Research interests:

• Etiology of emotion regulation difficulties 
• Relation between cognitive control and emotion regulation difficulties.
• Interception
• Psychophysiology/heart rate variability
• Role of alexithymia in psychopathology and treatment
• Psychotherapy research

Emotion regulation difficulties are common for individuals who have experienced aversive life events and invalidation and for some individuals with cognitive difficulties such as attention difficulties. In my research, an important measure in the study of emotion regulation difficulties has been heart rate variability (HRV) in combination with clinical, experimental, and self-report measures. HRV is considered an index of the nervous system’s ability to flexibly adapt to changing environmental demands and a biological index of emotion regulation. In my research, HRV is also applied to investigate functional aspects of phenomena related to emotion regulation difficulties, such as alexithymia, emotional bias, internalizing difficulties, and emotion regulation strategies, both in psychopathological (major depression, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and ADHD) and healthy samples.  In relation to psychotherapeutic interventions for emotion regulation difficulties, my research interest is particularly in non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH), and its relation to attention disorders and difficulties with pragmatic language. 

One transdiagnostic factor that predicts both the severity of psychopathology and prognosis is alexithymia, which refers to difficulty in verbalizing, experiencing, and differentiating emotions. An important aspect of my current and future research is developing tools to identify and study this phenomenon experimentally. It is of great importance to study both the differential manifestation of alexithymia and to study its prevalence in psychiatric populations. Furthermore, I am interested in therapeutic interventions that target and alleviate these difficulties because of their prognostic importance. This interest has a broad scope, including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Unified Protocol.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Berge-Osnes

https://bymag.no/2022/03/susanne-slet-med-selvskading-i-flere-ar-det-starter-i-desperasjon

https://www.lmd.no/2017/10/hjernen-gjor-motstand/

Primary teaching responsibilities are associated with the professional psychology program within the following topics:

• Psychological treatment (PRPSYK311A, PRPSYK311B, PRPSYK312A)
• Personality disorders (PRPSYK313)
• Philosophy of science topics (PRPSYKVIT) 

In addition, Osnes is the section leader for the section for adults and the elderly at the Psychological University Clinic (Psykologisk universitetspoliklinikk)

Osnes has also extensive experience in teaching psychophysiology (PRPSYK303), cognitive neuroscience (PRPSYK304), and neuropsychological testing (PRPSYK306).

Poster

• Bjerrum, Louise Bruland; Kambestad, Oda Bugge; Sørensen, Lin et al. (2024). The Acute Effects of Artificial Light on Attention and Emotional Processing . (external link)
• Hansen, Malika Elise; Mæland, Silje; Fadnes, Lars T. et al. (2023). Light exposure, sleep quality, and sleepiness as predictors of memory decline in older adults: A cohort study from Norway . (external link)
• Kambestad, Oda Bugge; Visted, Endre; Osnes, Berge et al. (2023). Effect of light on an emotional go/no-go task in young adults. (external link)
• Kambestad, Oda Bugge; Visted, Endre; Osnes, Berge et al. (2023). The effects of different Light Conditions on Emotional Processing in Young Adults. (external link)
• Hjelmervik, Helene; Westerhausen, René; Osnes, Berge et al. (2012). Intra-individual differences in cognitive control across the menstrual cycle assessed with the dichotic listening paradigm. (external link)
• Hjelmervik, Helene; Osnes, Berge; Specht, Karsten (2012). Sex differences in resting state activity within the inferior frontal gyrus is only evident when women are in the follicular phase. (external link)
• Hjelmervik, Helene; Westerhausen, René; Osnes, Berge et al. (2012). Executive functions & frontal lobe: Cognitive control modulation of ear advantage across the menstrual cycle assessed by a dichotic listening paradigm. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2011). Instruction 
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• Osnes, Berge; Nordby, Helge; Eichele, Tom et al. (2011). Asymmetric Mismatch Negativity Responses to Parametrically Varied Speech and Music Sounds. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2011). Instruction dependent activations during a speech perception task. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
• Specht, Karsten; Hjelmervik, Helene; Osnes, Berge et al. (2010). Differential inferior frontal activation by an implicit lexical decision task. (external link)
• Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge (2010). Dynamic causal modelling reveals involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
• Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2010). Dance floor in the brain. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). Speech Sounds Initiate Effective Connectivity between Auditory and Premotor Areas. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2010). Differential Processing of Phonetic and Non-phonetic Information Involving the Same Areas in Superior Temporal Gyrus. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2009). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Nordby, Helge; Eichele, Tom et al. (2009). Mismatch negativity responses to parametrically varied speech and music sounds. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, K; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2009). Speech sensitivity in early auditory processes. (external link)
• Hjelmervik, Helene; Hirnstein, Marco; Osnes, Berge et al. (2009). The neural basis of left-right decisions – a pilot fMRI study. (external link)
• Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2008). Dance floor in the brain. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2007). “Soundmorphing”: Tracing the differential perception of speech and music with gradually manipulated sound spectra. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2007). Soundmorphing": Tracing the differential perception of speech and music with gradually manipulated sound spectra. (external link)

Academic article

• Stautland, Andrea; Jakobsen, Petter; Fasmer, Ole Bernt et al. (2023). Reduced heart rate variability during mania in a repeated naturalistic observational study. (external link)
• Frid, Leila Marie; Kessler, Ute; Ousdal, Olga Therese et al. (2023). Neurobiological mechanisms of ECT and TMS treatment in depression: study protocol of a multimodal magnetic resonance investigation. (external link)
• Vøllestad, Jon; Osnes, Berge; Schanche, Elisabeth (2023). Unified Protocol. Transdiagnostisk behandling for emosjonelle lidelser . (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Berrefjord, Simen Røssland; Poless, Pauline Georgees et al. (2022). Low heart rate variability is associated with a negativity valence bias in interpreting ambiguous emotional expressions. (external link)
• Kvadsheim, Elisabet; Sørensen, Lin; Fasmer, Ole Bernt et al. (2022). Vagally mediated heart rate variability, stress, and perceived social support: a focus on sex differences. (external link)
• Svendsen, Julie Lillebostad; Schanche, Elisabeth; Vøllestad, Jon et al. (2022). Self-Compassion and Its Association With Ruminative Tendencies and Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability in Recurrent Major Depression. (external link)
• Kvadsheim, Elisabet; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Fasmer, Erlend Eindride et al. (2022). Innovative approaches in investigating inter-beat intervals: Graph theoretical method suggests altered autonomic functioning in adolescents with ADHD. (external link)
• Hicks, Steven; Stautland, Andrea; Fasmer, Ole Bernt et al. (2021). HYPERAKTIV: An Activity Dataset from Patients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). (external link)
• Schanche, Elisabeth; Vøllestad, Jon; Visted, Endre et al. (2021). Self-criticism and self-reassurance in individuals with recurrent depression: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and relationship to relapse. (external link)
• Schanche, Elisabeth; Vøllestad, Jon; Visted, Endre et al. (2020). The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on risk and protective factors of depressive relapse – a randomized wait-list controlled trial . (external link)
• Kvadsheim, Elisabet; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Osnes, Berge et al. (2020). Lower Cardiac Vagal Activity Predicts Self-Reported Difficulties With Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With ADHD. (external link)
• Svendsen, Julie Lillebostad; Schanche, Elisabeth; Osnes, Berge et al. (2020). Is Dispositional Self-Compassion Associated With Psychophysiological Flexibility Beyond Mindfulness? An Exploratory Pilot Study. (external link)
• Koenig, Julian; Abler, Birgit; Agartz, Ingrid et al. (2020). Cortical thickness and resting‐state cardiac function across the lifespan: A cross‐sectional pooled mega‐analysis. (external link)
• Berentsen, Birgitte; Nagaraja, Bharath Halandur; Teige, Erica Persson et al. (2020). Study protocol of the Bergen brain-gut-microbiota-axis study: A prospective case-report characterization and dietary intervention study to evaluate the effects of microbiota alterations on cognition and anatomical and functional brain connectivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. (external link)
• Visted, Endre; Sørensen, Lin; Vøllestad, Jon et al. (2019). The association between juvenile onset of depression and emotion regulation difficulties. (external link)
• Sørensen, Lin; Wass, Sam Vincent; Osnes, Berge et al. (2019). A psychophysiological investigation of the interplay between orienting and executive control during stimulus conflict: A heart rate variability study. (external link)
• Schanche, Elisabeth; Vøllestad, Jon; Binder, Per-Einar et al. (2019). Can clinical psychology students benefit from brief and intensive mindfulness training?. (external link)
• Sørensen, Lin; Osnes, Berge; Visted, Endre et al. (2018). Dispositional mindfulness and attentional control: The specific association between the mindfulness facets of non-judgment and describing with flexibility of early operating orienting in conflict detection. (external link)
• Brodal, Hans Petter; Osnes, Berge; Specht, Karsten (2017). Listening to rhythmic music reduces connectivity within the basal ganglia and the reward system. (external link)
• Visted, Endre; Sørensen, Lin; Osnes, Berge et al. (2017). The association between self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation and heart rate variability: The salient role of not accepting negative emotions. (external link)
• Svendsen, Julie Lillebostad; Osnes, Berge; Binder, Per-Einar et al. (2016). Trait self-compassion reflects emotional flexibility through an association with high vagally mediated heart rate variability. (external link)
• Hjelmervik, Helene; Hausmann, Markus; Osnes, Berge et al. (2014). Resting states are resting traits - An fMRI study of sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in resting state cognitive control networks. (external link)
• Hjelmervik, Helene; Westerhausen, René; Osnes, Berge et al. (2012). Language lateralization and cognitive control across the menstrual cycle assessed with a dichotic-listening paradigm. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2012). Stimulus expectancy modulates inferior frontal gyrus and premotor cortex activity in auditory perception. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2011). Increased activation in superior temporal gyri as a function of increment in phonetic features. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2011). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
• Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2009). Detection of differential speech-specific processes in the temporal lobe using fMRI and a dynamic "sound morphing" technique. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Brunborg, Bjørn; Milde, Anne Marita; Osnes, Berge et al. (2023). Parent training for ADHD difficulties. (external link)
• Brunborg, Bjørn; Milde, Anne Marita; Osnes, Berge et al. (2022). De Utrolige Årene foreldreveiledning rettet mot ADHD vansker. (external link)
• Brunborg, Bjørn; Milde, Anne Marita; Osnes, Berge et al. (2022). Foreldrestøtte ved ADHD vansker. (external link)
• Brunborg, Bjørn; Milde, Anne Marita; Osnes, Berge et al. (2022). Foreldrestøtte ved ADHD vansker - De Utrolige Årene. (external link)
• Milde, Anne Marita; Osnes, Berge; Sørensen, Lin et al. (2022). Foreldreveiledning ved ADHD vansker hos barn - forskningsevaluering av tiltaket. (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Karlsen, Jan Reinert (2016). This is not a brain: The problem of data visualisation in cognitive neuroscience. (external link)
• Sørensen, Lin; Schanche, Elisabeth; Adolfsdottir, Steinunn et al. (2016). The functional interaction between attention networks reflects enhanced flexible and adaptive abilities – as measured with heart rate variability . (external link)
• Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). “Non-auditory” involvement in auditory perception. (external link)
• Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2008). When a sound becomes speech. (external link)

Errata

• Svendsen, Julie Lillebostad; Osnes, Berge; Binder, Per-Einar et al. (2018). Correction to: Trait Self-Compassion Reflects Emotional Flexibility Through an Association with High Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability\. (external link)

Feature article

• Karlsen, Jan Reinert; Osnes, Berge (2017). Hjernen gjør motstand. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Sørensen, Lin; Osnes, Berge; Binder, Per-Einar et al. (2015). Attentional Lapses as a Transdiagnostic Factor to Target Treatment in Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Mindfulness Training. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Osnes, Berge (2012). Temporal and Posterior Frontal Involvement in Auditory Speech Perception. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Unified Protocol):

The Unified Protocol (UP) focuses on underlying emotion regulation difficulties that are common across various mental disorders. This project consists of multiple components. A feasibility study of UP has been initiated in a Norwegian context. The project will also enable the investigation of potential changes in interoceptive ability (sensing internal bodily functions like the heart and respiration) and heart rate variability (which is linked to emotion regulation ability) in individuals undergoing treatment within the framework of UP. Professor Elisabeth Schanche, Associate Professor Jon Vøllestand, and Associate Professor Berge Osnes lead this project. A larger European multisite study (RCT) involving units from Spain, Portugal, Romania, Germany, Denmark, and Norway is planned. In this part of the project, new digital solutions and technological tools, such as smartphone apps, will be utilized and tested.

Sleep in Psychiatric Care (SIP): A Transdiagnostic Group-based Sleep School as Treatment for Comorbid Sleep Disorders:

This project involves manualizing non-pharmacological sleep treatment in groups for people with psychiatric illness and substance use disorders. It offers an evidence-based approach to delivering non-pharmacological sleep treatment to people with psychiatric illness and SUD with comorbid insomnia and delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWPD). Dr. Ane Wilhelmsen-Langeland is the project leader. The project includes actigraphy, 24-hour heart rate variability monitoring, and regular sleep measurements. It is supported by the DAM Foundation.

https://www.uib.no/fg/sc/142812/sleep-psychiatric-care-sip-transdiagnostic-group-based-sleep-school-treatment-comorbid

Dynamond:

ADHD, bipolar disorder (BipD), and borderline personality disorder (BPersD) are all characterized by fluctuations in affect. In this project, we use the DynAffect model, which posits the existence of an affective attractor (homebase) reflecting an individual's primary affective state. This project proposes the existence of a second "homebase" during depressive episodes. The aim of this project is to analyze mood changes using detailed real-world data from young patients. The goal is to explore both shared and unique aspects of affective fluctuations across these disorders and to link external stressors to their affective state.

The project is funded by the EU (ERA-NET NEURON https://www.neuron-eranet.eu) and involves multiple units across Europe, coordinated by Dr. Professor Andreas Reif (University Hospital Frankfurt). The Norwegian unit is led by Professor Jan Haavik (project leader), Associate Professor Anne Halmøy, Professor Astrid Lundervold, and Associate Professor Berge Osnes.

https://www.neuron-eranet.eu/projects/DynAMoND/

Other Collaborative Projects:

• ENLIGHT Project https://www.uib.no/fg/bright/133449/enlight
• Neurobiological Mechanisms of ECT and TMS Treatment in Depression
  • Protocol article: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-05239-0
  • The project is part of GEMRIC https://mmiv.no/how-to-join-gemric/

Spesialist i klinisk psykologi, med fordypningsområde klinisk voksenpsykologi (Særlig kompetanse innen psykose, personlighetsforstyrrelser, selvskading og suicidalatferd.)

Lisensiert terapeut innen dialektisk atferdsterapi.

Lisensiert terapeut innen "Unified Protocol".