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Occupational Status Is Compromised in Adults With ADHD and Psychometrically Defined Executive Function Deficits
(Journal article, 2014-09)Objective: Problems related to executive function (EF) are frequently reported in adults with ADHD. However, only a subgroup of patients show deficits on common neuropsychological tests designed to measure EF. We investigated ... -
Occurrence and phenomenology of hallucinations in the general population: A large online survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Although epidemiological studies report that hallucinations occur in 6–15% of the general population, little is known about their phenomenology. To overcome this paucity, this study investigates the phenomenological ... -
Olfactory hallucinations in a population-based sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Olfactory hallucinations referring to olfactory perceptions in the absence of chemical stimuli, occur in non-clinical and clinical populations. Few studies have investigated their prevalence in the general population and ... -
One-year abstinence improves ADHD symptoms among patients with polysubstance use disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12)Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common comorbid disorder in patients suffering from substance use disorder (SUD). Individuals with co-occurring SUD and ADHD are more likely than SUD patients ... -
One-year sobriety improves satisfaction with life, executive functions and psychological distress among patients with polysubstance use disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)Introduction: Polysubstance use disorder is prevalent in treatment-seeking patients with substance use disorder (SUD), with a higher risk of developing comorbid psychiatric symptoms, more pervasive deficits in cognitive ... -
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 ... -
An optimal dichotic-listening paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric dominance for speech processing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Dichotic-listening paradigms are widely accepted as non-invasive tests of hemispheric dominance for language processing and represent a standard diagnostic tool for the assessment of developmental auditory and language ... -
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 ... -
Paracingulate sulcus morphology and hallucinations in clinical and nonclinical groups
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Hallucinations are a characteristic symptom of psychotic mental health conditions that are also experienced by many individuals without a clinical diagnosis. Hallucinations in schizophrenia have been linked to differences ... -
Parallel but independent reduction of emotional awareness and corpus callosum connectivity in older age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-31)Differential functional specialization of the left and right hemispheres for linguistic and emotional functions, respectively, suggest that interhemispheric communication via the corpus callosum is critical for emotional ... -
Parental predictors of children’s executivefunctioning from ages 6 to 10
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)According to prominent models of child development, parental factors may contribute to individual differences in children’s executive functioning (EF). Here, we examine the relative importance of parents’ socio-economic ... -
Parental socioeconomic status and child intellectual functioning in a Norwegian sample
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10)Socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood has been linked to cognitive function and future academic and occupational success in studies from several countries. However, previous Nordic studies have shown inconsistent results ... -
Patients with cognitive deficits and substance use disorders, a clinical population in need of focused attention
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Pattern classification based on the amygdala does not predict an individual's response to emotional stimuli
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have often recorded robust univariate group effects in the amygdala of subjects exposed to emotional stimuli. Yet it is unclear to what extent this effect also holds ... -
Performance monitoring in medication-naïve children with Tourette Syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03-01)Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder and its impact on cognitive development needs further study. Evidence from neuropsychological, neuroimaging and electrophysiological studies ... -
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 ... -
Performance on the balloon analogue risk task and anticipatory response inhibition task is associated with severity of impulse control behaviours in people with Parkinson’s disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Dopamine agonist medication is one of the largest risk factors for development of problematic impulse control behaviours (ICBs) in people with Parkinson’s disease. The present study investigated the potential of dopamine ... -
Perseus plugin “Metis” for metabolic-pathway-centered quantitative multi-omics data analysis for static and time-series experimental designs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We introduce Metis, a new plugin for the Perseus software aimed at analyzing quantitative multi-omics data based on metabolic pathways. Data from different omics types are connected through reactions of a genome-scale ... -
Persistent sleep problems among people in recovery from substance use disorders: a mixed methods study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The aims of this study are to examine the one-year trajectory of sleep problems, identify clinical correlates, and describe subjective experiences related to persistent sleep problems during recovery from ... -
Physical exercise improves quality of life, depressive symptoms, and cognition across chronic brain disorders: a transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We performed a meta-analysis to synthesize evidence on the efficacy and safety of physical exercise as an add-on therapeutic intervention for quality of life (QoL), depressive symptoms and cognition across six chronic brain ...