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Jens Egeland

Jens Egeland

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Psychology

D-Index
32
Citations
4126
World Ranking
10939
National Ranking
110

Overview

Jens Egeland is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research contributions span several interdisciplinary fields, primarily focused on medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. A significant part of Egeland's work addresses psychiatric and mental health issues, cognitive neuroscience, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their recent published studies include investigations into physical activity interventions and neurocognitive outcomes, among other topics. Notable papers include:

  • Effect of high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity and body composition in people with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial (2020), published in BMC Psychiatry
  • High-intensity interval training and active video gaming improve neurocognition in schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial (2020), published in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Rehabilitation for children with chronic acquired brain injury in the Child in Context Intervention (CICI) study: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2022), published in Trials
  • Feasibility and Acceptability of a Complex Telerehabilitation Intervention for Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury: The Child in Context Intervention (CICI) (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • High-intensity interval training may reduce depressive symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia, putatively through improved VO2max: A randomized controlled trial (2022), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors comprise a group of researchers with whom they have collaborated extensively, including:

  • Eivind Andersen
  • Gry Bang-Kittilsen
  • Tom Langerud Holmen
  • John Abel Engh
  • Kristoffer Høiland

Egeland's scholarly output appears regularly in several academic journals, such as:

  • Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening
  • Journal of Attention Disorders
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Their body of research emphasizes key topics including:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Within the fields of study, the scientist has contributed to:

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Best Publications

  • Impairment across executive functions in recurrent major depression

    Kirsten I Stordal;Astri J Lundervold;Jens Egeland;Arnstein Mykletun

  • Attention profile in schizophrenia compared with depression: differential effects of processing speed, selective attention and vigilance.

    J. Egeland;B. R. Rund;K. Sundet;N. I. Landrø

  • Executive function improvement upon remission of recurrent unipolar depression.

    Eva Biringer;Astri Lundervold;Kirsten Stordal;Arnstein Mykletun

  • Brain Activation Measured With fMRI During a Mental Arithmetic Task in Schizophrenia and Major Depression

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Bjørn Rishovd Rund;Anders Lund;Arve Asbjørnsen

  • Few effects of far transfer of working memory training in ADHD: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jens Egeland;Anne Kristine Aarlien;Brit-Kari Saunes

  • Sensitivity and specificity of memory dysfunction in schizophrenia: a comparison with major depression.

    Jens Egeland;Kjetil Sundet;Bjørn Rishovd Rund;Arve Asbjørnsen

  • Neuropsychological test profiles in schizophrenia and non-psychotic depression

    B R Rund;K Sundet;A Asbjørnsen;J Egeland

  • Cortisol level predicts executive and memory function in depression, symptom level predicts psychomotor speed.

    Jens Egeland;Anders Lund;Nils Inge Landrø;Bjørn Rishovd Rund

  • Measuring several aspects of attention in one test: the factor structure of conners's continuous performance test.

    Jens Egeland;Iwona Kovalik-Gran

  • Attentional and executive dysfunctions in schizophrenia and depression: evidence from dichotic listening performance.

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Kenneth Hugdahl;B.jørn Rishovd Rund;Anders Lund;Arve Asbjørnsen

  • Testing practices in the 21st century: developments and European psychologists' opinions

    Arne Evers;Jose Muniz;Dave Bartram;Dusica Boben

  • Few differences in hot and cold executive functions in children and adolescents with combined and inattentive subtypes of ADHD

    Erik Winther Skogli;Jens Egeland;Per Normann Andersen;Kjell Tore Hovik

  • Reliability and relationship of various ages of onset criteria for major affective disorder.

    Janice A. Egeland;Richard L. Blumenthal;John Nee;Lawrence Sharpe

  • Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF): Support for a distinction between Emotional and Behavioral Regulation

    Jens Egeland;Øyvind Fallmyr

  • Symptoms of ADHD in Children with High-Functioning Autism Are Related to Impaired Verbal Working Memory and Verbal Delayed Recall

    Per Normann Andersen;Kjell Tore Hovik;Erik Winther Skogli;Erik Winther Skogli;Jens Egeland

  • Validity of the factor structure of Conners' CPT.

    Jens Egeland;Iwona Kovalik-Gran

  • Differentiating between ADHD sub-types on CCPT measures of sustained attention and vigilance.

    Jens Egeland;Susanne Nordby Johansen;Torill Ueland

  • RCT of working memory training in ADHD: long-term near-transfer effects.

    Kjell Tore Hovik;Brit-Kari Saunes;Anne Kristine Aarlien;Jens Egeland

  • Inhibition and working memory in young preschool children with symptoms of ADHD and/or oppositional-defiant disorder

    Annette Holth Skogan;Pål Zeiner;Jens Egeland;Nina Rohrer-Baumgartner

  • Measuring Working Memory With Digit Span and the Letter-Number Sequencing Subtests From the WAIS-IV: Too Low Manipulation Load and Risk for Underestimating Modality Effects.

    Jens Egeland

  • Parent ratings of executive function in young preschool children with symptoms of attention-deficit/-hyperactivity disorder

    Annette Holth Skogan;Pål Zeiner;Jens Egeland;Anne-Margrethe Urnes

  • Factor structure of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF-P) at age three years

    Annette Holth Skogan;Jens Egeland;Pål Zeiner;Kristin Romvig Øvergaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils Inge Landrø
Nils Inge Landrø University of Oslo
Kjetil Sundet
Kjetil Sundet University of Oslo
Bjørn Rishovd Rund
Bjørn Rishovd Rund Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
Merete Øie
Merete Øie University of Oslo
Egil W. Martinsen
Egil W. Martinsen University of Oslo
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Theresa Wilberg
Theresa Wilberg Oslo University Hospital
Lars Ersland
Lars Ersland University of Bergen
Astri J. Lundervold
Astri J. Lundervold University of Bergen

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