Department of Biological and Medical Psychology: Recent submissions
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Co-occurring symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of adolescents screened for depression
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-25)Background: Depression is common in adolescents, with a gender bias towards girls. Symptoms associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tend to co-occur in depressed adolescents. This may be related to ... -
Visual-spatial information processing in the two hemispheres of the brain is dependent on the feature characteristics of the stimulus
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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 ... -
Left temporal lobe structural and functional abnormality underlying auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-05-01)In this article, we have reviewed recent findings from our laboratory, originally presented in Hugdahl et al. (2008) . These findings reveal that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia should best be conceptualized as ... -
Mental health services use predicted by number of mental health problems and gender in a total population study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)We examined the relationship between service use and the number of problem areas as reported by parents and teachers on questionnaires among children aged 7–9 years old in the Bergen Child Study, a total population study ... -
Neural plasticity in functional and anatomical MRI studies of children with Tourette syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with childhood onset characterized by chronic motor and vocal tics. The typical clinical course of an attenuation of symptoms during adolescence in parallel ... -
Retningslinjer og vurderingskriterier for den artikkelbaserte ph.d-avhandlingen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01-07)PhD by publication is becoming increasingly more common both nationally as well as internationally. But what are the guidelines for such a thesis, and how is such a thesis assessed? This is what the present article focuses ... -
Default-mode network functional connectivity is closely related to metabolic activity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06)Over the last decade, the brain's default-mode network (DMN) and its function has attracted a lot of attention in the field of neuroscience. However, the exact underlying mechanisms of DMN functional connectivity, or more ... -
Early developmental, temperamental and educational problems in ‘substance use disorder’ patients with and without ADHD. Does ADHD make a difference?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-28)Introduction. The prevalence of ADHD among patients with substance use disorder (SUD) is substantial. This study addressed the following research questions: Are early developmental, temperamental and educational problems ... -
Diarrhea, Stimulation and Growth Predict Neurodevelopment in Young North Indian Children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-31)Background and Objective. Infants and young children in low to middle-income countries are at risk for adverse neurodevelopment due to multiple risk factors. In this study, we sought to identify stimulation and learning ... -
Pragmatisk kompetanse hos barn med leppe-, kjeve-, og/ eller ganespalte
(Master thesis, 2015-08-12)Denne tverrsnittstudiens hensikt er å kartlegge den pragmatiske kompetansen og de generelle kommunikasjonsferdighetene til barn med leppe-kjeve- og/ eller ganespalte. Barna (n = 17) i alderen 5:2-6:8 år ble kartlagt ved ... -
Biological Risks and Neurodevelopment in Young North Indian Children
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-01-26)Background. Children growing up in poverty face multiple biological and psychosocial risks, some of which are primarily found in low to middle income countries. Unfavourable biological circumstances, such as inadequate ... -
Maternal deprivation of Lewis rat pups increases the severity of experimental periodontitis in adulthood
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background and Objective: Early life adverse events may influence susceptibility/resistance to chronic inflammatory diseases later in life by permanently dysregulating brain-controlled immune-regulatory systems. We have ... -
Prevalence of auditory verbal hallucinations in a general population: A group comparison study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10)The present study was specifically designed to investigate the prevalence of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in the general population, and sought to compare similarities and differences regarding socio-demographics, ... -
The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: Writing process factors predict story quality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)In this study of third grade school children, we investigated the association between writing process measures recorded with key stroke logging and the final written product. Moreover, we examined the cognitive predictors ... -
Prevalence of auditory hallucinations in Norwegian adolescents: Results from a population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-12)Knowing the prevalence and characteristics of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in adolescents is important for estimations of need for mental health care and assessment of psychosis risk. In this report we assess the ... -
The role of the primary auditory cortex in the neural mechanism of auditory verbal hallucinations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-24)Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are a subjective experience of “hearing voices” in the absence of corresponding physical stimulation in the environment. The most remarkable feature of AVHs is their perceptual quality, ... -
Assessing brain structural associations with working-memory related brain patterns in schizophrenia and healthy controls using linked independent component analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Schizophrenia (SZ) is a psychotic disorder with significant cognitive dysfunction. Abnormal brain activation during cognitive processing has been reported, both in task-positive and task-negative networks. Further, structural ... -
The neural correlates of sex differences in left-right confusion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-14)Difficulties in left–right discrimination (LRD) are commonly experienced in everyday life situations. Here we investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of LRD and the specific role of left angular gyrus. Given that previous ... -
Neurocognitive Development and Predictors of L1 and L2 Literacy Skills in Dyslexia: A Longitudinal Study of Children 5–11 Years Old
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-29)The aim of this study was to find valid neurocognitive precursors of literacy development in first language (L1, Norwegian) and second language (L2, English) in a group of children during their Pre-literacy, Emergent ...