Kristine B Walhovd
Professor, Head of Centre
Interests
My current research is targeted at understanding the mechanisms underlying different types of change in brain and cognition, and whether and how we ourselves can initiate, enhance or slow them. Throughout life, our mental capacities and brains are under continuous alteration: Some changes are part of positive development, others are debilitating.
Together with colleagues, I am trying to uncover markers and mechanisms underlying changes in brain and cognitive behavior throughout the lifespan. In this effort, we’re studying persons ranging in age from 4 to 90 yrs. I am very interested in understanding normal cognition and brain-behavior relationships troughout the human lifespan, and I am also involved in patient studies, for instance on subjective and objective memory complaints, Alzheimer disease, and drug exposure in utero. Main research methods include, among others, experimental and standardized neuropsychological tests, MRI (mostly morphometry and DTI) and ERP (Event-Related-Potentials)
Background
- Professor of cognitive neuropsychology and part time position (15 %) as a researcher at the Department of Neuropsychology, Ullevål University Hospital
- 2007 → Professor in neuropsychology, Dept. Psychology, UiO
- 2005 – 2007 Associate professor in neuropsychology, Dept Psychology, UiO
- Scientific leader for the ERP lab, Dept Psychology, UiO
- 2009 Guest researcher, Multimodal imaging lab, UCSD (3 mnth)
- 2005 Guest researcher, Martinos Center, Harvard (3 mnth)
- 2002 Guest researcher, Martinos Center, Harvard (3 mnth)
- 2002 – 2005 Enrolled in the PhD program, Dept Psychology, UiO
- 2001 → Clinical neuropsychology/research position at the Dept neuropsychology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål
- 2000 – 2001 Student reasearch fellow, Dept Psychology, UiO
Awards
- 2006 The Fridtjof Nansen Award for young investigators
- 2006 His Majesty the King’s Gold Medal
Teaching
I teach within the fields of cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology, in addition to supervision of PhD candidate
Contact
E-mail: k.b.walhovd@psykologi.uio.no
Telephone: +47 228 45 130
Visiting address:
Harald Schjelderups hus
Forskningsveien
0373 Oslo
Postal address:
P.O. box 1094
Blindern
0317 Oslo
Project involvement
Select LCBC publications
Maintained Frontal Activity Underlies High Memory Function Over 8 Years in Aging
Cerebral Cortex; 
Vidal-Piñeiro, D., Sneve M.H., Nyberg L. H., Mowinckel A. M., Sedervicius D., Walhovd, K.B. & Fjell, A.M.
Vidal-Piñeiro, D., Sneve M.H., Nyberg L. H., Mowinckel A. M., Sedervicius D., Walhovd, K.B. & Fjell, A.M.
Development of white matter microstructure in relation to verbal and visuospatial working memory – A longitudinal study
PLoS ONE;
Krogsrud S. K., Fjell, A. M., Tamnes C. K., Grydeland, H., Due-Tønnesen, P., Bjørnerud, A., Sampaio-Baptista, C., Andersson, J., Johansen-Berg, H. & Walhovd, K. B.
Krogsrud S. K., Fjell, A. M., Tamnes C. K., Grydeland, H., Due-Tønnesen, P., Bjørnerud, A., Sampaio-Baptista, C., Andersson, J., Johansen-Berg, H. & Walhovd, K. B.
