Academic interests
Primary research interests are cognitive/experimental and clinical neuropsychology and neuroscience, with projects in areas such as cognitive impairments and brain function in affective disorders and personality disorders. Related to this is projects aiming at identifying cognitive endophenotypes and vulnerability markers for mood and impulsivity disorders in healthy people. Other areas of research are neurobehavioral consequences of fetal alcohol exposure and neuropsychological aspects of chronic pain and cognitive and emotional changes in multiple sclerosis.
Teaching
Supervisor and co-supervisor for many PhD candidates
Higher education and employment history
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Cand. Psychol. Dr. philos.
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University of Oslo 2001.
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Specialist in clinical neuropsychology.
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Special psychologist Sunnås Rehabilitation Hospital and Dikemark Hospital. Research Assistant 1990-92.
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Associate Professor 1992-2001. Visiting Research Fellow; University of Sussex, UK 1996.
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Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Oslo from 2002.
Awards
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Recipient of "Bjørn Christianssens Minnepris" for best paper in Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 2008 (with Stein Andersson)
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Recipient of "Nasjonalt Forum for Akuttpsykiatri's Pris" for best scientific publication in 2009 (with Vegar Haaland Øksendal).
Appointments
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National Editor, Scandinavian Journla of Psychology, 2002-2007
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Section Editor, Cognition and Neuroscience, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2007-
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Member of the Editorial Review Board, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2008-
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Member of the Regional Ethical Committe for Medical Research (REK) 2005-2009.
Cooperation
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine,
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Department of Neurology, Ullevål University Hospital
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RASP, Ullevål University Hospital
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Århus University
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University of Sussex, UK
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Yale University School of Medicine
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Sørlandet Hospital