Department of Biological and Medical Psychology: Nye registreringer
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Afasi - på søken etter ordene. Om testing og forståelse av benevningsvansker.
(Master thesis, 2009-05-25)Bakgrunn: Benevningsvansker er ofte noe av det som ofte føles mest hemmende for en person med afasi. Det er forsket mye på benevningvansker for seg selv men relativt lite på forholdet mellom benevning og auditiv forståelse. ... -
"Lita tue kan velte stort lass". Ein analyse av samanhengen mellom arbeidsminne i førskulealder og begynnaropplæring i lesing og skriving.
(Master thesis, 2008-06-05)The aim of this study was to investigate connections between working memory in preschool-children and early reading and writing skills. The purpose was to discover early markers of children at risk of developing dyslexia. ... -
Dikotisk lytting og posttraumatisk stressforstyrrelse. Kan symptomer på posttraumatisk stressforstyrrelse ha betydning for undersøkelse av språklateralisering?
(Master thesis, 2008-05-22)The goal of this study was to shed light on a possible connection between PTSD symptoms and the performance on the dichotic listening task. The method concerned analyzing data from forty five refugees from former Yugoslavia, ... -
Dysleksi og visuo-spatiale ferdigheter
(Master thesis, 2009-05-25)The aim of this study was to investigate the correspondence between visuo-spatial skills and emergent literacy at a later stage. In the chapter ”Theory and empirical data”, dyslexia is described on the basis of the four ... -
Bokstavkunnskap og ordlesing. En kvantitativ undersøkelse av barn i alderen 5-7 år som er i risikosonen for å utvikle dysleksi
(Master thesis, 2009-05-25)The purpose of this study has been to look at the differences between children in a control group and in an at- risk category group for development of dyslexia when it comes to letter knowledge and word reading. In the ... -
Is there a protective effect of normal to high intellectual function on mental health in children with chronic illness?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-01-20)Background High intellectual function is considered as a protective factor for children's mental health. Few studies have investigated the effect of intellectual function on mental health in children with chronic illness ... -
Group Study of Simulated Driving fMRI Data by Multiset Canonical Correlation Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)In this work, we apply a novel statistical method, multiset canonical correlation analysis (M-CCA), to study a group of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) datasets acquired during simulated driving task. The M-CCA ... -
Communication difficulties in children identified with psychiatric problems
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-09-27)Several studies have pointed to an overlap between different developmental psychopathological conditions and language impairments, and difficulties with communication have been identified in children of various diagnostic ... -
The Epistemic Status of Processing Fluency as Source for Judgments of Truth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-07)This article combines findings from cognitive psychology on the role of processing fluency in truth judgments with epistemological theory on justification of belief. We first review evidence that repeated exposure to a ... -
MRI measures of brain volume and cortical complexity in clinical groups and during development
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-05-07)The complex structure of the surface of the brain might elude classical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods of characterization, when it comes to measures of surface irregularities. Such measures may be important when ... -
The effects of background noise on asymmetrical speech perception
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-24)The present thesis aimed at examining the effects of environmental background noise on asymmetrical speech perception. To assess asymmetrical speech perception, the Bergen Dichotic Listening (DL) task with consonant-vowel ... -
The use of heuristics in intuitive mathematical judgment
(Journal article, 2008-07-16)Anecdotal evidence points to the use of beauty as an indication for truth in mathematical problem solving. Two experiments examined the use of heuristics and tested the assumption that participants use symmetry as a cue ... -
The attention network test: a characteristic pattern of deficits in children with ADHD
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-02-12)Background: The Attention Network test (ANT) gives measures of different aspects of the complex process of attention. We ask if children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) will show a characteristic pattern ... -
APOE status and its association to learning and memory performance in middle aged and older Norwegians seeking assessment for memory deficits
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-10-31)Background: We examined the hypothesis that deficits in learning, memory, and other cognitive functions are associated with the ε4 allele of the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene in a non-demented sample with memory complaints ... -
Application of PCR and DGGE to characterise the microflora of farmed fish
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-11-09)Farming of fish has become an increasingly important part of the Norwegian fishing industry. Furthermore, the Norwegian fishing sector represents one of the largest national industries in terms of economic value. Fish is ... -
Electrophysiological and Hemodynamic Correlates of Expectancy in Target Processing
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-11-20)Identifying patterns of recurrent events is central to human perception, cognition and behavior. By extracting patterns from the environment, individuals can make efficient predictions about future events. By and large, ... -
Cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease: profiles and implications for prognosis
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-01-25)Objectives: The main objective of the present thesis was to explore cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), focussing on non-demented patients and elucidating cognitive profile, the course and ... -
Weaning of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Studying effects of dietary hydrolysed protein and intestinal maturation as a marker for readiness for weaning
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-12)The gastrointestinal tract of marine fish larvae undergoes extensive changes during the larval stage. The success in weaning increases as the juvenile stage approaches and the gastrointestinal tract attains a more adult-like ... -
The Role of the Corpus Callosum and Interhemispheric Connectivity in Tourette Syndrome
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Kognitive mekanismer og fotballprestasjoner
(Journal article, 2003)Cognitive mechanisms and football performance Previous research has proven the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT) to be valid for selection of personnel for dangerous tasks. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ...