Department of Biological and Medical Psychology
Recent Submissions
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Sensorimotor synchronization to music reduces pain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-28)Pain-reducing effects of music listening are well-established, but the effects are small and their clinical relevance questionable. Recent theoretical advances, however, have proposed that synchronizing to music, such as ... -
Ghrelin is related to lower brain reward activation during touch
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The gut hormone ghrelin drives food motivation and increases food intake, but it is also involved in the anticipation of and response to rewards other than food. This pre-registered study investigated how naturally varying ... -
Disentangling dyslexia from typical L2-learning in emergent literacy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The present paper assessed how dyslexia can be identified in school children with another language than their first language. Participants were school children with Norwegian as their second language (L2), and two groups ... -
A 12-month randomised pilot trial of the Alzheimer’s and music therapy study: a feasibility assessment of music therapy and physical activity in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The Alzheimer’s and Music Therapy (ALMUTH) study is the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) design with 12 months of active non-pharmacological therapy (NPT) implementing music therapy (MT) and physical ... -
Low Persistence of Inattention Symptoms From Childhood to Adolescence: A Population-Based Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To investigate the persistence of dimensional measures of inattention in a population-based, gender-balanced sample of adolescents with parent reports of inattention from childhood and self-reports of inattention ... -
Inhibitory control as possible risk and/or resilience factor for the development of trauma related symptoms–a study of the Utøya terror attack survivors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)PTSD symptomatology is known to be associated with executive dysfunction. Inhibitory control is a core component of executive functioning, and inhibitory skills are essential both for adequate functioning in everyday life ... -
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 ... -
Considerations on brain age predictions from repeatedly sampled data across time
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction Brain age, the estimation of a person's age from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters, has been used as a general indicator of health. The marker requires however further validation for application in ... -
Similarities and differences between intermittent and continuous resting-state fMRI
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) block-design experiments typically include active ON-blocks with presentation of cognitive tasks which are contrasted with OFF- blocks with no tasks presented. ... -
Hungry for compliments? Ghrelin is not associated with neural responses to social rewards or their pleasantness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The stomach-derived hormone ghrelin motivates food search and stimulates food consumption, with highest plasma concentrations before a meal and lowest shortly after. However, ghrelin also appears to affect the value of ... -
Single-centre, non-randomised clinical trial at a tertiary care centre to investigate 1-year changes in social experiences and biomarkers of well-being after bariatric surgery in individuals with severe obesity: protocol for the Bariatric Surgery and Social Experiences (BaSES) study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction Obesity is linked to increased loneliness and less enjoyment of social interactions. While bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment targeting severe obesity, there is limited understanding as to whether ... -
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 ... -
Functional activity level reported by an informant is an early predictor of Alzheimer’s disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Loss of autonomy in day-to-day functioning is one of the feared outcomes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and relatives may have been worried by subtle behavioral changes in ordinary life situations long before these ... -
Unknowingly knowing the unknown - exploring the MMN of statistical language learning in a natural linguistic context
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Statistisk læring (SL) er ein kjernemekanisme i språklæring. SL har vorte undersøkt i både åtferdsbaserte og nevrofysiologiske eksperiment. I det fylgjande vil me presentera rammene for eit EEG-eksperiment kor tjue deltakarar ... -
Yrkesaktivitet, funksjonsstatus og livskvalitet hos unge personer med afasi 5 år etter akutt hjerneinfarkt – et «Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study» prosjekt
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Prosjektet baserte seg på data fra The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR- SYS). Hensikten til NOR-SYS var å undersøke arv og hjerte-og karsykdommer hos unge personer mellom 15-60 år som hadde gjennomgått akutt ... -
Logopediske intervensjoner ved globus pharyngeus - en litteraturstudie
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Globus pharyngeus refererer ofte til følelsen av å ha en klump i halsen, uten at det er en bakenforliggende strukturell årsak. Symptombildet kan variere, og tilstanden kan være vanskelig å behandle. Dette kan påvirke ... -
Sammenhengen mellom pragmatiske språkvansker og ADHD blant unge lovovertredere
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Nyere forskning viser at mange barn med ADHD også har pragmatiske språkvansker. Flere av de som får ADHD som barn vil også ha diagnosen i voksen alder. Hensikten med denne studien var å undersøke sammenhengen mellom ADHD ... -
LARSP, et lingvistisk kartleggingsverktøy
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne studien gjelder bruk av LARSP kartleggingsverktøy med barnehagebarn. LARSP står for Language Assessment, Remediation and Screening Procedure og den kartlegger barns lingvistiske evner ved å analysere spontan tale. ... -
Logopedisk behandling av minimalt verbale barn med autisme – En litteraturstudie
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Omtrent 30% av barn med autismespekterforstyrrelser utvikler aldri et funksjonelt talespråk. Dersom de har mindre enn 20 ord i sitt verbale ordforråd, blir de omtalt som minimalt verbale barn. Minimale verbale ferdigheter ...