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.

Vacancies

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Research areas

Our research areas span the field of psychology, medicine, pharmacology and more. The common feature of our research is understanding how cognition and the brain change throughout the lifespan.

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.

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Hot off the press!

News

Individual differences in brain aging: Heterogeneity in cortico-hippocampal but not caudate atrophy rates

 Cerebral Cortex Nyberg, Lars Erik; Fjell, Anders Martin; Roe, James Michael; Walhovd, Kristine B.

Global Brain Health Survey raw data

GitHub Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Bodorkos Friedman, Barbara; Walhovd, Kristine B; Fjell, Anders Martin

Public perceptions of brain health: an international, online cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Bodorkos Friedman, ...Fjell, Anders Martin; Kievit, Walhovd, Kristine B...  

Relationships between apparent cortical thickness and working memory across the lifespan – Effects of genetics and socioeconomic status

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Krogsrud, S.K., Mowinckel, A.M., Sederevicius, D., Vidal-Piñeiro, D., Amlien I.K., Wang Y., Sørensen Ø., Walhovd K.B., Fjell, A.M.

Self-Reported Sleep Relates to Microstructural Hippocampal Decline in β-Amyloid Positive Adults Beyond Genetic Risk

Sleep  Grydeland H., Sederevičius D., Wang Y.,...Sørensen Ø., Walhovd K.B., Fjell A.M.

Sustained upregulation of widespread hippocampal–neocortical coupling following memory encoding

Cerebral Cortex  Folvik, L., Sneve, M.H., Ness H.T.,, Vidal-Piñeiro D., Raud L., Walhovd, K.B., Fjell, A.M.

The genetic organization of longitudinal subcortical volumetric change is stable throughout the lifespan

eLife Fjell, A.M., Grydeland H, Wang Y., Amlien, I.K., Krogsrud, S.K, Mowinckel A.M., Sørensen, Ø., Walhovd K.B. et al.  

Whole-brain connectivity during encoding: age-related differences and associations with cognitive and brain structural decline

Cerebral Cortex  Capogna E., Sneve M.H., Raud, L., Folvik N., Ness, H.T., Walhovd, K.B., Fjell A.M., Vidal-Piñeiro, D.

Projects recruiting participants

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