Blar i Department of Biological and Medical Psychology på utgivelsesdato
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Communication difficulties in children identified with psychiatric problems
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-09-27)Several studies have pointed to an overlap between different developmental psychopathological conditions and language impairments, and difficulties with communication have been identified in children of various diagnostic ... -
Group Study of Simulated Driving fMRI Data by Multiset Canonical Correlation Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)In this work, we apply a novel statistical method, multiset canonical correlation analysis (M-CCA), to study a group of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) datasets acquired during simulated driving task. The M-CCA ... -
Teacher reports of hypoactivity symptoms reflect slow cognitive processing speed in primary school children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The mediating effect of cognitive processing speed on the ability of a primary school child to achieve his/her full potential of intellectual functioning emphasizes the importance of methods to detect ‘‘slow’’ children. ... -
Congenital prosopagnosia: multistage anatomical and functional deficits in face processing circuitry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)Face recognition is a primary social skill which depends on a distributed neural network. A pronounced face recognition deficit in the absence of any lesion is seen in congenital prosopagnosia. This study investigating 24 ... -
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 ... -
Kartlegging av førskolebarns språkutvikling og risiko for å utvikle dysleksi i skolealder
(Master thesis, 2011-05-24)This study assessed the screening instrument TRAS (Tidlig Registrering Av Språkutvikling) as a tool to identify children at - risk for developmental dyslexia. The introduction gives an overview of theories related to ... -
Språkforståing og utvikling av lese - og skrivevanskar
(Master thesis, 2011-05-24)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between language - comprehension and developmental dyslexia. This study focused on whether there was a difference between children in a typical group and a dyslexic ... -
Attention Network Test in adults with ADHD - the impact of affective fluctuations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-27)Background: The Attention Network Test (ANT) generates measures of different aspects of attention/executive function. In the present study we investigated whether adults with ADHD performed different from controls on ... -
Anti-depressive effectiveness of olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone and ziprasidone: a pragmatic, randomized trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-31)Background: Efficacy studies indicate anti-depressive effects of at least some second generation antipsychotics (SGAs). The Bergen Psychosis Project (BPP) is a 24-month, pragmatic, industry-independent, randomized, head-tohead ... -
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 ... -
Differences between children and adolescents who commit suicide and their peers: A psychological autopsy of suicide victims compared to accident victims and a community sample
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01-04)Background: The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the circumstances related to suicide among children and adolescents 15 years and younger. Methods: We conducted a psychological autopsy, collecting information ... -
Stamming og språklateralisering – en undersøkelse med funksjonell og strukturell hjerneavbildning
(Master thesis, 2012-05-24)Utviklingsmessig stamming er en taleflytforstyrrelse som oppstår i barndommen. Mange barn som opplever forstyrrelsen blir spontant bedre, men omtrent en prosent av befolkningen har fremdeles utviklingsmessig stamming som ... -
Advancing our understanding of the link between statistical learning and language acquisition: The need for longitudinal data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-31)Mastery of language can be a struggle for some children. Amongst those that succeed in achieving this feat there is variability in proficiency. Cognitive scientists remain intrigued by this variation. A now substantial ... -
Autism spectrum symptoms in children with neurological disorders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11-12)Background: The aims of the present study were to assess symptoms associated with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children with neurological disorders as reported by parents and teachers on the Autism Spectrum Screening ... -
Amphetamine-induced psychosis - a separate diagnostic entity or primary psychosis triggered in the vulnerable?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12-05)Use of amphetamine and methamphetamine is widespread in the general population and common among patients with psychiatric disorders. Amphetamines may induce symptoms of psychosis very similar to those of acute schizophrenia ... -
Neural plasticity in functional and anatomical MRI studies of children with Tourette syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with childhood onset characterized by chronic motor and vocal tics. The typical clinical course of an attenuation of symptoms during adolescence in parallel ... -
Nordmenn i fengsel: Motiv for utdanning
(Opplæring innanforkriminalomsorga, Rapport 4/13, Research report, 2013)Training and education for those in prison constitutes an important but often neglected aspect of adult learning. A fundamental principle of Norwegian prison policy states that prisoners should have the same access to ... -
Mental health services use predicted by number of mental health problems and gender in a total population study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)We examined the relationship between service use and the number of problem areas as reported by parents and teachers on questionnaires among children aged 7–9 years old in the Bergen Child Study, a total population study ... -
Nordmenn i fengsel: Utdanning, arbeid og kompetanse
(Opplæring innanforkriminalomsorga, Rapport 3/13, Research report, 2013)Training and education for those in prison constitute an important but often neglected aspect of adult learning. A fundamental principle of Norwegian prison policy states that prisoners should have the same access to social ... -
Visual-spatial information processing in the two hemispheres of the brain is dependent on the feature characteristics of the stimulus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-02-01)