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Neuroscience

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34

Psychology

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Overview

Bruno Laeng is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has published extensively in the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience.

Their research spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, music, and clinical psychology. This diverse range reflects a broad interest in the neural and behavioral foundations of perception, cognition, and emotion.

Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neuroscience and music perception
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Diverse music education insights
  • Action observation and synchronization

Bruno Laeng has authored numerous papers, some of the recent and notable publications being:

  • "From pre-processing to advanced dynamic modeling of pupil data" (2023), published in Behavior Research Methods
  • "'Defrosting' music chills with naltrexone: The role of endogenous opioids for the intensity of musical pleasure" (2021), published in Consciousness and Cognition
  • "The effects of cognitive abilities and task demands on tonic and phasic pupil sizes" (2020), published in Biological Psychology
  • "Brightness perception changes related to pupil size" (2020), published in Vision Research
  • "The ascending arousal system promotes optimal performance through mesoscale network integration in a visuospatial attentional task" (2021), published in Network Neuroscience

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Tor Endestad, Anne Danielsen, Laura Bishop, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, and Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, indicating a sustained pattern of research partnership.

Bruno Laeng's work has appeared in leading publication venues, including Frontiers in Psychology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Music & Science, Brain and Cognition, and PLoS ONE, suggesting engagement with both psychology and interdisciplinary neuroscience outlets.

Best Publications

  • A redrawn Vandenberg and Kuse mental rotations test: different versions and factors that affect performance.

    Michael Peters;Bruno Laeng;Kerry Latham;Marla Jackson

  • Pupillometry: A Window to the Preconscious?

    Bruno Laeng;Sylvain Sirois;Gustaf Gredebäck

  • Eye scanpaths during visual imagery reenact those of perception of the same visual scene

    Bruno Laeng;Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu

  • Pupil size signals mental effort deployed during multiple object tracking and predicts brain activity in the dorsal attention network and the locus coeruleus.

    Dag Alnæs;Markus Handal Sneve;Thomas Espeseth;Thomas Espeseth;Tor Endestad

  • The Eye Pupil Adjusts to Imaginary Light

    Bruno Laeng;Unni Sulutvedt

  • Pupillary Stroop effects

    Bruno Laeng;Marte Ørbo;Terje Holmlund;Michele Miozzo;Michele Miozzo

  • Rewards of beauty: the opioid system mediates social motivation in humans

    O Chelnokova;B Laeng;M Eikemo;J Riegels

  • Scrutinizing visual images: The role of gaze in mental imagery and memory

    Bruno Laeng;Ilona M. Bloem;Stefania D’Ascenzo;Luca Tommasi

  • Bright illusions reduce the eye's pupil

    Bruno Laeng;Tor Endestad

  • Lateralization of categorical and coordinate spatial functions: A study of unilateral stroke patients

    Bruno Laeng

  • Oxytocin enhances pupil dilation and sensitivity to “hidden” emotional expressions

    Siri Leknes;Johan Wessberg;Dan-Mikael Ellingsen;Olga Chelnokova

  • In touch with your emotions: Oxytocin and touch change social impressions while others’ facial expressions can alter touch

    Dan-Mikael Ellingsen;Dan-Mikael Ellingsen;Johan Wessberg;Olga Chelnokova;Haûkan Olausson

  • Spatial Ability, Student Gender, and Academic Performance

    Michael Peters;Peter Chisholm;Bruno Laeng

  • Women's pupillary responses to sexually significant others during the hormonal cycle

    Bruno Laeng;Liv Falkenberg

  • Through the eyes of the own-race bias: Eye-tracking and pupillometry during face recognition

    Esther Xiu Wen Wu;Bruno Laeng;Svein Magnussen

  • Music chills: The eye pupil as a mirror to music's soul.

    Bruno Laeng;Lise Mette Eidet;Unni Sulutvedt;Jaak Panksepp

  • Pleasantness of a sweet taste during hunger and satiety: effects of gender and "sweet tooth".

    Bruno Laeng;Kent C. Berridge;Charles M. Butter

  • Does Color Synesthesia Pose a Paradox for Early-Selection Theories of Attention?

    Bruno Laeng;Frode Svartdal;Hella Oelmann

  • Cerebral lateralization for the processing of spatial coordinates and categories in left-and right-handers.

    Bruno Laeng;Michael Peters

  • Right hemisphere or valence hypothesis, or both? The processing of hybrid faces in the intact and callosotomized brain.

    Giulia Prete;Bruno Laeng;Mara Fabri;Nicoletta Foschi

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Espeseth
Thomas Espeseth University of Oslo
Luca Tommasi
Luca Tommasi University of Chieti-Pescara
Michael Peters
Michael Peters University of Guelph
Karsten Specht
Karsten Specht University of Bergen
Tor Endestad
Tor Endestad University of Oslo
Michele Miozzo
Michele Miozzo Columbia University
Dag Alnæs
Dag Alnæs Oslo University Hospital
Albert Postma
Albert Postma Utrecht University
Nils Inge Landrø
Nils Inge Landrø University of Oslo
Svein Magnussen
Svein Magnussen University of Oslo

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