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How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large-scale dichotic listening study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-02)All major mental functions including language, spatial and emotional processing are lateralized but how strongly and to which hemisphere is subject to inter- and intraindividual variation. Relatively little, however, is ... -
The human amygdala encodes value and space during decision making
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-01)Valuable stimuli are invariably localized in space. While our knowledge regarding the neural networks supporting value assignment and comparisons is considerable, we lack a basic understanding of how the human brain ... -
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 ... -
Hverdagen etter lydpåsetting: Erfaringer fra fire voksne cochleaimplantat-brukere. En kvalitativ studie av hva fire voksne CI-brukere erfarer som viktig i tiden etter lydpåsetting
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate what adults who have undergone their first cochlear implantation (CI) experience as important during the period after sound activation, and the research question was: ... -
Hvordan ivaretar kommunene logopedtjenester overfor voksne?
(Master thesis, 2020-07-02)Studiets hensikt er å se hvordan kommunene ivaretar logopedtjenester for voksne ved å gå igjennom deres tilgjengelige planverk og for å se om logopedtjenestens dualitet er synlig. Studiet viser ulike vansker hos voksne en ... -
Hvordan skille en mellomspråklig vanske fra dysleksi? En studie av tredjeklassinger med norsk som andrespråk (L2).
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)The aim of this study was to contribute to knowledge of between-language problems and dyslexia, as well as knowledge of Norwegian as second language (L2) in 3rd grade school children. The test battery assessed basic reading ... -
The ice in voices: Understanding negative content in auditory-verbal hallucinations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02)Negative voice-content is the best sole predictor of whether the hearer of an auditory-verbal hallucination will experience distress/impairment necessitating contact with mental health services. Yet, what causes negative ... -
Idiographic analyses of motivation and related processes in participants with schizophrenia following a therapeutic intervention for negative symptoms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09)Background Motivational negative symptoms hinder quality of life and daily functioning of individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A recently developed intervention, Switch, has shown promising effects on negative ... -
Impact of glutamate levels on neuronal response and cognitive abilities in schizophrenia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-02)Schizophrenia is characterized by impaired cognitive functioning, and brain regions involved in cognitive control processes show marked glutamatergic abnormalities. However, it is presently unclear whether aberrant neuronal ... -
The Impact of Sexualized Video Game Content and Cognitive Load on State Rape Myth Acceptance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The potential negative impact of sexualized video games on attitudes toward women is an important issue. Studies that have examined this issue are rare and contain a number of limitations. Therefore, it largely remains ... -
The importance of clinical normative data for conceptualizing neuropsychological deficits in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: To create clinical normative data tables for Norwegian patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, to examine whether clinical normative data from Norway differs from similar normative data from Canada and ... -
Improved emotion regulation in depression following cognitive remediation: A randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective Executive functions (EFs) play a key role in emotion regulation and, related to this, depression. Cognitive remediation (CR) targeting EFs, such as Goal Management Training (GMT) and computerized cognitive ... -
Improvement in self-reported cognitive functioning but not in rumination following online working memory training in a two-year follow-up study of remitted major depressive disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Self-reported subjective cognitive difficulties (subjective deficits) and rumination are central residual cognitive symptoms following major depressive disorder (MDD). These are risk factors for more a severe course of ... -
Improving the Methodology for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-05-20)Cognitive dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia disorders are common, have prognostic value, informs treatment planning and rehabilitation, and provide a basis for targeted cognitive remediation. Consequently, current ... -
Impulsive and compulsive behaviors in Parkinson's disease: Impact on quality of and satisfaction with life, and caregiver burden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction To disentangle the association between impulsive and compulsive behaviors (ICBs), health-related quality of life (HRQOL), satisfaction with life (SwL), and caregiver distress in dyads of people with Parkinson's ... -
In the twilight zone: An epidemiological study of sleep-related hallucinations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Few studies have investigated hallucinations that occur at the onset/offset of sleep (called hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations; HHHs), despite the fact that their prevalence in the general population is ... -
Inattention in primary school is not good for your future school achievement — A pattern classification study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11-28)Inattention in childhood is associated with academic problems later in life. The contribution of specific aspects of inattentive behaviour is, however, less known. We investigated feature importance of primary school ... -
The incidence of dental fracturing in electroconvulsive therapy in Sweden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives: One adverse effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is dental fracture; thus, a bite guard and muscle relaxants are used to prevent it. Earlier research reported varying rates of dental fracture, but there ... -
Individual Versus Small Group Treatment of Morphological Errors for Children With Developmental Language Disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: This study examines the effects of enhanced conversational recast for treating morphological errors in preschoolers with developmental language disorder. The study assesses the effectiveness of this treatment in ... -
An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Resting-State versus Task fMRI
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Resting-state fMRI is an increasingly popular alternative to task-based fMRI. However, a formal quantification of the amount of information provided by resting-state fMRI as opposed to active task conditions about neural ...