Department of Biological and Medical Psychology: Recent submissions
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Quantifying auditory impressions in dreams in order to assess the relevance of dreaming as a model for psychosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)A long noted hypothesis is that mechanisms of dreaming play a role in psychotic hallucinations. One challenge for this hypothesis is that while psychotic hallucinations primarily are auditory, dreaming most characteristically ... -
The relationship between perceived social support and PTSD symptoms after exposure to physical assault: An 8 years longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Consequences of nondomestic violence are known to be multifaceted with high rates of emotional and psychological problems in addition to physical injuries, and victims report many trauma related symptoms. This study explore ... -
A pilot study of cognitive remediation in remitted major depressive disorder patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with working memory (WM) impairments. These deficits often persist following remission and are associated with rumination, a recognized risk factor for depression relapse. The ... -
β-Amyloid may accumulate in the human brain after focal bacterial infection: a 18F-flutemetamol positron emission tomography study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background and purpose β‐Amyloid formation has been suggested to form part of the brain's response to bacterial infection. This hypothesis has been based on experimental animal studies and autopsy studies in humans. We ... -
Emotional and behavioural function in children with language problems- a longitudinal, population- based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This longitudinal, population-based study investigated associations between language problems (LP) and emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD). Parents and teachers gave information about LP and EBD when the children ... -
Nonsocial cognitive underpinnings of theory of mind in schizophrenia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Social cognition is a mediator between nonsocial cognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia. However, the relationship between specific nonsocial cognitive and social cognitive domains is less clear. The aim of this ... -
Current and Retrospective Childhood Ratings of Emotional Fluctuations in Adults With ADHD
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction: Emotional fluctuations and mood swings are common among adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Here we investigated if these problems could be retrospectively traced back to childhood ... -
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 ... -
Sensory and Quasi-Sensory Experiences of the Deceased in Bereavement: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Bereaved people often report having sensory and quasi-sensory experiences of the deceased (SED), and there is an ongoing debate over whether SED are associated with pathology, such as grief complications. Research into ... -
Shift work, circadian rhythms and the brain : Identifying biological mechanisms underlying the metabolic and cognitive consequences of work timing, using a rat model
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-29)Shift work, and night shift work in particular, is associated with negative health effects. In the short term, night shift work is associated with increased risk of errors and accidents. In the long term, night shift work ... -
Cognitive function and brain plasticity in a rat model of shift work: role of daily rhythms, sleep and glucocorticoids
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Many occupations require operations during the night-time when the internal circadian clock promotes sleep, in many cases resulting in impairments in cognitive performance and brain functioning. Here, we use a rat model ... -
Dynamic Functional Connectivity Patterns in Schizophrenia and the Relationship With Hallucinations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)There is a wealth of evidence showing aberrant functional connectivity (FC) in schizophrenia but with considerable variability in findings across studies. Dynamic FC is an extension of traditional static FC, in that such ... -
Effects of Facial Symmetry and Gaze Direction on Perception of Social Attributes: A Study in Experimental Art History
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article explores the possibility of testing hypotheses about art production in the past by collecting data in the present. We call this enterprise “experimental art history”. Why did medieval artists prefer to paint ... -
Glutamatergic modulation of auditory cortex connectivity with attentional brain networks in unpredictable perceptual environment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In a stable environment the brain can minimize processing required for sensory input by forming a predictive model of the surrounding world and suppressing neural response to predicted stimuli. Unpredicted stimuli lead to ... -
A longitudinal 5-year follow-up study of cognitive function after first episode major depressive disorder: Exploring state, scar and trait effects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Major depression (MDD) is associated with cognitive deficits in processing speed and executive function (EF) following first episode (FE). It is unclear whether deficits are state or trait related. Studies following FE MDD ... -
Brain age prediction reveals aberrant brain white matter in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A multi-sample diffusion tensor imaging study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) share substantial neurodevelopmental components affecting brain maturation and architecture. This necessitates a dynamic lifespan perspective in which brain aberrations ... -
Current Challenges in Translational and Clinical fMRI and Future Directions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Translational neuroscience is an important field that brings together clinical praxis with neuroscience methods. In this review article, the focus will be on functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and its applicability in clinical ... -
The association of PTSD symptom severity with amygdala nuclei volumes in traumatized youths
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The amygdala is a core component in neurobiological models of stress and stress-related pathologies, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While numerous studies have reported increased amygdala activity following ... -
Mapping psychotic-like experiences: Results from an online survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Suggestions have been made that psychotic‐like experiences (PLEs), such as hallucinatory and delusional experiences, exist on a continuum from healthy individuals to patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. We used the ... -
Associations between lesion size, lesion location and aphasia in acute stroke
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The localization and organization of language has been an ongoing research interest ever since the early findings of Paul Broca. The emergence of neuroimaging the past 20 years has given us new insights on the ...