About the research group

A particular focus for the fMRI Group is on the study of auditory perception, speech perception, music processing, neurological disorders, auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, cognitive control, and functional and structural brain asymmetry. The research is also focused on brain activation studies related to a broad spectre of cognitive functions, including laterality, speech and language, working memory, attention, cognitive control and emotions, depression and aging.

To study the brain we are using a range of different tools: Morphometry, perfusion/diffusion imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, spectroscopy, EEG and neuroinformatics.

Bergen fMRI Group is the recipient of an European Research Council Advanced Grant (external link) through professor Kenneth Hugdahl in 2010 and 2016.

Subgroups:

There are many different research topics in the group: Auditory hallucinations, schizophrenia, brain stimulation, auditory perception, laterality, cognition and depression, music and neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disorder, Parkinson's disorder, stroke). Here you can get more information about our ongoing main projects.

Bergen Group on Auditory Perception (BeRG-AP)

- ERC2 (external link)

Research Lab for Stimulation of the Brain (FLASH group) 

- Re:State (external link)

- Music and Cognition

- Bergen Dopamin Group (BDG)

- Emotion and Cognition Group (ECG)

Documentaries

Link to video


"The Birth of a Research Group"

"The birth of a research group" is about the ERC Advanced Grant research project VOICES/prof. Kenneth Hugdahl, about auditory hallucinations, produced by the University of Bergen. The film shows how a research project develops from its initiation and start to the final results and new research questions.

"Hearing voices"

"Hearing voices - om å avbilde stemmer som ikke finnes" was shown on NRK2 Kunnskapskanalen 28th of January 2017 about auditory hallucinations and the research group headed by prof. Kenneth Hugdahl. Press link here (external link)to view.

International Graduate School in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

IGSIN
Photo: IGSIN, UiB


The International Graduate School in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience (IGSIN) was founded as a joint initiative of the Faculties of Medicine/Odontology and Psychology. Its primary goal is to bring people together from different countries with different educational backgrounds and different expertise to provide an interdisciplinary training and networking platform for PhD students in the broad field of neuroscience - from basic biological, molecular, and genetic neuroscience to cognitive neuroscience as well as clinical applications related to mental and neurological disorders. The graduate school is located at the Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen.

Professor Marco Hirnstein, acting director

Vanessa Tamara Seeligmann, administration

In media

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