CSHC - Center for the Study of Human Cognition

Professor of Neuropsychology

I am a trained clinical neuropsychologist, with special focus on test development and the assessment of cognition in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. I did my cand.psychol. and dr.philos. degrees at the University of Oslo, served as full time neuropsychologist at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital and Rikshospitalet University Hospital, as assistant professor in neuro¬psychology at the universities of Oslo and Tromsø, and since 2003 as full time professor at the Institute of  Psychology, University of Oslo, together with part time practice as specialist in clinical neuro¬psy¬chology. As head of the neurocognitive unit of the Thematic Organized Psychosis (TOP) research group at the Medical Department, University of Oslo, I supervise studies on neurocognition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

 
These are main topics of interest
Social cognition in schizophrenia: What are the neurocognitive mechanisms of functional outcome in schizophrenia? How are neuropsychological deficits mediated by social cognition and learning potential?

Executive function in bipolar disorder: What are the neuropsychological characteristics of bipolar disorder? Is executive dysfunction a specific or common endophenotype?

Change or stability in cognitive profile of psychosis: Does cognitive impairments develop early or late, do they progress or stabilize, and to what degree do clinical groups constitutes a continuous set of disorders or particular illnesses?