Browsing Department of Biological and Medical Psychology by Issue Date
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Innsatte i Bergen fengsel: Delrapport 3: Leseferdigheter og grunnleggende kognitive ferdigheter
(Innsatte i Bergen fengsle: 3, Research report, 2008)Retten til opplæring er fastslått i Opplæringslova, og tidligere undersøkelser har vist at en betydelig del av de innsatte i Norge ikke har fått nyttet denne retten, med resultat at utdanningsnivået er klart lavere blant ... -
Innsatte i nordiske fengsler: Utdanning, utdanningsønske og -motivasjon
(TemaNord: 592, Research report, 2008)Undersøkelsene Innsatte i fengsel har rett til utdanning og opplæring. Rettighetene er regulerte av internasjonale konvensjoner og anbefalinger. Medlemsstatene i FN og Europarådet har forpliktet seg til å følge opp de ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
"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. ... -
Tidlige kognitive kjennetegn på dysleksi. Identifisering av kognitive ferdigheter hos barn, som kan predikere senere vansker med skriftspråket
(Master thesis, 2008-06-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate cognitive markers in pre-school age that can predict later failure in reading and writing. It was focused on phonological awareness and different aspects of short-term memory ... -
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 effects of alcohol intoxication on neuronal activation at different levels of cognitive load
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-08-22)The aim of this study was to investigate how alcohol intoxication at two blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) affected neuronal activation during increasing levels of cognitive load. For this purpose we used functional ... -
Left temporal lobe structural and functional abnormality underlying auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-05-01)In this article, we have reviewed recent findings from our laboratory, originally presented in Hugdahl et al. (2008) . These findings reveal that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia should best be conceptualized as ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Correlations between measures of executive attention and cortical thickness of left posterior middle frontal gyrus - a dichotic listening study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-10-01)Background: The frontal lobe has been associated to a wide range of cognitive control functions and is also vulnerable to degeneration in old age. A recent study by Thomsen and colleagues showed a difference between a young ... -
Innsette i norske fengsel: Kompetanse gjennom utdanning og arbeid
(Opplæring innanforkriminalomsorga, Rapport 1/10, Research report, 2010)The right of education during incarceration is regulated by international conventions and recommendations. Membership nations of the UN and the Council of Europe are committed to implement the agreements and recommendations ... -
Innsette i norske fengsel: Motiv for utdanning under soning
(Opplæring innanforkriminalomsorga, Rapport 3/10, Research report, 2010)The right of education during incarceration is regulated by international conventions and recommendations. Membership nations of the UN and the Council of Europe are committed to implement the agreements and recommendations ... -
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 ... -
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 ...