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Kjetil Sundet

Kjetil Sundet

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Psychology
Norway
2023

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Psychology

D-Index
68
Citations
14880
World Ranking
2511
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Kjetil Sundet is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health. Subfields of study include Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics addressed in Sundet's research include:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Recent publications by Sundet cover multiple aspects of cognitive and social cognition variability in psychiatric conditions. These papers include:

  • "Cognitive Heterogeneity across Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Cluster Analysis of Intellectual Trajectories," 2020, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • "Cognitive Performance in Early-Onset Schizophrenia and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A 25-Year Follow-Up Study," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Intra- and inter-individual cognitive variability in schizophrenia and bipolar spectrum disorder: an investigation across multiple cognitive domains," 2023, Schizophrenia
  • "Social cognitive heterogeneity in schizophrenia: A cluster analysis," 2022, Schizophrenia Research Cognition
  • "The factor structure of social cognition in schizophrenia: Weak evidence for separable domains," 2021, Schizophrenia Research Cognition

Frequent co-authors in Sundet's research include:

  • Anja Vaskinn
  • Ingrid Melle
  • Ole A. Andreassen
  • Beathe Haatveit
  • Torill Ueland

Publication venues where Sundet has contributed multiple times feature:

  • Schizophrenia Research Cognition
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Schizophrenia
  • Archives of Women's Mental Health

This profile summarizes the scientific output and collaborative network of a researcher focused on cognitive and psychiatric disorders, with a substantial body of work documenting cognitive heterogeneity and social cognition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, along with long-term studies of early-onset psychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

    Jeanne E Savage;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Neuropsychological testing of cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder: an individual patient data meta-analysis

    C. Bourne;C. Bourne;Ö. Aydemir;V. Balanzá-Martínez;E. Bora

  • Long-term follow-up of the TIPS early detection in psychosis study: effects on 10-year outcome.

    Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad;Tor K. Larsen;Bjørn Auestad;Julie Evensen

  • Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Bipolar and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Depends on History of Psychosis Rather Than Diagnostic Group

    Carmen Simonsen;Kjetil Sundet;Anja Vaskinn;Astrid B. Birkenaes

  • The validity of d prime as a working memory index: Results from the “Bergen n-back task”

    Beathe C Haatveit;Kjetil Sundet;Kenneth Hugdahl;Torill Ueland

  • GWAS meta-analysis reveals novel loci and genetic correlates for general cognitive function: a report from the COGENT consortium

    Joey W Trampush;M L Z Yang;J Yu;E. Knowles

  • Impairment across executive functions in recurrent major depression

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

  • Molecular genetic evidence for overlap between general cognitive ability and risk for schizophrenia: A report from the Cognitive Genomics consorTium (COGENT)

    T Lencz;E Knowles;Gail Davies;S Guha

  • Congenital hypothyroidism: influence of disease severity and L-thyroxine treatment on intellectual, motor, and school-associated outcomes in young adults.

    Beate Oerbeck;Kjetil Sundet;Bengt F. Kase;Sonja Heyerdahl

  • The Level of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Bipolar Disorder Equals That of Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study

    Astrid B. Birkenaes;Stein Opjordsmoen;Cathrine Brunborg;John A. Engh

  • 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

  • Neurocognitive profiles in bipolar I and bipolar II disorder: differences in pattern and magnitude of dysfunction

    Carmen Simonsen;Kjetil Sundet;Anja Vaskinn;Astrid B Birkenaes

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

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

  • Predictors of medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

    H. Jónsdóttir;H. Jónsdóttir;S. Opjordsmoen;S. Opjordsmoen;A. B. Birkenaes;A. B. Birkenaes;C. Simonsen

  • Comparison of cerebral embolization during off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

    Christian Lund;Per K Hol;Runar Lundblad;Erik Fosse

  • Persistent cognitive dysfunction secondary to cerebellar injury in patients treated for posterior fossa tumors in childhood.

    Camilla Rønning;Kjetil Sundet;Bernt Due-Tønnessen;Tryggve Lundar

  • Comprehensive driving assessment: neuropsychological testing and on-road evaluation of brain injured patients.

    Anne-Kristine Schanke;Kjetil Sundet

  • Neuropsychological predictors in stroke rehabilitation

    Kjetil Sundet;Arnstein Finset;Ivar Reinvang

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

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

  • PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A NORWEGIAN RESEARCH VERSION OF THE 'WECHSLER ABBREVIATED SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE' (WASI)

    Line M. Brager-Larsen;Kjetil Sundet;Harald Engvik;Beate Ørbeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Bjørn Rishovd Rund
Bjørn Rishovd Rund Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Katherine E. Burdick
Katherine E. Burdick Brigham and Women's Hospital
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Astri J. Lundervold
Astri J. Lundervold University of Bergen
Nikolaos Smyrnis
Nikolaos Smyrnis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Gary Donohoe
Gary Donohoe University of Galway
Derek W. Morris
Derek W. Morris University of Galway
Elisabeth Widen
Elisabeth Widen University of Helsinki

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