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Annika Melinder

Annika Melinder

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Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
3685
World Ranking
10301
National Ranking
97

Overview

Annika Melinder is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research broadly spans the domains of psychology, social sciences, and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, and public health.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Annika Melinder has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice
  • Applied Cognitive Psychology
  • JCPP Advances
  • Tidsskrift for familierett arverett og barnevernrettslige spørsmål
  • Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Annika Melinder include:

  • The association of PTSD symptom severity with amygdala nuclei volumes in traumatized youths, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • In the Best Interest of the Child: the Norwegian Approach to Child Protection, 2021, International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice
  • Personality, confirmation bias, and forensic interviewing performance, 2020, Applied Cognitive Psychology
  • Executive function in children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder compared to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, and in children with different irritability levels, 2023, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Infant behavioural effects of smartphone interrupted parent-infant interaction, 2022, British Journal of Developmental Psychology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Astrid Brænden
  • Marit Coldevin
  • Pål Zeiner
  • Jan Stubberud
  • Gail S. Goodman

Best Publications

  • Infants' understanding of everyday social interactions: a dual process account.

    Gustaf Gredebäck;Annika Maria D. Melinder

  • The development of joint visual attention: a longitudinal study of gaze following during interactions with mothers and strangers.

    Gustaf Gredebäck;Linn Fikke;Annika Melinder

  • Child witness research and forensic interviews of young children: A review

    Gail S. Goodman;Annika Maria Desiree Melinder

  • Memory for traumatic experiences in early childhood

    Ingrid M. Cordón;Margaret-Ellen Pipe;Liat Sayfan;Annika Melinder

  • Developmental differences in the effects of repeated interviews and interviewer bias on young children's event memory and false reports

    Jodi A. Quas;Lindsay C. Malloy;Annika Melinder;Gail S. Goodman

  • What people believe about memory

    Svein Magnussen;Jan Andersson;Cesare Cornoldi;Rossana De Beni

  • Prenatal exposure to methadone and buprenorphine: a review of the potential effects on cognitive development.

    Carolien Konijnenberg;Annika Melinder

  • Executive functions are impaired in adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury.

    L. T. Fikke;Annika Maria Desiree Melinder;NI Landrø

  • Beliefs about factors affecting the Reliability of eyewitness testimony: A Comparison of judges, jurors and the general public

    Svein Magnussen;Annika Maria Desiree Melinder;Ulf Stridbeck;Abid Q. Raja

  • Children's and Adults' Memory for Emotional Pictures: Examining Age-Related Patterns Using the Developmental Affective Photo System.

    Ingrid M. Cordon;Annika M.D. Melinder;Gail S. Goodman;Robin S. Edelstein

  • Relations between episodic memory, suggestibility, theory of mind, and cognitive inhibition in the preschool child

    Annika Melinder;Tor Endestad;Svein Magnussen

  • Maltreatment is associated with specific impairments in executive functions: a pilot study.

    Else-Marie Augusti;Annika Maria Desiree Melinder

  • Executive function in preschool children prenatally exposed to methadone or buprenorphine

    Carolien Konijnenberg;Annika Melinder

  • Beliefs about child witnesses: A survey of professionals

    Annika Melinder;Gail S. Goodman;Dag Erik Eilertsen;Svein Magnussen

  • The development and neural basis of pointing comprehension

    Gustaf Gredebäck;Annika Maria D. Melinder;Moritz Daum

  • Deviant smooth pursuit in preschool children exposed prenatally to methadone or buprenorphine and tobacco affects integrative visuomotor capabilities

    Annika Melinder;Carolien Konijnenberg;Monica Sarfi

  • Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction among Norwegian Child Protection Workers: Protective and Risk Factors

    Gunn Astrid Baugerud;Sille Vangbæk;Annika Melinder

  • Theory and practice in interviewing young children: A study of Norwegian police interviews 1985–2002

    Christian Thoresen;Kyrre L⊘nnum;Annika Melinder;Ulf Stridbeck

  • Children's eyewitness memory: a comparison of two interviewing strategies as realized by forensic professionals.

    Annika Melinder;Kristen Alexander;Young Il Cho;Gail S. Goodman

  • Brain activation during upright and inverted encoding of own- and other-age faces: ERP evidence for an own-age bias.

    Annika Maria D. Melinder;Gustaf Gredebäck;Alissa Westerlund;Charles A. Nelson

  • Best Practice Recommendations Still Fail to Result in Action: A National 10‐Year Follow‐up Study of Investigative Interviews in CSA Cases

    Miriam Johnson;Miriam Johnson;Svein Magnussen;Christian Thoresen;Kyrre Lønnum

Frequent Co-Authors

Svein Magnussen
Svein Magnussen University of Oslo
Tor Endestad
Tor Endestad University of Oslo
Gail S. Goodman
Gail S. Goodman University of California, Davis
Gustaf Gredebäck
Gustaf Gredebäck Uppsala University
Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Cesare Cornoldi
Cesare Cornoldi University of Padua
Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
Merete Øie
Merete Øie University of Oslo
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Lars Ersland
Lars Ersland University of Bergen

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