Browsing Department of Biological and Medical Psychology by Title
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Quantitative and qualitative consequences of reduced pollen loads in a mixed-mating plant
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12)Greater pollination intensity can enhance maternal plant fitness by increasing seed set and seed quality as a result of more intense pollen competition or enhanced genetic sampling. We tested experimentally these effects ... -
The questionnaire for psychotic experiences: An examination of the validity and reliability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-01)Psychotic experiences are prevalent across a wide variety of psychiatric, neurological, and medical conditions. Yet current assessments are often designed for one disorder, or are limited in their examination of phenomenological ... -
Randomized clinical trial of lumbar instrumented fusion and cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2003)Study Design: Single blind randomized study. Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of lumbar instrumented fusion with cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration. ... -
Reading in Dyslexia across Literacy Development: A Longitudinal Study of Effective Connectivity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01)Dyslexia is a literacy disorder affecting the efficient acquisition of reading and writing skills. The disorder is neurobiological in origin. Due to its developmental nature, longitudinal studies of dyslexia are of essence. ... -
Regularized linear discriminant analysis of EEG features in dementia patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-30)The present study explores if EEG spectral parameters can discriminate between healthy elderly controls (HC), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) using. We considered EEG data recorded during normal clinical ... -
Resting States Are Resting Traits – An fMRI Study of Sex Differences and Menstrual Cycle Effects in Resting State Cognitive Control Networks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-24)To what degree resting state fMRI is stable or susceptible to internal mind states of the individual is currently an issue of debate. To address this issue, the present study focuses on sex differences and investigates ... -
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 ... -
The Role of the Corpus Callosum and Interhemispheric Connectivity in Tourette Syndrome
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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, ... -
Room for everyone in working life? 10% of the employees – 82% of the sickness leave
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2002)Aims: The aims of this project were to study the distribution of sickness leave in a population of Norwegian power company workers, and to characterise those with most sickness leave. Method: A survey was done in 13 power ... -
Sammenheng mellom perseptuell vurdering av hypernasalitet og nasometerverdier hos barn med leppe-kjeve-ganespalte
(Master thesis, 2011-12-03)Excessive nasal resonance in speech (hypernasality) is a disorder which may have negative communicative and social consequences for the person who has this problem. Excessive nasal resonance is often associated with cleft ... -
Sammenheng mellom selvrapporterte og målte lese- og skriveferdigheter hos et utvalg av studenter og innsatte
(Master thesis, 2016-05-24)This master thesis is based on the project Reading and spelling skills among inmates in Norwegian prisons" (Jones, 2012), where the level of reading and spelling skills of the Norwegian inmates was assessed using questionnaires ... -
Sammenhengen mellom stamming og emosjoner - En litteraturstudie med et historisk perspektiv
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)Background: Different psychological theoretical and therapeutic traditions have been developed through history, also used by speech language pathologists in clinical contexts (Flasher & Fogle, 2011). The purpose of ... -
Seeing shapes and hearing textures: Two neural categories of touch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-07)Touching for shape recognition has been shown to activate occipital areas in addition to somatosensory areas. In this study we asked if this combination of somatosensory and other sensory processing areas also exist in ... -
Self-compassion - Relationship with mindfulness, emotional stress symptoms and psychophysiological flexibility
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-12-19)How we relate to ourselves when facing negative emotions may impact on our psychological health. Drawn from Buddhist psychology, self-compassion involves treating oneself kindly in times of suffering and remembering that ... -
Self-supervised, mobile-application based cognitive training of auditory attention: A behavioral and fMRI evaluation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07)Emerging evidence of the validity of collecting data in natural settings using smartphone applications has opened new possibilities for psychological assessment, treatment, and research. In this study we explored the ... -
SHC - et måleinstrument for subjektive helseplager
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Skriftlige engelskferdigheter hos dyslektiske elever. Sammenlignende studie av elever i Norge og i Ungarn
(Master thesis, 2009-05-25)This study is addressing differences in literacy skills in English, with a specific focus on Norwegian and Hungarian dyslexics. Study is conducted from the perspective of characteristic features in dyslexics and typical ... -
Social functioning and mental health in children: the influence of chronic illness and intellectual function
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-01-13)Chronic illness, and in particular neurodevelopmental disorders, are associated with an increased risk of mental health problems and social difficulties in children. Across the neurodevelopmental disorders, the presence ... -
Social inequalities in health: biological, cognitive and learning theory perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2002)Increasing social inequalities in health have been ascribed to unequal distribution of resources, and to exposure factors. We propose that these differences also may be explained by principles from cognitive stress theory. ...