• Head of the research group "Emotion & Cognition Group" (ECG) https://www.uib.no/en/ecg
• Associate Editor in Journal of the International Society of Neuropsychology

 

Popular science papers:

Schanche, E. & Sørensen, L. "Slik kommer du av depresjonen", Bergens Tidende  (13.03.2016) http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innsikt/Slik-kommer-du-ut-av-depresjonen-3559957.html

Sørensen, L. & Hovda, O.A. "Friminuttene verre enn timene", Bergens Tidende (15.11.2013) http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innsikt/Friminuttene-verre-enn-timene-3006916.html

Sørensen, L. "Barn med konsentrasjonsvansker", Bergens Tidende (22.08.2008) http://www.bt.no/meninger/kronikk/Barn-med-konsentrasjonsvansker-1897517.html

Teaching and supervising clinical training in outpatient clinical and neuropsychological assessments.

Academic article

• Hayley MacDonald; Ole Bernt Fasmer; Olav Toom Jønsi et al. (2025). Capturing trial-by-trial variability in behaviour: people with Parkinson’s disease exhibit a greater rate of short-term fluctuations in response times. (external link)
• Louise Bjerrum; Lin Sørensen; Inger Hilde Nordhus et al. (2026). Does exposure to artificial light in the morning reduce reaction time variability during cognitive control processing?. (external link)
• Louise Bjerrum; Endre Visted; Inger Hilde Nordhus et al. (2025). Light of both high and low melanopic illuminance improves alertness and attention during daytime. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Emy Camille Cornelia Hjo; Stephen P. Becker (2025). Sleep problems in relation to emotion dysregulation in children with ADHD. (external link)
• Marie Munch; Berge Osnes; Virginia Peisch et al. (2025). The association between reaction time variability and social problems in children with ADHD: support for the role of attentional fluctuations in social interactions. (external link)
• Berge Osnes; Josef J Bless; Karsten Specht et al. (2025). The Relation Between Auditory Cognitive Control and Vagally‐Mediated Heart Rate Variability in and Outside the Lab: Differential Effects of Circadian Rhythm?. (external link)
• Astri Lundervold; Helene Halleland; Erlend Joramo Brevik et al. (2015). Verbal memory function in intellectually well-functioning adults with ADHD: Relations to working memory and response inhibition. (external link)
• Astri Lundervold; Stephen P. Hinshaw; Lin Sørensen et al. (2016). Co-occurring symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of adolescents screened for depression. (external link)
• Elisabeth Schanche; Jon Vøllestad; Endre Visted 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)
• Lin Sørensen; Kenneth Hugdahl; Astri Lundervold (2008). Emotional symptoms in inattentive primary school children: a population-based study. (external link)
• Julie Lillebostad Svendsen; Elisabeth Schanche; Jon Vøllestad et al. (2022). Self-Compassion and Its Association With Ruminative Tendencies and Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability in Recurrent Major Depression. (external link)
• Elisabeth Schanche; Jon Vøllestad; Endre Visted 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)
• Julie Lillebostad Svendsen; Berge Osnes; Per-Einar Binder et al. (2016). Trait self-compassion reflects emotional flexibility through an association with high vagally mediated heart rate variability. (external link)
• Julian Koenig; Birgit Abler; Ingrid Agartz et al. (2020). Cortical thickness and resting‐state cardiac function across the lifespan: A cross‐sectional pooled mega‐analysis. (external link)
• Berge Osnes; Simen Røssland Berrefjord; Pauline Georgees Poless et al. (2022). Low heart rate variability is associated with a negativity valence bias in interpreting ambiguous emotional expressions. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Steinunn Adolfsdottir; Elisabet Kvadsheim et al. (2024). Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task. (external link)
• Julie Lillebostad Svendsen; Elisabeth Schanche; Berge Osnes et al. (2020). Is Dispositional Self-Compassion Associated With Psychophysiological Flexibility Beyond Mindfulness? An Exploratory Pilot Study. (external link)
• Elisabet Kvadsheim; Ole Bernt Fasmer; Berge Osnes et al. (2020). Lower Cardiac Vagal Activity Predicts Self-Reported Difficulties With Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With ADHD. (external link)
• Daniel Andre Jensen; Astri J. Lundervold; Jan Egil Stubberud et al. (2022). Goal management training improves executive control in adults with ADHD: an open trial employing attention network theory to examine effects on attention. (external link)
• Elisabet Kvadsheim; Ole Bernt Fasmer; Erlend Eindride Fasmer et al. (2022). Innovative approaches in investigating inter-beat intervals: Graph theoretical method suggests altered autonomic functioning in adolescents with ADHD. (external link)
• F. Kurth; D. Schijven; Odile A van den Heuvel et al. (2024). Large-scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries during neurodevelopment: Associations with age and sex in 4265 children and adolescents. (external link)
• Carin Tillman; Karin C. Brocki; Lin Sørensen et al. (2015). A longitudinal examination of the developmental executive function hierarchy in children with externalizing behavior problems. (external link)
• Endre Visted; Lin Sørensen; Berge Osnes 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)
• Astri Lundervold; Lin Sørensen (2008). Kognitiv funksjon hos barn med ADHD, eksemplifisert ved WISC-III-resultater. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Berge Osnes; Endre Visted 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)
• Emilie Sektnan Nordby; Sigrid Gilje; Daniel Andre Jensen et al. (2021). Goal management training for adults with ADHD – clients’ experiences with a group-based intervention. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kerstin J. Plessen; Astri Lundervold (2012). The impact of inattention and emotional problems on cognitive control in primary school children. (external link)
• Linn Nyjordet Evanger; Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom; Lin Sørensen et al. (2024). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves insomnia symptoms in individuals with recurrent depression: secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
• Heike Eichele; Tom Eichele; Ingvar Bjelland et al. (2016). Performance monitoring in medication-naïve children with Tourette Syndrome. (external link)
• Astri Lundervold; Marte Stickert; Mari Hysing et al. (2016). Attention deficits in children with combined autism and ADHD: A CPT study. (external link)
• Åsa Hammar; Lin Sørensen; Guro Årdal et al. (2010). Enduring cognitive dysfunction in unipolar major depression: A test-retest study using the Stroop paradigm. (external link)
• Daniel André Jensen; Marie Farstad Høvik; Nadja Josefine Nyhammer Monsen et al. (2018). Keeping emotions in mind: The influence of working memory capacity on parent-reported symptoms of emotional lability in a sample of children with and without ADHD. (external link)
• Astri Johansen Lundervold; Maj-Britt Posserud; Lin Sørensen et al. (2008). Intellectual function in children with teacher-reported language problems. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Sam Vincent Wass; Berge Osnes et al. (2019). A psychophysiological investigation of the interplay between orienting and executive control during stimulus conflict: A heart rate variability study. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Edmund Sonuga-Barke; Heike Eichele et al. (2017). Suboptimal decision making by children with ADHD in the face of risk: Poor risk adjustment and delay aversion rather than general proneness to taking risks. (external link)
• Astri J. Lundervold; Lin Sørensen; Maj-Britt Rocio Posserud et al. (2023). Low Persistence of Inattention Symptoms From Childhood to Adolescence: A Population-Based Study. (external link)
• Heike Eichele; Tom Eichele; Lynn Anne Marquardt et al. (2017). Development of performance and ERPs in a flanker task in children and adolescents with tourette syndrome - a follow-up study. (external link)
• Helene Halleland; Lin Sørensen; Maj-Britt Rocio Posserud et al. (2015). Occupational status is compromised in adults with ADHD and psychometrically defined executive function deficits. (external link)
• Kerstin J. Plessen; Elena Allen; Heike Eichele et al. (2016). Reduced error signalling in medication-naive children with ADHD: associations with behavioural variability and post-error adaptations. (external link)
• Endre Visted; Lin Sørensen; Jon Vøllestad et al. (2019). The association between juvenile onset of depression and emotion regulation difficulties. (external link)
• Steinunn Adolfsdottir; Lin Sørensen; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2008). The attention network test: a characteristic pattern of deficits in children with ADHD. (external link)
• Marie Munch; Signe Hjelen Stige; Steinunn Adolfsdottir et al. (2025). “They are just as different as the rest of us”–a focus group study of primary teachers’ perceptions of children with ADHD who struggle socially. (external link)
• Elisabet Kvadsheim; Lin Sørensen; Ole Bernt Fasmer et al. (2022). Vagally mediated heart rate variability, stress, and perceived social support: a focus on sex differences. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kerstin J. Plessen; Jude Nicholas et al. (2011). Is behavioral regulation in children with ADHD aggravated by comorbid anxiety disorder?. (external link)
• Carin Tillman; Gunilla Bohlin; Lin Sørensen et al. (2009). Intellectual deficits in children with ADHD beyond central executive and non-executive functions. (external link)
• Carin Tillman; Gunilla Bohlin; Lin Sørensen et al. (2009). Intelligence and Specific Cognitive Abilities in Children. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kerstin J. Plessen; Steinunn Adolfsdottir et al. (2014). The specificity of the Stroop interference score of errors to ADHD in boys. (external link)
• Astri Lundervold; Maj-Britt Roccio Posserud; Anne Karin Ullebø et al. (2011). Teacher reports of hypoactivity symptoms reflect slow cognitive processing speed in primary school children. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Tom Eichele; Heidi Karin van Wageningen et al. (2016). Amplitude variability over trials in hemodynamic responses in adolescents with ADHD: The role of the anterior default mode network and the non-specific role of the striatum. (external link)
• Daniel André Jensen; Anne Halmøy; Jan Egil Stubberud et al. (2021). An Exploratory Investigation of Goal Management Training in Adults With ADHD: Improvements in Inhibition and Everyday Functioning. (external link)
• Thomas Eilertsen; Anders Lillevik Thorsen; Silje Elisabeth Hasmo Holm et al. (2016). Parental socioeconomic status and child intellectual functioning in a Norwegian sample. (external link)

Report

• Louise Bjerrum; Endre Visted; Inger Hilde Nordhus et al. (2024). Acute Effects of Polychromatic and Monochromatic Light Modalities on Measures of Sustained Attention. (external link)
• Malika Elise Hansen; Lin Sørensen; Line Iden Berge et al. (2025). The Acute Alerting Effects of Artificial Lighting among Older Adults. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Louise Bjerrum; Lin Sørensen; Berge Osnes et al. (2024). The acute effects of artificial light on aspects of sustained attention. (external link)
• Eike Wehling; Hilde Tyvoll; Håkon Hofstad et al. (2012). Attention Deficit In Stroke Patients 12 Months After Discharge From Hospital. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Louise Bjerrum; Inger Hilde Nordhus; Lin Sørensen et al. (2024). Acute effects of light during daytime on central aspects of attention and affect: A systematic review. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Mari Hysing (2014). Måleegenskaper ved den norske foreldreversjonen av Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). (external link)

Conference lecture

• Lin Sørensen; Astri Johansen Lundervold; Christopher Gillberg (2003). Symptoms of inattention as reported by teachers on SNAP. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kenneth Hugdahl; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2007). Profiles of everyday executive function in children with ADHD symptoms. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Steinunn Adolfsdottir; Bruno Laeng et al. (2010). Regulation of emotion in children with ADHD - a longitudinal study. Development of an Emotional Stroop Test. (external link)
• Bjørn Brunborg; Anne Marita Milde; Berge Osnes et al. (2022). De Utrolige Årene foreldreveiledning rettet mot ADHD vansker. (external link)
• Bjørn Brunborg; Anne Marita Milde; Berge Osnes et al. (2022). Foreldrestøtte ved ADHD vansker - De Utrolige Årene. (external link)
• Bjørn Brunborg; Anne Marita Milde; Berge Osnes et al. (2022). Foreldrestøtte ved ADHD vansker. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2011). Anxiety and depression in school aged children with ADHD. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children - effects on cognitive control functions. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kerstin J. Plessen (2009). Emotional regulation in children with ADHD - a longitudinal study. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children - effects on cognitive control functions. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2009). Impulskontroll– Hva er det og hva finner vi? Funn fra Barn i Bergen studien. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Elisabeth Schanche; Steinunn Adolfsdottir et al. (2016). The functional interaction between attention networks reflects enhanced flexible and adaptive abilities – as measured with heart rate variability. (external link)
• Astri Lundervold; Lin Sørensen (2007). Kognitiv kontroll hos barn med ADHD og angst. (external link)
• Bjørn Brunborg; Anne Marita Milde; Berge Osnes et al. (2023). Parent training for ADHD difficulties. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kenneth Hugdahl; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2005). Inattention symptoms and emotional problems among children 7-9 years old. (external link)
• Maj-Britt Posserud; Lin Sørensen (2003). Hvor er jentene? Tidlig identifikasjon av psykiske vansker hos barn. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2006). BArn med ADHD - erfaringer fra Barn i Bergen studien. (external link)
• Kjell Morten Stormark; Lin Sørensen (2004). Presentasjon av Barn i Bergen undersøkelsen: Hva kan den fortelle oss om barn med ADHD?. (external link)
• Anne Marita Milde; Berge Osnes; Lin Sørensen et al. (2022). Foreldreveiledning ved ADHD vansker hos barn - forskningsevaluering av tiltaket. (external link)

Conference poster

• Heike Eichele; Tom Eichele; Ingvar Bjelland et al. (2011). Cognitive and Behavioral Control in Children with Tourette Syndrome. (external link)
• Steinunn Adolfsdottir; Lin Sørensen; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2006). Attention Network Test reveals characteristic patterns of dysfunction among children with ADHD. (external link)
• Heike Eichele; Ali Mazaheri; Lin Sørensen et al. (2016). Theta and Alpha Oscillations in Children with Tourette Syndrome. (external link)
• Astri Johansen Lundervold; Lin Sørensen; Maj-Britt Posserud (2006). Intellectual, behavioural and emotional function among children with teacher reports of language impairment. (external link)
• Steinunn Adolfsdottir; Lin Sørensen; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2007). Attention network test reveals characteristic patterns of dysfunction in children with ADHD. (external link)
• Malika Elise Hansen; Silje Mæland; Lars T. Fadnes et al. (2023). Light exposure, sleep quality, and sleepiness as predictors of memory decline in older adults: A cohort study from Norway. (external link)
• Louise Bruland Bjerrum; Oda Bugge Kambestad; Lin Sørensen et al. (2024). The Acute Effects of Artificial Light on Attention and Emotional Processing. (external link)
• Heike Eichele; Tom Eichele; Ingvar Bjelland et al. (2015). Cognitive and Behavioral Control in Children with Tourette Syndrome. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kenneth Hugdahl; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2004). Hyperactivity and emotional problems among children with inattention. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen; Kenneth Hugdahl; Astri Johansen Lundervold (2004). The influence of hyperactivity and emotional problems on symptoms of inattention. (external link)
• Kerstin J. Plessen; Lin Sørensen; Heike Eichele et al. (2009). Emotional regulation in children with ADHD - a longitudinal study. (external link)
• Oda Bugge Kambestad; Endre Visted; Berge Osnes et al. (2023). The effects of different Light Conditions on Emotional Processing in Young Adults. (external link)
• Oda Bugge Kambestad; Endre Visted; Berge Osnes et al. (2023). Effect of light on an emotional go/no-go task in young adults. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Kjersti Blytt; Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom; Lin Sørensen (2023). Podcast "Søvnens makt" Episode 2: Søvn og emosjonsregulering med professor Lin Sørensen. (external link)

Media interview

• Lin Sørensen (2008). Gutar oftast deppa. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2008). Gutter mer psykisk syke. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2005). Gutter er mer lei seg. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2005). Sliter med følelsene. (external link)

Journal corrigendum

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

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Lin Sørensen (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children : effects on cognitive control functions. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children : effects on cognitive control functions. (external link)

Study protocol

• Lin Sørensen; Daniel Andre Jensen; Amalie Bøyum Lykkebø et al. (2025). The relationship between emotion dysregulation and sleep in children and adolescents with ADHD: Protocol for a systematic review. (external link)
• Ane Wilhelmsen-Langeland; Berge Osnes; Michael Gradisar et al. (2025). Group bright light therapy compared to treatment as usual for delayed sleep-wake phase disorder among patients in psychiatric care (the SIP trials): a protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. (external link)
• Ane Wilhelmsen-Langeland; Ingvild W. Saxvig; Michael Gradisar et al. (2025). Group cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia compared with treatment as usual for sleep problems in psychiatric care (the SIP trials): a protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. (external link)

Lecture

• Astri Lundervold; Lin Sørensen (2008). Erfaringer fra Barn i Bergen. (external link)
• Lin Sørensen (2010). ADHD hos barn. (external link)
• Astri Johansen Lundervold; Lin Sørensen; Maj-Britt Posserud (2005). Konsentrasjonsvansker hos barn. (external link)

Master’s thesis

• Eli Karoline Kvendseth; Helene Magnussen Wathne; Hilde Dahlum et al. (2013). Sinn til sinn - hjerne til hjerne: Om relasjoners rolle i emosjonsregulering. (external link)

Academic book chapter

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

Media feature article

• Lin Sørensen (2008). Barn med konsentrasjonsvansker. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

Researchgate:

Lin SØRENSEN | Professor; Head/Chair of Department | PhD; Clinical Psychologist | University of Bergen, Bergen | UiB | Department of Biological and Medical Psychology (researchgate.net)

 

• New project: Preventing depression in adolescents with ADHD by enhancing emotion regulation and sleep quality.

• A randomized controlled study of the role of mindfulness training rumination in recurrent depression: The effect on attention and emotion regulation functions.

• Goal Management Training in adults with ADHD.

• A longitudinal study of emotional regulation in children with ADHD and Tourette syndrom.