How do the brain and body create subjective experiences? What happens in the nervous system that makes us perceive something as good or bad, pleasant or painful? Our team's research uses a variety of affective and social neuroscience techniques to answer this fundamental question. This is our wonderful team.
Current and previous research projects are placed at the intersection between pain and addiction and revolve around the subjective hedonic feelings associated with rewards and punishments, social behaviours, and individual differences in the subjective experience of pain and pleasure. Much of our research focuses on the body's own opioid system and the effects of opioid drugs. Our projects span from basic science to clinical projects such as www.Norop.net
Higher education and employment history
- 2014-2016: Research fellow at the Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital.
- 2010-2014: Research fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo.
- 2008-2010: Postdoc at the universities of Gothenburg and Oslo, mentored by Professors Håkan Olausson and Bruno Laeng.
- 2004:2008: D.Phil. on ‘Pain, Pleasure and Relief’ at the Oxford Centre for Functional Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) in spring 2008, supervised by Professor Irene Tracey.
- My academic training includes masters’ and doctorate degrees in Neuroscience (Oxford University, UK) and a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science (Exeter University, UK).
Appointments
- President, Society for Social Neuroscience
- Associate editor, Pain
Cooperation
Current active international collaborations:
- Professor Tom Johnstone (Opioid modulation of craving & cognitive regulation)
- Dr. Chantal Berna, Lausanne University Hospital (The role of endogenous opioid signalling for pain and emotion)
- Dr Eric Garland, Utah