CSHC - Center for the Study of Human Cognition

Education
Cand. psychol., 1981
University of Oslo
Ph.D., 2001
University of Oslo

Positions held
Psychologist
Sunnås Rehabilitation Hospital
1982-1985

Head, Neuropsychological Laboratorium
Dikemark Hospital
1985-1989

Assistant professor
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
1989-1992

Associate professor
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
1992-2002

Visiting research fellow
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, UK
1996 (fall term)

Professor of neuropsychology
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
2002-

Other affiliations
Center for pain and complex disorders, Institute of Circulationand Medical Imaging,
The Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Trondheim

The North Atlantic Neuro-Epidemiological Alliances (NANEA),
University of Aarhus,Denmark/Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA

Scientific activity
Researcher in cognitive/experimental and clinical neuropsychology, with projects in areas such as cognitive impairments and brain function in affective disorders/personality disorders/schizophrenia. Related to this is projects aiming at identifying cognitive vulnerability markers for mood disorders in healthy subjects. Other areas of research are  neuropsychological aspects of chronic pain and cognitive and emotional changes in multiple sclerosis.

Author and co-author of around 40 articles in international journals and around 15 articles in national journals.

Around 30 presentations at international conferences.

Editorial activity
Ad hoc reviewer for many journals, e.g. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, Nordic Journal of  Psychiatry, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatry Research, Arthritis Care and Research, Neuropsychology, The Wellcome Trust, Medical Science Monitor, Journal of Neurology, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

National editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (2002-2005).
Section editor: Cognition and neuroscience/Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (2005-)

Member of the Review Board; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2007-).

Supervised around 80 thesis (hovedoppgaver) in psychology and 4 PhD candidates.

External examiner for 3 PhDs, in Norway and Denmark.

Member of The Regional Ethical Research Committee for Southern Norway (2005-).

Clinical activity
Clinical qualifications: Specialist in clinical psychology/clinical neuropsychology.
(The Norwegian Psychological Association, 1988)

Part time private practice (Clinical neuropsychology/forensic psychology)
1988-