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Occupational Status Is Compromised in Adults With ADHD and Psychometrically Defined Executive Function Deficits
(Journal article, 2014-09)Objective: Problems related to executive function (EF) are frequently reported in adults with ADHD. However, only a subgroup of patients show deficits on common neuropsychological tests designed to measure EF. We investigated ... -
One-year abstinence improves ADHD symptoms among patients with polysubstance use disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12)Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common comorbid disorder in patients suffering from substance use disorder (SUD). Individuals with co-occurring SUD and ADHD are more likely than SUD patients ... -
One-year sobriety improves satisfaction with life, executive functions and psychological distress among patients with polysubstance use disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)Introduction: Polysubstance use disorder is prevalent in treatment-seeking patients with substance use disorder (SUD), with a higher risk of developing comorbid psychiatric symptoms, more pervasive deficits in cognitive ... -
An optimal dichotic-listening paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric dominance for speech processing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Dichotic-listening paradigms are widely accepted as non-invasive tests of hemispheric dominance for language processing and represent a standard diagnostic tool for the assessment of developmental auditory and language ... -
Paracingulate sulcus morphology and hallucinations in clinical and nonclinical groups
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Hallucinations are a characteristic symptom of psychotic mental health conditions that are also experienced by many individuals without a clinical diagnosis. Hallucinations in schizophrenia have been linked to differences ... -
Parallel but independent reduction of emotional awareness and corpus callosum connectivity in older age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-31)Differential functional specialization of the left and right hemispheres for linguistic and emotional functions, respectively, suggest that interhemispheric communication via the corpus callosum is critical for emotional ... -
Parental predictors of children’s executivefunctioning from ages 6 to 10
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)According to prominent models of child development, parental factors may contribute to individual differences in children’s executive functioning (EF). Here, we examine the relative importance of parents’ socio-economic ... -
Parental socioeconomic status and child intellectual functioning in a Norwegian sample
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10)Socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood has been linked to cognitive function and future academic and occupational success in studies from several countries. However, previous Nordic studies have shown inconsistent results ... -
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 ... -
Physical exercise improves quality of life, depressive symptoms, and cognition across chronic brain disorders: a transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We performed a meta-analysis to synthesize evidence on the efficacy and safety of physical exercise as an add-on therapeutic intervention for quality of life (QoL), depressive symptoms and cognition across six chronic brain ... -
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 ... -
Post-adolescent developmental changes in cortical complexity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-27)Background: Post-adolescence is known to be a period of general maturation and development in the human brain. In brain imaging, volumetric and morphologic cortical grey-matter changes can easily be assessed, but the ... -
Potential applications of digital technology in assessment, treatment, and self-help for hallucinations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The field of digital mental health is rapidly expanding with digital tools being used in assessment, intervention, and supporting self-help. The application of digital mental health to hallucinations is, however, at a very ... -
Pragmatic language impairment in children with Noonan syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Noonan syndrome (NS) is a disorder causing symptoms like short stature, characteristic facial features, congenital heart disease, possible mental retardation, and pragmatic difficulties. This study describes the pragmatic ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
A primer on dichotic listening as a paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric asymmetry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-28)Dichotic listening is a well-established method to non-invasively assess hemispheric specialization for processing of speech and other auditory stimuli. However, almost six decades of research also have revealed a series ... -
Psychometric investigation of the French version of the Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI): Differentiating patients with psychosis, patients with other psychiatric diagnoses and non-clinical participants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10)During the prodromal phase of psychosis, individuals may experience an aberrant attribution of salience to irrelevant stimuli. The concept of aberrant salience has been hypothesized to be a central mechanism in the emergence ... -
Pust inn, stemme ut- kan strupens ventilfunksjon fangast opp i Voice Handicap Index?
(Master thesis, 2017-06-14)In order to produce voice, one needs breath, and breath is therefore a fundamental element within the field of voice. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether correlation exists between the aerodynamic parameter ...