Blar i Department of Biological and Medical Psychology på tittel
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Social inequalities in health: biological, cognitive and learning theory perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2002)Increasing social inequalities in health have been ascribed to unequal distribution of resources, and to exposure factors. We propose that these differences also may be explained by principles from cognitive stress theory. ... -
Språk og dysleksi - en oppfølgingsstudie av barn kartlagt i barnehagen med RI-5, TRAS og CCC-2 - en studie av ulike utviklingsprofiler
(Master thesis, 2016-05-24)Dyslexia is seen as a multifactorial impairment that can be analyzed at a biological, cognitive, symptomatic and environmental level. Consequently it should be possible to detect early risk factors for dyslexia. The aim ... -
Språk og stamming - En undersøkelse av språklig kompetanse hos fire gutter i alderen 5-8 år som stammer
(Master thesis, 2015-06-03)Developmental stuttering is a speech fluency disorder, beginning in early childhood. The final cause of stuttering is unknown, but it is likely that stuttering is multi-factorial and involves a complex relationship between ... -
Språkforståing og utvikling av lese - og skrivevanskar
(Master thesis, 2011-05-24)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between language - comprehension and developmental dyslexia. This study focused on whether there was a difference between children in a typical group and a dyslexic ... -
Språklig kompetanse hos syvåringer - En oppfølgingsstudie av barn som har deltatt i forskningsprosjektet ”Kartlegging av 5-åringers språk”
(Master thesis, 2016-05-24)Language impairment is defined as a developmental or acquired deficit, which can present itself as poor understanding and/or difficulty understanding verbal, written and/or other symbolic systems. This project is a follow-up ... -
Stable associations between behavioral problems and language impairments across childhood – The importance of pragmatic language problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-15)This study investigated language function associated with behavior problems, focusing on pragmatics. Scores on the Children's Communication Checklist Second Edition (CCC-2) in a group of 40 adolescents (12–15 years) ... -
Stamming og dikotisk lyttetrening. Effekt av dikotisk lyttetrening på språklig prosessering hos barn med stamming, målt med test for hurtig benevning
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Innledning: Denne masteroppgaven hadde som formål å undersøke i hvilken grad dikotisk lyttetrening (DL) hadde effekt på språklig prosessering hos barn med stamming. Forskning viser at flere mennesker som stammer har økt ... -
Stamming og språklateralisering – en undersøkelse med funksjonell og strukturell hjerneavbildning
(Master thesis, 2012-05-24)Utviklingsmessig stamming er en taleflytforstyrrelse som oppstår i barndommen. Mange barn som opplever forstyrrelsen blir spontant bedre, men omtrent en prosent av befolkningen har fremdeles utviklingsmessig stamming som ... -
Stratification and prediction of remission in first-episode psychosis patients: the OPTiMiSE cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Early response to first-line antipsychotic treatments is strongly associated with positive long-term symptomatic and functional outcome in psychosis. Unfortunately, attempts to identify reliable predictors of treatment ... -
Structural and functional largescale brain network dynamics: Examples from mental disorders
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-10)Hjernen er organisert i ulike funksjonelle og strukturelle nettverk. Til tross for omfattende forskning, er fremdeles ikke funksjonen og dynamikken i slike nettverk godt forstått. En økt innsikt kan være avgjørende for å ... -
Study protocol for the Alzheimer and music therapy study: An RCT to compare the efficacy of music therapy and physical activity on brain plasticity, depressive symptoms, and cognitive decline, in a population with and at risk for Alzheimer's disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background There is anecdotal evidence for beneficial effects of music therapy in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). However, there is a lack of rigorous research investigating this issue. The aim of this study is to ... -
Subjective judgments of rhythmic complexity in Parkinson's disease: Higher baseline, preserved relative ability, and modulated by tempo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-03)Previous research has demonstrated that people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have difficulties with the perceptual discrimination of rhythms, relative to healthy controls. It is not however clear if this applies only to ... -
Substance-Related Problems in Adolescents with ADHD-Diagnoses: The Importance of Self-Reported Conduct Problems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a known risk factor for substance-related problems (SRP) during adolescence, but the nature of this relationship and the importance of co-occurring conduct ... -
Suppression, Maintenance, and Surprise: Neuronal Correlates of Predictive Processing Specialization for Musical Rhythm
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Auditory repetition suppression and omission activation are opposite neural phenomena and manifestations of principles of predictive processing. Repetition suppression describes the temporal decrease in neural activity ... -
A synthesis of evidence on inhibitory control and auditory hallucinations based on the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-26)The National Institute of Mental Health initiative called the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project aims to provide a new approach to understanding mental illness grounded in the fundamental domains of human behavior and ... -
A systematic review of studies utilizing hair glucocorticoids as a measure of stress suggests the marker is more appropriate for quantifying short-term stressors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-19)Quantitating glucocorticoids (GCs) in hairs is a popular method for assessing chronic stress in studies of humans and animals alike. The cause-and-effect relationship between stress and elevated GC levels in hairs, sampled ... -
tDCS as treatment in neuro-psychiatric disorders : The underlying neuronal mechanisms of tDCS treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-02-04)Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation which has gained widespread interest in neurology and psychology, both as a clinical and research tool. While it has been explored ... -
Teacher reports of hypoactivity symptoms reflect slow cognitive processing speed in primary school children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The mediating effect of cognitive processing speed on the ability of a primary school child to achieve his/her full potential of intellectual functioning emphasizes the importance of methods to detect ‘‘slow’’ children. ... -
Temporal Signatures of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations: An App-Based Experience Sampling Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The assessment of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) has traditionally been conducted through (semi-)structured interviews, such as the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scales (PANSS; Kay et al., 1987) and the Psychotic ...