The research is 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. A particular focus for the fMRI Group is on the study of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, and dichotic listening studies of cognitive control.
The group is involved in research related to voxel-based morphometry, perfusion/diffusion imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, spectroscopy, EEG and neuroinformatics, using a range of statistical tools and software. The fMRI Group collaborates with several clinical research groups particularly with regard to psychiatric disorders (psychosis, depression), different forms of language disorders (dyslexia, stuttering, speech processing, aphasia), and aging. These collaborating research groups are: Bergen Psychosis Project 2 (BP2); Bergen Cognition and Learning Group(BCLG), Mood and Cognitive Function (MCF), Bergen Research Group on Auditory Perception (BeRG-AP), and Neuropsychological Phenotyping Group (NPG).
The fMRI group is member of theNordic Center of Excellence on Cognitive Control (NCoE) funded by the Nordic Council (NOS), and is the recipient of an European Research Council Advanced Grant (ERCAdG) through professor Kenneth Hugdahl.