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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 and objective language functions in glioma patients during longitudinal follow-up : Associations with quality of life, psychological distress and fatigue
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-12-13)Gliomer er den vanligste gruppen primære ondartede hjernesvulster. De har en kompleks symptombyrde og en dårlig prognose. De er ofte lokalisert i områder som er involvert i språk- og kognitive funksjoner. Derfor kan både ... -
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 ... -
Subjective, but not objective, language functions predict fatigue in patients with lower-grade gliomas during longitudinal follow-up
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Purpose To investigate the course of fatigue, subjective and objective language functions in patients with lower-grade gliomas during the first year of disease. Further, to examine if subjective and objective language ... -
Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Over half of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) display interpersonal and social problems. Several lines of research suggest that suboptimal decision making, the ability to adjust choices 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 ... -
The Development and Pilot of a Norwegian Nonword Repetition Test Following the Framework of Language Impairment Testing in a Multilingual Setting
(Master thesis, 2021-05-28)Det er en mangel på verktøy for screening og diagnostisering av barn med utviklingsmessige språkvansker (DLD) i Norge, noe som er veldig tydelig i alderen før barn lærer seg å lese og skrive, og spesielt om de er tospråklige. ... -
Tidlige kognitive kjennetegn på dysleksi. Identifisering av kognitive ferdigheter hos barn, som kan predikere senere vansker med skriftspråket
(Master thesis, 2008-06-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate cognitive markers in pre-school age that can predict later failure in reading and writing. It was focused on phonological awareness and different aspects of short-term memory ... -
Tiltak for å fremme helse på arbeidsplassen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1996)Previous attempts to improve health in working life were directed at somatic health variables. At present, such interventions are also directed at life quality and subjective health. Complaints without objectively verifiable ... -
Time of day dependent longitudinal changes in resting-state fMRI
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Longitudinal studies have become more common in the past years due to their superiority over cross-sectional samples. In light of the ongoing replication crisis, the factors that may introduce variability in resting-state ... -
Time-of-Day Effects in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Changes in Effective Connectivity and Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Signal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction: In the light of the ongoing replication crisis in the field of neuroimaging, it is necessary to assess the possible exogenous and endogenous factors that may affect functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). ... -
Tormenting thoughts: The posterior cingulate sulcus of the default mode network regulates valence of thoughts and activity in the brain's pain network during music listening
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Many individuals spend a significant amount of their time “mind-wandering”. Mind-wandering often includes spontaneous, nonintentional thought, and a neural correlate of this kind of thought is the default mode network ... -
Towards a multilevel model of major depression: genes, immuno-metabolic function, and cortico-striatal signaling
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Biological assay and imaging techniques have made visible a great deal of the machinery of mental illness. Over fifty years of investigation of mood disorders using these technologies has identified several biological ...