
Performance on Cognitive Screening Tests and Long-Term Substance Use Outcomes in Patients with Polysubstance Use Disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Cognitive impairments among patients with substance use disorders are prevalent and associated with adverse treatment outcomes. However, knowledge of the predictive value of broad cognitive screening instruments ... -
Social exclusion evokes different psychophysiological responses in individuals high on the psychopathy facets fearless dominance and self-centered impulsivity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Individuals with psychopathic personality traits are generally thought to have difficulties in processing and experiencing emotions. These difficulties could also translate to emotionally charged social situations such as ...
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