Karsten Specht
Position
Professor, Deputy Dean
Affiliation
Research groups
Research
- Neuroimaging with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Neuronal correlates of speech comprehension and speech production
- fMRI in persons who stutter
- Music perception and music processing
- Clinical fMRI, in particular in stroke patients
Teaching
Selected lectures for students in different bachelor and master programs:
PRPSY304: Cognitiv Neuroscience
MAPSYK302: Research methods
LOGO310: Introduction to logopedics
MUTP111: Music and brain
For PhD candidates:
IGSIN911: Functional neuroimaging
IGSIN913: Interdisciplinary neuroscience
Publications
Editorial
- Wang, Mengyun; Zöllner, Helge J.; Yücel, Meryem A. et al. (2024). Editorial: Variability and reproducibility of brain imaging. (external link)
- Sharda, Megha; Silani, Giorgia; Specht, Karsten et al. (2019). Music therapy for children with autism: investigating social behaviour through music. (external link)
Academic article
- Ottarsdottir, Edda Mary; Zamanzad Ghavidel, Fatemeh; Tveiten, Øystein Vesterli et al. (2024). Predictors of self-reported word-finding difficulties in glioma patients–a longitudinal study. (external link)
- Ottarsdottir, Edda; Tveiten, Øystein Vesterli; Oltedal, Leif et al. (2024). Impact of subjective and objective language function and psychological distress on quality of life in glioma patients awaiting surgery. (external link)
- Vaisvilaite, Liucija; Andersson, Micael; Salami, Alireza et al. (2023). Time of day dependent longitudinal changes in resting-state fMRI. (external link)
- Korbmacher, Max; Wang, Mengyun; Eikeland, Rune et al. (2023). Considerations on brain age predictions from repeatedly sampled data across time. (external link)
- Tuominen, Julia Axiina; Specht, Karsten; Vaisvilaite, Liucija et al. (2023). An information-theoretic analysis of resting-state versus task fMRI. (external link)
- Wang, Mengyun; Korbmacher, Max; Eikeland, Rune et al. (2023). The intra-individual reliability of <sup>1</sup>H-MRS measurement in the anterior cingulate cortex across 1 year. (external link)
- Sirevåg, Kristine; Stavestrand, Silje Haukenes; Sjøbø, Trond et al. (2023). Physical exercise augmented cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalised anxiety disorder (PEXACOG): a feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Loria, Marianna Ruiz; Groessing, Alexander; Guran, Alexandrina et al. (2023). Music for autism: a protocol for an international randomized crossover trial on music therapy for children with autism. (external link)
- Vingerhoets, Guy; Verhelst, Helena; Gerrits, Robin et al. (2023). Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research. (external link)
- Sjuls, Guro Stensby; Specht, Karsten (2022). Variability in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Effect of Body Mass, Blood Pressure, Hematocrit, and Glycated Hemoglobin on Hemodynamic and Neuronal Parameters. (external link)
- Marquardt, Lynn Anne; Craven, Alexander R.; Hugdahl, Kenneth Jan et al. (2022). Pilot-RCT Finds No Evidence for Modulation of Neuronal Networks of Auditory Hallucinations by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. (external link)
- Wang, Mengyun; Korbmacher, Max; Eikeland, Rune et al. (2022). Deep brain imaging of three participants across 1 year: The Bergen breakfast scanning club project. (external link)
- Ali, Myzoon; Lifshitz Ben Basat, A; Berthier, M et al. (2022). Protocol for the development of the international population registry for aphasia after stroke (I-PRAISE). (external link)
- Rødland, Erik; Melleby, Kathrine Midgaard; Specht, Karsten (2022). Evaluation of a Simple Clinical Language Paradigm With Respect to Sensory Independency, Functional Asymmetry, and Effective Connectivity. (external link)
- Laloyaux, Julien; Hirnstein, Marco ; Specht, Karsten et al. (2022). Eliciting false auditory perceptions using speech frequencies and semantic priming: a signal detection approach. (external link)
- Laeng, Bruno; Flaaten, Camilla Barthel; Walle, Kjersti Maehlum et al. (2021). “Mickey Mousing” in the Brain: Motion-Sound Synesthesia and the Subcortical Substrate of Audio-Visual Integration. (external link)
- Færøvik, Ulvhild Helena Tormodsdatter; Specht, Karsten; Vikene, Kjetil (2021). Suppression, Maintenance, and Surprise: Neuronal Correlates of Predictive Processing Specialization for Musical Rhythm. (external link)
- Døli, Hedda; Helland, Wenche Andersen; Helland, Turid et al. (2021). Associations between stroke severity, aphasia severity, lesion location, and lesion size in acute stroke, and aphasia severity one year post stroke. (external link)
- Vaisvilaite, Liucija; Hushagen, Vetle; Grønli, Janne et al. (2021). Time-of-Day Effects in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Changes in Effective Connectivity and Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Signal. (external link)
- Kandilarova, Sevdalina; Stoyanov, Drozdstoy; Aryutova, Katrin et al. (2021). Effective Connectivity Between the Orbitofrontal Cortex and the Precuneus Differentiates Major Psychiatric Disorders: Results from a Transdiagnostic Spectral DCM Study. (external link)
- Kazimierczak, Katarzyna Anna; Craven, Alexander R.; Ersland, Lars et al. (2021). Combined fMRI region- and network-analysis reveal new insights of top-down modulation of bottom-up processes in auditory laterality. (external link)
- Heggdal, Peder Olaf Laugen; Larsen, Kristina Sture; Brännström, Jonas et al. (2020). Reduced grey- and white matter volumes due to unilateral hearing loss following treatment for vestibular schwannoma. (external link)
- Marquardt, Lynn Anne; Kusztrits, Isabella; Craven, Alexander R. et al. (2020). A multimodal study of the effects of tDCS on dorsolateral prefrontal and temporo-parietal areas during dichotic listening. (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)
- Kompus, Kristiina; Volehaugen, Vegard; Craven, Alexander R. et al. (2020). Glutamatergic modulation of auditory cortex connectivity with attentional brain networks in unpredictable perceptual environment. (external link)
- Døli, Hedda; Helland, Wenche A; Helland, Turid et al. (2020). Associations between lesion size, lesion location and aphasia in acute stroke. (external link)
- Hausmann, Markus; Brysbaert, Marc; van der Haegen, Lise et al. (2019). Language lateralisation measured across linguistic and national boundaries. (external link)
- Stavestrand, Silje Haukenes; Sirevåg, Kristine; Nordhus, Inger Hilde et al. (2019). Physical exercise augmented cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalised anxiety disorder (PEXACOG): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Heggdal, Peder Olaf Laugen; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen; Brännström, Jonas et al. (2019). An fMRI-study on single-sided deafness: Spectral-temporal properties and side of stimulation modulates hemispheric dominance. (external link)
- Vikene, Kjetil; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten (2019). Subjective judgments of rhythmic complexity in Parkinson's disease: Higher baseline, preserved relative ability, and modulated by tempo. (external link)
- Vikene, Kjetil; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten (2019). Compensatory task-specific hypersensitivity in bilateral planum temporale and right superior temporal gyrus during auditory rhythm and omission processing in Parkinson?s disease. (external link)
- Vik, Berit; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten (2019). Neuroplastic effects in patients with traumatic brain injury after music-supported therapy. (external link)
- Kandilarova, Sevdalina; Stoyanov, Drozdstoy; Sirakov, Nickolay et al. (2019). Reduced grey matter volume in frontal and temporal areas in depression: Contributions from voxel-based morphometry study. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Kazimierczak, Katarzyna Anna; Beresniewicz, Justyna et al. (2019). Dynamic up- and down-regulation of the default (DMN) and extrinsic (EMN) mode networks during alternating task-on and task-off periods. (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Hausmann, Markus; Craven, Alexander R. et al. (2018). Sex- and sex hormone-related variations in energy-metabolic frontal brain asymmetries: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Wigglesworth, Philip (2018). The functional and structural asymmetries of the superior temporal sulcus. (external link)
- Kandilarova, Sevdalina; Stoyanov, Drozdstoy; Kostianev, Stefan et al. (2018). Altered resting state effective connectivity of anterior insula in depression. (external link)
- Vik, Berit; Skeie, Geir Olve; Vikane, Eirik et al. (2018). Effects of music production on cortical plasticity within cognitive rehabilitation of patients with mild traumatic brain injury. (external link)
- Vikene, Kjetil; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten (2018). Abnormal phasic activity in saliency network, motor areas, and basal ganglia in Parkinson's disease during rhythm perception. (external link)
- Dwyer, Gerard Eric; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten et al. (2018). Current Practice and New Developments in the Use of In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Assessment of Key Metabolites Implicated in the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia. (external link)
- Robson, Holly; Specht, Karsten; Beaumont, Helen et al. (2017). Arterial spin labelling shows functional depression of non-lesion tissue in chronic Wernicke's aphasia. (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)
- Evensen, Marita Hovland; Fluge, Silje Segadal; Kjoberg, Trine Skeistrand et al. (2016). Den blinde hjernen: Plastisk og fantastisk. (external link)
- Folgerø, Per Olav; Hodne, Lasse; Johansson, Christer et al. (2016). Effects of facial symmetry and gaze direction on perception of social attributes: A study in experimental art history. (external link)
- Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Turid; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2016). Reading in dyslexia across literacy development: A longitudinal study of effective connectivity. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Craig-Craven, Alexander Richard; Nygård, Merethe et al. (2015). Glutamate as a mediating transmitter for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: A 1H MRS study. . (external link)
- Passow, Susanne; Specht, Karsten; Adamsen, Tom Christian et al. (2015). Default-mode network functional connectivity is closely related to metabolic activity. (external link)
- Kompus, Kristiina; Westerhausen, Rene; Craig-Craven, Alexander Richard et al. (2015). Resting-state glutamatergic neurotransmission is related to the peak latency of the auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) for duration deviants: An 1H-MRS-EEG study. (external link)
- Abel, Stefanie; Weiller, Cornelius; Huber, Walter et al. (2015). Therapy-induced brain reorganization patterns in aphasia. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Raichle, Marcus E.; Mitra, Anish et al. (2015). On the existence of a generalized non-specific task-dependent network . (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Westerhausen, Rene; Hirnstein, Marco et al. (2015). The neural correlates of sex differences in left-right confusion. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Baumgartner, Florian; Stadler, Jörg et al. (2014). Functional asymmetry and effective connectivity of the auditory system during speech perception is modulated by the place of articulation of the consonant – A 7 T fMRI study. (external link)
- Oser, Nadine; Hubacher, Martina; Specht, Karsten et al. (2014). Default mode network alterations during language task performance in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS). (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)
- Ousdal, Olga Therese; Specht, Karsten; SERVER, ANDRES et al. (2014). The human amygdala encodes value and space during decision making. (external link)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Westerhausen, René; Craig-Craven, Alexander Richard et al. (2014). Impact of glutamate levels on neuronal response and cognitive abilities in schizophrenia. (external link)
- Clark, Kristi A.; Helland, Turid; Specht, Karsten et al. (2014). Neuroanatomical precursors of dyslexia identified from pre-reading through to age 11. (external link)
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Eichele, Tom; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2014). Equity theory and fair inequality: A neuroeconomic study. (external link)
- Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Turid; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2014). Children with dyslexia show cortical hyperactivation in response to increasing literacy processing demands. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca-Larisa; Izard, Edouard; Specht, Karsten et al. (2014). Post-adolescent developmental changes in cortical complexity. (external link)
- Tzoulis, Charalampos; Tran, Gia Tuong Thi; Schwarzlmüller, Thomas et al. (2013). Severe nigrostriatal degeneration without clinical parkinsonism in patients with polymerase gamma mutations. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2013). Mapping a lateralization gradient within the ventral stream for auditory speech perception. (external link)
- Enriquez-Geppert, Stefanie; Eichele, Tom; Specht, Karsten et al. (2013). Functional Parcellation of the Inferior Frontal and Midcingulate Cortices in a Flanker-Stop-Change Paradigm. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2012). Synaesthesia: cross activations, high interconnectivity, and a parietal hub. (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)
- Bechtel, Nina; Kobel, Maja; Penner, Iris-Katharina et al. (2012). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in childhood epilepsy: A neuropsychological and functional imaging study. (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)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Westerhausen, René; Specht, Karsten et al. (2012). Resting-state glutamate level in the anterior cingulate predicts blood-oxygen level-dependent response to cognitive control. (external link)
- Kompus, Kristiina; Specht, Karsten; Ersland, Lars et al. (2012). A forced-attention dichotic listening fMRI study on 113 subjects. (external link)
- Sætrevik, Bjørn; Specht, Karsten (2012). Cognitive conflict in a syllable identification task causes transient activation of speech perception area. (external link)
- Dramsdahl, Margaretha; Ersland, Lars; Haavik, Jan et al. (2011). Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - a brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. (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)
- Dinkelacker, Vera; Grüter, Martina; Klaver, Peter et al. (2011). Congenital prosopagnosia: multistage anatomical and functional deficits in face processing circuitry. (external link)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Specht, Karsten; Westerhausen, René (2011). Attention and cognitive control networks assessed in a dichotic listening fMRI study. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Kompus, Kristiina; Dramsdahl, Margaretha et al. (2011). A critical re-examination of sexual dimorphism in the corpus callosum microstructure. (external link)
- Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2011). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Laeng, Bruno (2011). An independent component analysis of fMRI data of grapheme-colour synaesthesia. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Luders, Eileen; Specht, Karsten et al. (2011). Structural and Functional Reorganization of the Corpus Callosum between the Age of 6 and 8 Years. (external link)
- Laeng, Bruno; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2011). The neural correlate of colour distances revealed with competing synaesthetic and real colours. (external link)
- Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). Effective connectivity analysis demonstrates involvement of premotor cortex during speech perception. (external link)
- Kobel, Maja; Bechtel, Nina; Specht, Karsten et al. (2010). Structural and functional imaging approaches in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Does the temporal lobe play a key role?. (external link)
- Minnerop, Martina; Luders, Eileen; Specht, Karsten et al. (2010). Callosal tissue loss in multiple system atrophy-A one-year follow-up study. (external link)
- Moen, Gunnar; Specht, Karsten; Taxt, Torfinn et al. (2010). Cerebral diffusion and perfusion deficits in North Sea divers. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Moosmann, Matthias; Alho, Kimmo et al. (2010). Identification of attention and cognitive control networks in a parametric auditory fMRI study. (external link)
- Wageningen, Heidi Karin van; Jørgensen, Hugo A; Specht, Karsten et al. (2010). A 1H-MR spectroscopy study of changes in glutamate and glutamine (Glx) concentrations in frontal spectra after administration of memantine. (external link)
- Dos Santos Sequeira, Sarah; Specht, Karsten; Moosmann, Matthias et al. (2010). The effects of background noise on dichotic listening to consonant-vowel syllables: An fMRI study. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Zahn, Roland; Willmes, Klaus et al. (2009). Joint Independent Component Analysis of structural and functional images reveals complex patterns of functional reorganisation in stroke aphasia. (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)
- Minnerop, Martina; Specht, Karsten; Ruhlmann, Jürgen et al. (2009). In vivo voxel-based relaxometry in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). Functional relevance of inter-individual differences in temporal lobe callosal pathways: A DTI tractography study. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Ofte, Sonja Helgesen et al. (2009). Brain activation on pre-reading tasks reveals at-risk status for dyslexia in 6-year-old children. (external link)
- Wageningen, Heidi Karin van; Jørgensen, Hugo A; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). Evidence for glutamatergic neurotransmission in cognitive control in an auditory attention task. (external link)
- Neufang, Susanne; Specht, Karsten; Hausmann, Markus et al. (2009). Sex differences and the impact of steroid hormones on the developing human brain. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Lie, Chuh-Hyoun; Shah, Nadim Jon et al. (2009). Disentangling the prefrontal network for rule selection by means of a non-verbal variant of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. (external link)
- Sætrevik, Bjørn; Specht, Karsten (2009). Cognitive conflict and inhibition in primed dichotic listening. (external link)
- Moosmann, Matthias; Schönfelder, Vinzenz H.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). Realignment parameter-informed artefact correction for simultaneous EEG–fMRI recordings. (external link)
- Wageningen, Heidi Karin van; Jørgensen, Hugo A; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). The effects of the glutamate antagonist memantine on brain activation to an auditory perception task. (external link)
- Kobel, Maja; Bechtel, Nina; Weber, Peter et al. (2009). Effects of methylphenidate on working memory functioning in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Løberg, Else-Marie; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). Auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: the role of cognitive, brain structural and genetic disturbances in the left temporal lobe. (external link)
- Lycke, Christine; Specht, Karsten; Ersland, Lars et al. (2008). An fMRI study of phonological and spatial working memory using identical stimuli. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca-Larisa; Rasmussen, Inge-Andre; Lundervold, Arvid et al. (2008). Fractal dimension analysis of MR images reveals grey matter structure irregularities in schizophrenia. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Calhoun, Vince; Moosmann, Matthias Walter et al. (2008). Unmixing concurrent EEG-fMRI with parallel independent component analysis. (external link)
- Gundersen, Hilde; Specht, Karsten; Grüner, Renate et al. (2008). Separating the effects of alcohol and expectancy on brain activation: An fMRI working memory study. (external link)
- Sequeira, Sarah Dorothee Dos Santos; Specht, Karsten; Hämäläinen, Heikki et al. (2008). The effects of different intensity levels of background noise on dichotic listening to consonant-vowel syllables. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2008). Hjerneaktivering som predikerer feilhandlinger. (external link)
- Gundersen, Hilde; Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). The effects of alcohol intoxication on neuronal activation at different levels of cognitive load. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca-Larisa; Specht, Karsten; Beneventi, Harald et al. (2008). Sex-differences in grey-white matter structure in normal-reading and dyslexic adolescents. (external link)
- Kohler, Christian; Keck, Ingo; Gruber, Peter et al. (2008). Spatiotemporal group ICA applied to fMRI datasets. (external link)
- Minnerop, Martina; Luders, Eileen; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). Grey and white matter loss along cerebral midline structures in myotonic dystrophy type 2. (external link)
- Van Den Noort, Maurits; Specht, Karsten; Rimol, Lars Morten et al. (2008). A new verbal reports fMRI dichotic listening paradigm for studies of hemispheric asymmetry. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Debener, Stefan; Calhoun, Vince et al. (2008). Prediction of human errors by maladaptive changes in event-related brain networks. (external link)
- Dos Santos Sequeira, Sarah; Specht, Karsten; Hämäläinen, Heikki et al. (2008). The effects of background noise on dichotic listening to consonant-vowel syllables. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Korsnes, Maria Stylianou; Specht, Karsten (2008). Funksjonell magnetresonansavbildning (fMRI) av hjernen prinsipper og klinisk anvendelse. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Huber, Walter; Willmes, Klaus et al. (2008). Tracing the ventral stream for auditory speech processing in the temporal lobe by using a combined time series and independent component analysis. (external link)
- Abele, Michael; Minnerop, Martina; Urbach, H et al. (2007). Sporadic adult onset ataxia of unknown etiology : A clinical, electrophysiological and imaging study. (external link)
- Sandmann, Pascale; Eichele, Tom; Specht, Karsten et al. (2007). Hemispheric asymmetries in the processing of temporal acoustic cues in consonant-vowel syllables. (external link)
- Minnerop, Martina; Specht, Karsten; Ruhlmann, Jürgen et al. (2007). Voxel-based morphometry and voxel-based relaxometry in multiple system atrophy-a comparison between clinical subtypes and correlations with clinical parameters. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten; Biringer, Eva Aaker et al. (2007). Increased parietal and frontal activation after remission from recurrent major depression: A repeated fMRI study. (external link)
- Rimol, Lars Morten; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2006). Controlling for individual differences in fMRI brain activation to tones, syllables, and words. (external link)
- Neckelmann, Gesche; Specht, Karsten; Lund, Anders et al. (2006). Mr morphometry analysis of grey matter volume reduction in schizophrenia: association with hallucinations. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Specht, Karsten; Moosmann, Matthias Walter et al. (2005). Assessing the spatiotemporal evolution of neuronal activation with single-trial event-related potentials and functional MRI. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Rimol, Lars Morten; Reul, Jürgen et al. (2005). "Soundmorphing": A new approach to studying speech perception in humans. (external link)
- Rimol, Lars Morten; Specht, Karsten; Weis, Susanne et al. (2005). Processing of sub-syllabic speech units in the posterior temporal lobe: An fMRI study. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Minnerop, M; Muller-Hubenthal, J et al. (2005). Voxel-based analysis of multiple-system atrophy of cerebellar type: complementary results by combining voxel-based morphometry and voxel-based relaxometry. (external link)
- Zahn, Roland; Buechert, Martin; Overmans, Jan et al. (2005). Mapping of temporal and parietal cortex in progressive nonfluent aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease using chemical shift imaging, voxel-based morphometry and positron emission tomography. (external link)
- Sturm, Walter; Schmenk, Britta; Fimm, Bruno et al. (2005). Spatial attention: more than intrinsic alerting?. (external link)
- Thomsen, Tormod; Specht, Karsten; Ersland, Lars et al. (2005). Processing of conflicting cues in an attention-shift paradigm studied with fMRI. (external link)
- Thomsen, Tormod; Specht, Karsten; Hammar, Åsa et al. (2004). Brain localization of attentional control in different age groups by combining functional and structural MRI. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Ersland, L; Andersen, E et al. (2004). Plug & play fMRI. (external link)
- Jäncke, Lutz; Specht, Karsten; Shah, J.N. et al. (2003). Focused attention in a simple dichotic listening task: an fMRI experiment. (external link)
Poster
- Korbmacher, Max; Wang, Meng-yun; Eikeland, Rune et al. (2023). Field strength and potentially scan quality influence brain age estimates. (external link)
- Wang, Meng-yun; Korbmacher, Max; Eikeland, Rune et al. (2023). The long night effect on the brain functional organization. (external link)
- Kayser, Sunniva Ulstein; Schmid, Wolfgang; Hynninen, Minna et al. (2022). DysfaSing! Music therapy pilot study to adress dysphagia cognitve function and psychological well-being in early stage of Huntington Disease. (external link)
- Smit, Noeska Natasja; Bruckner, Stefan; Hauser, Helwig et al. (2018). Research Agenda of the Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre in Bergen, Norway. (external link)
- Morken, Frøydis; Helland, Turid; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2016). Effective connectivity in dyslexia. A longitudinal DCM study.. (external link)
- Døli, Hedda; Helland, Wenche Andersen; Specht, Karsten (2015). Associations between aphasia and lesion location in acute stroke. (external link)
- Passow, Susanne; Craven, Alexander R.; Løberg, Else-Marie et al. (2014). Glutamate as a mediating transmitter for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: A 1H-MRS study. (external link)
- Haász, Judit; Lundervold, Arvid; Espeseth, Thomas et al. (2014). Longitudinal changes in visual working memory performance and frontoparietal intrinsic connectivity network synchronization non-cortical stroke. (external link)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Westerhausen, René; Løberg, Else-Marie et al. (2012). Anterior cingulate biochemistry predicts symptom severity in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) study. (external link)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Westerhausen, René; Løberg, Else-Marie et al. (2012). N-acetyl aspartate and glutamate levels of the anterior cingulate predict symptoms severity in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) study. (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 dependent modulation of speech production areas in auditory perception. (external link)
- 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)
- Specht, Karsten; Laeng, Bruno (2011). An Independent Component Analysis of fMRI data of grapheme-color synaesthesia. (external link)
- Sharma, Animesh; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2011). Meta analysis of language data using Machine Learning. (external link)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Westerhausen, René; Specht, Karsten et al. (2011). Anterior cingulate glutamate levels differentially modulate BOLD response to cognitive conflict. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Kompus, Kristiina; Dramsdahl, Margaretha et al. (2011). Sexual dimorphism in corpus callosum microstructure: a critical re-evaluation. (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)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2010). Mid-sagittal corpus callosum size correlates with brain activation in a speech perception task. (external link)
- Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2010). Mid-sagittal corpus callosum size correlates with brain activation in a speech perception task. (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)
- Westerhausen, René; Luders, Eileen; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). A longitudinal study of inter-hemispheric interaction and corpus callosum development in 6 and 8 year old children. (external link)
- Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, K; Hjelmervik, Helene et al. (2009). Speech sensitivity in early auditory processes. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Belsby, S.O.; Moosmann, Matthias et al. (2009). Dynamic modulation of brain activation in response to varying degrees of top-down/bottom-up processing conflict. (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Hirnstein, Marco; Osnes, Berge et al. (2009). The neural basis of left-right decisions – a pilot fMRI study. (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2009). A fMRI study of executive processing in the auditory and visual domain. (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2009). A fMRI study of executive processing in the auditory and visual domain. (external link)
- Wageningen, Heidi Karin van; Grüner, Renate; Barndon, Roger et al. (2009). Controlling the BOLD effect in functional spectroscopy allows exploring the Glutamate-Glutamine cycle. (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2008). Exploring a common executive attention network in the brain across stimulus modalities using visual and auditory sorting tasks. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). A DTI tractography study on the functional relevance of inter-individual differences in callosal connectivity. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca-Larisa; Rasmussen, Inge-Andre; Lundervold, Arvid et al. (2008). MR measures of brain volume and cortical irregularities in schizophrenia and dyslexia. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2008). Dance floor in the brain. (external link)
- Moosmann, Matthias; Schönfelder, Vinzenz h.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). Realignment parameter-informed artifact correction for simultaneous EEG-fMRI recordings. (external link)
- Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin; Jørgensen, Hugo A; Eichele, Tom et al. (2008). The effects of glutamate antagonist memantine on brain activation in an auditory discrimination task. A pharmacological fMRI study. (external link)
- Sætrevik, Bjørn; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2007). Negative priming of attention in dichotic listening - an fMRI study. (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)
- Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin; Jørgensen, Hugo Arild; Specht, Karsten et al. (2007). Attention modulation may be regulated through glutamate: Implications for mental disorders? An pharmacological fMRI study. (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)
- Haukebø, Kristin; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten et al. (2007). An fMRI-study of brain activation to ontogenetic, phobic vs. phylogenetic, fear-relevant stimuli. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca-Larisa; Specht, Karsten; Rasmussen, Inge-Andre et al. (2007). Analysing the fractal dimension of the brain from MR images: a powerful technique for revealing brain microstructure properties. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca-Larisa; Rasmussen, Inge-Andre; Lundervold, Arvid et al. (2007). Towards the validation of a new technique for the analysis of MR brain images - the fractal dimension. (external link)
- Sætrevik, Bjørn; Eichele, Tom; Nordby, Helge et al. (2007). Attention inhibition in primed dichotic listening: Behavioural, ERP and source localisation effects. (external link)
- Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin; Jørgensen, Hugo Arild; Specht, Karsten et al. (2007). Attention modulation may be regulated through glutamate: A pharmacological fMRI study. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Grüner, Renate; Wageningen, Heidi et al. (2006). Functional spectroscopy: A new experimental method in exploring the Glutamate-Glutamine cycle in the human brain. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Chuh-Hyoun, Lie; Shah, J.N. et al. (2006). A “What and Where“ variant of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST): Disentangling the prefrontal network for rule selection by means of a parametrical hybrid fMRI-design. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca Larisa; Specht, Karsten; Lundervold, Arvid et al. (2006). Determination of fractal dimension in the human brain using MR images: Applications to severe mental disorders. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca Larisa; Specht, Karsten; Lundervold, Arvid et al. (2006). Computation of the fractal dimension in patients with schizophrenia using MR images. (external link)
- Dos Santos Sequeira, Sarah; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2006). Effects of background noise on brain asymmetry in dichotic listening - an fMRI investigation. (external link)
- Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin; Jørgensen, Hugo A.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Are hallucinations mediated through dysregulation of glutamate at the neuronal level?. (external link)
- Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin; Jørgensen, Hugo A.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Are hallucinations mediated through dysregulation of glutamate at the neuronal level?. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Grüner, Renate; Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin et al. (2006). Functional spectroscopy: A new experimental method in exploring the Glutamate-Glutamine cycle in the human brain. (external link)
- Laeng, Bruno; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2006). A fMRI study of a grapheme-colour synaesthete: The larger the colour difference between ink and illusory colours, the more the visual areas are engaged. (external link)
- Laeng, Bruno; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2006). A fMRI study of a grapheme-color synaesthete: The larger the color difference between ink and illusory colors, the more the visual areas are engaged. (external link)
- Sandu, Anca Larisa; Specht, Karsten; Lundervold, Arvid et al. (2006). Computation of the fractal dimension in the brain using MR images: Applications to schizophrenia. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Calhoun, Vince D et al. (2006). Joint ICA of simultaneous single trial ERP-fMRI. (external link)
- Sandmann, Pascale; Eichele, Tom; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Electrophysiological correlates of effects of voice onset time in dichotic listening. (external link)
- Sætrevik, Bjørn; Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter et al. (2006). Attention inhibition in primed dichotic listening. (external link)
- Sætrevik, Bjørn; Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter et al. (2006). Inhibition of primed dichotic listening stimuli in an ERP study: Influence of context on auditory processing and attention. (external link)
- Van, Wageningen, Heidi Karin; Jørgensen, Hugo A.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Attention modulation may be regulated through glutamate. (external link)
- Dos Santos Sequeira, Sarah; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2006). Effects of background noise on brain asymmetry in dichotic listening - an fMRI investigation. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Grüner, Renate; Barndon, Roger et al. (2005). Functional spectroscopy: A new experimental method in exploring the Glutamate-Glumamine cycle in the human brain. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Specht, Karsten et al. (2005). ERP-fMRI of the Auditory Oddball. Correlated Dynamics in Electric and Hemodynamic Responses to Random vs. Regular Target-to Target Intervals. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Specht, Karsten et al. (2005). When the context needs no update. An ERP-fMRI coregistration study of P3 modulation to random vs. regular target to target intervals. (external link)
- Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Specht, Karsten; Eichele, Tom et al. (2005). Simultaneous ERP-fMRI of the auditory N2b modulation to temporal predictability of targets. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Rimol, Lars Morten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2005). The use of a sparse-sampling acquisition schema as a filter for effects of low interest in a verbal dichotic listening paradigm at 3T. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter et al. (2005). Electrophysiologic and hemodynamic indicators of early attentional modulation in audition: BOLD correlates of processing negativity (PN) in a simultaneous ERP-fMRI. (external link)
- Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten; Ersland, Lars et al. (2004). Application of Voxel-Based Group Analysis in a small group of former professional deep-sea divers. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Rimol, Lars Morten; Reul, J. et al. (2004). When a sound becomes a word. (external link)
- Hugdahl, Kenneth; Neckelmann, Gesche; Specht, Karsten (2004). Grey matter reduction and hallucinations in schizophrenia: An MRI voxel-based morphometry study. (external link)
- Rimol, Lars Morten; Savoy, R.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2004). Neuronal activation to single phonemes in left temporal cortex measured with fMRI. (external link)
- Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten; Plessen, Kerstin Von et al. (2004). Analyses of Diffusion Tensor Images (DTI) by a morphometrical analysis of iterative normalized DTI's: An optimised procedure approved in a group of children with Tourete Syndrome. (external link)
- Thomsen, Tormod; Ersland, Lars; Barndon, Roger et al. (2002). Differences in Top-down and Bottom-up processing of visual attention: An fMRI study. (external link)
- Neckelmann, Gesche F; Specht, Karsten; Smievoll, Alf Inge et al. (2002). Left temmporal lobe reduction in grey matter in schizophrenia: An MRI voxel-based morphometry study. (external link)
- Ersland, Lars; Andersen, Erling; Thomsen, Tormod et al. (2002). Automated synchronization of fMRI stimulus presentations and image acquisitions. (external link)
Academic literature review
- Hushagen, Vetle; Tresselt, G.C.; Smit, Noeska Natasja et al. (2021). The Role of Depth Perception in XR from a Neuroscience Perspective: A Primer and Survey. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2020). Current challenges in translational and clinical fMRI and future directions. (external link)
- Heggdal, Peder Olaf Laugen; Brännström, Jonas; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen et al. (2016). Functional-structural reorganisation of the neuronal network for auditory perception in subjects with unilateral hearing loss: Review of neuroimaging studies. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2014). Neuronal basis of speech comprehension. (external link)
- Hautzel, Hubertus; Mottaghy, Felix M.; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). Evidence of a modality-dependent role of the cerebellum in working memory? An fMRI study comparing verbal and abstract n-back tasks. (external link)
Academic lecture
- Sirevåg, Kristine; Stavestrand, Silje Haukenes; Nordhus, Inger Hilde et al. (2019). Physical exercise augmented cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder – scientific rationale, study protocol, and preliminary findings for the Pexacog trial.. (external link)
- Stavestrand, Silje Haukenes; Sirevåg, Kristine; Endal, Trygve Bruun et al. (2018). Augmenting CBT with physical exercise intreatment of generalised anxiety disorder in holder adults – results from a pilot study. (external link)
- Sirevåg, Kristine; Stavestrand, Silje Haukenes; Nordhus, Inger Hilde et al. (2018). Physical exercise augmented cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalised anxiety disorder (PEXACOG): Study protocol and feasibility results from a randomised controlled trial. (external link)
- Lagesen, Simen Krogstie; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten et al. (2013). Musikk, terapi og nevrologiske sykdommer. (external link)
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Eichele, Tom; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2013). Fair inequality: a neuroeconomic study. (external link)
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Eichele, Tom; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2012). Neural evidence of unfairness aversion and inequality acceptance. (external link)
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Eichele, Tom; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2012). Fair inequality: A neuroeconomic study. (external link)
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Eichele, Tom; Hugdahl, Kenneth et al. (2012). Neural evidence of unfairness aversion and inequality acceptance. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2011). When a sound becomes speech: Mapping the ventral stream in auditory speech perception with dynamic paradigms. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2011). When a sound becomes speech: Mapping the ventral stream in auditory speech perception with dynamic paradigms. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2011). When a sound becomes speech: Mapping the ventral stream in auditory speech perception with dynamic paradigms. (external link)
- Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (2010). “Non-auditory” involvement in auditory perception. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Zahn, Roland; Willmes, Klaus et al. (2008). Tracing the recovery of aphasia with a joint ICA of functional and structural data. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten; Osnes, Berge; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2008). When a sound becomes speech. (external link)
- Helland, Turid; Ofte, Sonja Helgesen; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). A longitudinal fMRI study of children at risk for developing dyslexia. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten et al. (2008). The functional relevance of differences in callosal connectivity. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2007). Neuroanatomy of Aphasia. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2007). Workflow in Clinical fMRI. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2007). Clinical fMRI. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2006). Functional spectroscopy: A new experimental method in exploring the Glutamate-Glutamine cycle in the human brain. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Approaches to Single-Trial ERP-fMRI Integration. (external link)
- Grüner, Renate; Specht, Karsten; Ersland, Lars et al. (2004). Voxel-based group analysis of perfusion images. (external link)
Doctoral dissertation
- Vikene, Kjetil; Specht, Karsten; Skeie, Geir Olve (2019). Complexity in Rhythm and Parkinson’s disease: Cognitive and Neuronal Correlates. (external link)
- Heggdal, Peder Olaf Laugen; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen; Vassbotn, Flemming et al. (2018). Functional-structural reorganization of the neuronal network for auditory perception in subjects with unilateral hearing loss. (external link)
- Hjelmervik, Helene; Specht, Karsten (2015). Sex and sex-hormonal effects on brain organization of fronto-parietal networks. (external link)
Popular scientific lecture
Abstract
- Penner, Iris-Katharina; Weber, P; Stoecklin, M et al. (2013). Efficacy of working memory training in juvenile multiple sclerosis. (external link)
- Hubacher, Martina; Weber, Peter; Stöcklin, Markus et al. (2013). Case-based approach to evaluate the efficacy of working memory training in juvenile Multiple Sclerosis. (external link)
- Specht, Karsten (2012). The neural basis of synaesthesia. (external link)
- Vandenhirtz, Joerg; Eberius, Matthias; Jung, Axel et al. (2010). Future Developments for Non-destructive 3D Plant and Root Imaging. (external link)
- Vandenhirtz, Joerg; Vandenhirtz, Dirk; Eberius, Matthias et al. (2010). Future Developments for Non-Destructive 3D Plant and Root Imaging. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Belsby, S.O.; Moosmann, Matthias et al. (2009). DYNAMIC MODULATION OF BRAIN ACTIVATION IN RESPONSE TO VARYING DEGREES OF TOP-DOWN/BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING CONFLICT. (external link)
- Westerhausen, René; Luders, Eileen; Specht, Karsten et al. (2009). A longitudinal study of inter-hemispheric interaction and corpus callosum development in 6 and 8 year old children. (external link)
- Dos Santos Sequeira, Sarah; Specht, Karsten; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2006). Does background noise affect hemisphere asymmetry for speech processing?. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Approaches to single-trial ERP-fMRI integration. (external link)
- Eichele, Tom; Moosmann, Matthias Walter; Specht, Karsten et al. (2006). Single-trial ERP-FMRI: The electric and hemodynamic correlates of expectancy in target processing. (external link)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Projects
- When a sound becomes speech (BFS grant)
- It's time for some music (NRF grant)
- “When default is not default: Solutions to the replication crisis and beyond”
Kompetanse
- PhD og Habilitation in Nevrovitenskap