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René Westerhausen

Professor

Interests

  • Interaction between the cerebral hemispheres in a lateralized brain
  • Structure-function associations of the human brain and their development across the lifespan
  • Cognitive control of auditory and speech perception
  • Dichotic-listening paradigm

Background

  • 2010 Habilitation in Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
  • 2006 Ph.D. in Psychobiology (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Trier, Trier, Germany
  • 2003 Degree in Psychology (German: Diplom Psychologe), University of Trier, Trier, Germany

Awards

  • 2010 Young researcher award (“Yngre fremragende forsker“), School of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
  • 2007 Dissertation award (“Förderpreis für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs”), Freundeskreis Trierer Universität e.V., Trier, Germany

Contact

E-mail: rene.westerhausen@psykologi.uio.no

Telephone: +47 228 45 230

Visiting address:
Harald Schjelderups hus
Forskningsveien
0373 Oslo

Postal address:
P.O. box 1094
Blindern
0317 Oslo

Project involvement

Lifebrain

Constructive memory

Select LCBC publications

 
12. August 2019/by Martine Herud

Hierarchical modulation of auditory prediction error signaling is independent of attention

Taylor & Francis Online; pdf
Kompus, K., Volehaugenn, V., Todd, J. & R.Westerhausen
10. April 2019/by James M Roe

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

Laterality; pdf
Westerhausen, R. 
25. January 2019/by Martine Herud

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

PLOS ONE; pdf
Skumlien, M., Sederevicius, D., Fjell, A.M., Walhovd, K.B. & Westerhausen, R. 
14. February 2018/by Athanasia M. Mowinckel

Increased MMN amplitude following passive perceptual learning with LTP-like rapid stimulation

Neuroscience Letters; 
Kristiina Kompus & René Westerhausen
22. January 2018/by Athanasia M. Mowinckel

How to get a left-ear advantage: A technical review of assessing brain asymmetry with dichotic listening

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; pdf
René Westerhausen & Kristiina Kompus

Publications

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