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Magic for the mind's eye: A promising avenue for more universal design in the art of magic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In the art of conjuring, as well as in cognitive science, possibilities for designing magic tricks that are suitable for people who are blind or visually impaired have only rarely been considered. In this article, we argue ... -
Malevolent Voices in Schizophrenia. Amygdala Resting State Functional Connectivity Based on Emotional Valence of Auditory Hallucinations.
(Master thesis, 2016-05-17)The present study explored functional connectivity of the laterobasal amygdala in a group of schizophrenia patients and healthy control subjects during rest to investigate underlying neural correlates of emotion processing ... -
Managing stress in security operations: A prospective study on the indirect influence of psychological hardiness on mental distress through self-efficacy and worry
(Master thesis, 2016-01-05)Kobasa's (1979) concept of psychological hardiness has previously been identified as an important resilience factor for development of mental health issues in response to environmental stressors in military contexts. Still, ... -
Manifesto for the future of work and organizational psychology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This manifesto presents 10 recommendations for a sustainable future for the field of Work and Organizational Psychology. The manifesto is the result of an emerging movement around the Future of WOP (see www.futureofwop.com), ... -
Manipulating risk of infection and appeal to public benefit increase compliance with infection control measures in a hypothetical pandemic scenario
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)To limit an infectious outbreak, the public must be informed about the infection risk and be motivated to comply with infection control measures. Perceiving a situation as threatening and seeing benefits to complying may ... -
Mapping of pituitary stress-induced gene regulation connects Nrcam to negative emotions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Environmental stressors such as repeated social defeat may initiate powerful activation of subconscious parts of the brain. Here, we examine the consequences of such stress (induced by resident-intruder paradigm) on the ... -
Marital Quality and Stress in Pregnancy Predict the Risk of Infectious Disease in the Offspring: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-30)Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the degree to which couples’ relationship dissatisfaction and stressful life events during pregnancy predict the risk of infectious disease in the offspring during ... -
Marital status and gambling disorder: a longitudinal study based on national registry data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Marital status is a robust correlate of disordered gambling, but few studies have examined the direction of this association. Methods The present study used a case–control design by including all adults ... -
Maritim militærtrening i en usikker verden: En studie av sammenheng mellom personlig hardførhet, opplevd mestringstro, kognitiv fleksibilitet og beslutningsstil i en maritim kontekst
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Den stadig endrende sikkerhetspolitiske situasjonen Norge står overfor, stiller krav til en økt operativ evne, noe som kan oppnås gjennom militærtrening. Inneværende studie tok utgangspunkt i en maritim operasjon som ... -
Maritim Sikkerhet: Forløpere for Utrygge Handlinger på Kjemikalietankskip
(Master thesis, 2018-06-07)Accident rates in the maritime industry have revealed a need for studies investigating antecedents for various safety-critical outcomes. In the current pre-registered study, surveys were used to assess the relationship ... -
The material difference in human cognition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Humans leverage material forms for unique cognitive purposes: We recruit and incorporate them into our cognitive system, exploit them to accumulate and distribute cognitive effort, and use them to recreate phenotypic change ... -
Maternal exposure to childhood traumatic events, but not multi-domain psychosocial stressors, predict placental corticotrophin releasing hormone across pregnancy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Maternal psychosocial stress increases the risk of adverse birth and postnatal outcomes for the mother and child, but the role of maternal exposure to childhood traumatic events (CTE) and multi-domain psychosocial stressors ... -
Measurement invariance of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) across gender and age: Demographic and medical correlates of mental health in patients with COVID-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: The present cross sectional study aimed to evaluate the construct and criterion validity, reliability, and gender and age differences of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) among hospitalized ... -
Measuring bullying at work with the short-negative acts questionnaire: identification of targets and criterion validity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The current study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the abbreviated version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire, also known as the SNAQ (Short Negative Acts Questionnaire). A Latent Class analysis of 7,790 ... -
Measuring loot box consumption and negative consequences: Psychometric investigation of a Swedish version of the Risky Loot Box Index
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Loot boxes are products in videogames that is earned by playing a video game or by buying them. Loot boxes has similar mechanisms as a lottery and there is an ongoing debate if loot boxes are gambling. However, to understand ... -
Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-12)Background: Mental well-being is an important, yet understudied, area of research, partly due to lack of appropriate population-based measures. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet ... -
Measuring Military Identity: Scale developoment and psychometric evaluations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Our purpose was to perform a psychometric evaluation of a new 33-item questionnaire developed in Norway. To evaluate it we assessed its internal consistency, performed an exploratory factor analysis, and investigated aspects ... -
Measuring strategic control in implicit learning: How and why?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-24)Several methods have been developed for measuring the extent to which implicitly learned knowledge can be applied in a strategic, flexible manner. Examples include generation exclusion tasks in Serial Reaction Time (SRT) ... -
Meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A participatory and community psychological inquiry
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-17)This Ph.D.-dissertation revolves around meeting places in community mental health care. Norwegian meeting places often entail local easy-access daytime services that offer people who have experienced psychosocial hardships ... -
Meining som medisin. Ein analyse av placebofenomenet og implikasjonar for terapi og terapeutiske teoriar
(Doctoral thesis, 1999-06-11)Arbeidet har bakgrunn i eiga røynsle frå terapeutisk arbeid og refleksjonar over fenomenet placebo. Det blir stilt spørsmål om kva placebofenomenet gjeld, og korleis det skal forklarast. Dersom dette er eit reelt lækjefenomen ...