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About us

LCBC’s research goal is to understand brain and cognition. How does brain and cognition change throughout the entire lifespan, and how we can optimise them. We aim to explain, predict, and promote cognitive function from birth to old age.

A key investigation is the great variation in brain and cognition within and across individuals. We believe this is best studied using longitudinal studies. These are studies that follow people over many years. We also look at how brain and cognition is affected by risk factors and transitions into clinical conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Om oss

LCBC’s forskningsmål er å forstå hvordan hjerne og kognisjon forandrer seg gjennom livsløpet vårt og hvordan vi kan optimalisere den. Vårt mål er å forklare, predikere, og promotere kognitive funksjoner fra vi blir født og gjennom resten av vårt livssløp.

Det er en enorm variasjon over hvordan hjernen vår er og kognisjon mellom alle individer. Vi mener at den beste måten å undersøke denne variasjonen er gjennom longitudinelle studier, dette er studier hvor man følger mennesker over flere år. Vi ser også på hvordan hjernen og kognisjon påvirkes av risk faktorer og fasen over til kliniske tilstander, blant annet Alzheimer sykdom.

Hot off the press!

Hierarchical modulation of auditory prediction error signaling is independent of attention

Hierarchical modulation of auditory prediction error signaling is independent of attention

Taylor & Francis Online; Kompus, K., Volehaugenn, V., Todd, J. & R.Westerhausen High Dimensional Regression with Measurement Error

High Dimensional Regression with Measurement Error

The journal of open source software ; Øystein Sørensen A primer on dichotic listening as a paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric asymmetry

A primer on dichotic listening as a paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric asymmetry

Laterality; Westerhausen, R.  Parallel but independent reduction of emotional awareness and corpus callosum connectivity in older age

Parallel but independent reduction of emotional awareness and corpus callosum connectivity in older age

PLOS ONE; Skumlien, M., Sederevicius, D., Fjell, A.M., Walhovd, K.B. & Westerhausen, R.  High-Expanding Regions in Primate Cortical Brain

High-Expanding Regions in Primate Cortical Brain

Cerebral Cortex; Sneve, M. H., Grydeland, H., Rosa, M. G. P., Paus, T., Chaplin, T., Walhovd, K. & Fjell, A. M. 

News

Training improves ability to distinguish subtle differences in sound

Measuring ear preferences in speech perception – A new review paper

Kristine gets ERC consolidator grant!

Poor sleep quality and Alzheimer’s biomarkers

Sleep is associated with many beneficial brain processes, including the strengthening of synaptic connections that correspond to memories and learnt material, and the clearance of potential…

Early life affects how we age – new PNAS paper

Older adults tend to vary considerably when it comes to performance on certain mental tasks; some older individuals perform very well while others perform quite poorly. However, we…

Lifebrain: long-term funding for lifespan research

Memory training: White matters

Throughout life the human brain is constantly changing and modifying itself to adapt to the changing demands of the environment. This so-called cognitive plasticity is an inherent…

Getting connected

The two hemispheres of the brain are connected by an extensive bundle of nerve fibers known as the corpus callosum. This enables neural information both to be exchanged and shared…

Staying connected

Advanced mental functions rely on large-scale networks of communicating brain cells, and the coordination of information from widespread regions of the brain. It has been proposed…

Our research areas

Projects recruiting participants

Set to change

Mother-Child Prospective Study

In this research project we investigate the brain's appearance, activity and function and how these factors change in children as they age. We also attempt to map various factors that may affect brain development, such as nutrition, physical activity and genetics. We do this through studying many healthy children, or what we call a representative sample, over a longer period of time.

Age Consolidate

Our research is funded by the following organisations / partners

NFR
UiO

IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS: ‘Secured Millions …’ photo: Paal Audestad; ‘We study brains’ photo: Terje Heiestad; MAGNETOM Skyra: siemens.com