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Michael Rönnlund

Michael Rönnlund

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Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
4534
World Ranking
9935
National Ranking
100

Overview

Michael Rönnlund is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and focuses their research primarily within the field of psychology. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, applied psychology, and general health professions.

Their principal areas of study include psychological and temporal perspectives research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, dementia and cognitive impairment research, health psychology, optimism and hope, retirement and employment issues, and behavioral health interventions.

Michael Rönnlund has contributed to various academic journals, frequently publishing in Frontiers in Psychology. Other notable publication venues include Ageing Research Reviews, Translational Psychiatry, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Cogent Psychology.

Recent publications by Michael Rönnlund include:

  • "Biological and environmental predictors of heterogeneity in neurocognitive ageing," 2020, Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Effects of polygenic risk for Alzheimer's disease on rate of cognitive decline in normal aging," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Psychological Flexibility and Self-Compassion as Predictors of Well-Being: Mediating Role of a Balanced Time Perspective," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "A Time to Sleep Well and Be Contented: Time Perspective, Sleep Quality, and Life Satisfaction," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "A nationwide Swedish study of age at retirement and dementia risk," 2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Throughout their career, Michael Rönnlund has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Sara Pudas, Anna Sundström, Rolf Adolfsson, Elisabeth Åström, and Daniel Eriksson Sörman.

Best Publications

  • Stability, growth, and decline in adult life span development of declarative memory: cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a population-based study.

    Michael Rönnlund;Lars Nyberg;Lars Bäckman;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Selective adult age differences in an age-invariant multifactor model of declarative memory.

    Lars Nyberg;Scott B. Maitland;Michael Rönnlund;Lars Bäckman

  • Mindful self-compassion training reduces stress and burnout symptoms among practicing psychologists : a randomized controlled trial of a brief web-based intervention

    Terese Eriksson;Linnea Germundsjö;Elisabeth Åström;Michael Rönnlund

  • Adult life-span patterns in WAIS-R Block Design performance: Cross-sectional versus longitudinal age gradients and relations to demographic factors

    Michael Rönnlund;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Subjective memory impairment in older adults predicts future dementia independent of baseline memory performance: Evidence from the Betula prospective cohort study

    Michael Rönnlund;Anna Sundström;Rolf Adolfsson;Lars-Göran Nilsson;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • The relation between dimensions of attachment and internalizing or externalizing problems during adolescence.

    Michael Rönnlund;Erika Karlsson

  • Biological and environmental predictors of heterogeneity in neurocognitive ageing: Evidence from Betula and other longitudinal studies.

    Lars Nyberg;Carl Johan Boraxbekk;Daniel Eriksson Sörman;Patrik Hansson

  • Leisure Activity in Old Age and Risk of Dementia: A 15-Year Prospective Study

    Daniel Eriksson Sörman;Anna Sundström;Michael Rönnlund;Rolf Adolfsson

  • Risky decision making across three arenas of choice: are younger and older adults differently susceptible to framing effects?

    Michael Rönnlund;Erik Karlsson;Erica Laggnäs;Lisa Larsson

  • The Extent of Stability and Change in Episodic and Semantic Memory in Old Age: Demographic Predictors of Level and Change

    Martin Lövdén;Michael Rönnlund;Åke Wahlin;Lars Bäckman

  • Effects of Eight-Week-Web-Based Mindfulness Training on Pain Intensity, Pain Acceptance, and Life Satisfaction in Individuals With Chronic Pain

    Jessica Henriksson;Emma Wasara;Michael Rönnlund

  • Challenging the notion of an early-onset of cognitive decline

    Lars-Göran Nilsson;Ola Sternäng;Ola Sternäng;Michael Rönnlund;Lars Nyberg

  • Adult Age Differences in the Realism of Confidence Judgments : Overconfidence, Format Dependence, and Cognitive Predictors

    Patrik Hansson;Michael Rönnlund;Patrik N Juslin;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • The magnitude, generality, and determinants of Flynn effects on forms of declarative memory and visuospatial ability: Time-sequential analyses of data from a Swedish cohort study

    Michael Rönnlund;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Odor Identification Deficit as a Predictor of Five-Year Global Cognitive Change: Interactive Effects with Age and ApoE-ε4

    Jonas K. Olofsson;Jonas K. Olofsson;Jonas K. Olofsson;Michael Rönnlund;Steven Nordin;Steven Nordin;Lars Nyberg

  • Flynn effects on sub-factors of episodic and semantic memory: Parallel gains over time and the same set of determining factors

    Michael Rönnlund;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Executive process training in young and old adults

    Petra Sandberg;Michael Rönnlund;Lars Nyberg;Anna Stigsdotter Neely

  • Coping Strategies in Late Adolescence: Relationships to Parental Attachment and Time Perspective.

    Anna-Sara Blomgren;Kajsa Svahn;Elisabeth Åström;Michael Rönnlund

  • Adult Age Differences in Tower of Hanoi Performance: Influence From Demographic and Cognitive Variables

    Michael Rönnlund;Martin Lövdén;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ): factorial structure, relations to global subjective memory ratings, and Swedish norms.

    Michael Rönnlund;Timo Mäntylä;Lars-Göran Nilsson;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Recall of Subject-Performed Tasks, Verbal Tasks, and Cognitive Activities Across the Adult Life Span: Parallel Age-Related Deficits

    Michael Rönnlund;Lars Nyberg;Lars Bäckman;Lars-Göran Nilsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars-Göran Nilsson
Lars-Göran Nilsson Stockholm University
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Martin Lövdén
Martin Lövdén University of Gothenburg
Timo Mäntylä
Timo Mäntylä Stockholm University
Steven Nordin
Steven Nordin Umeå University
Maria Larsson
Maria Larsson Stockholm University
Åke Wahlin
Åke Wahlin Jönköping University
Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Patrik N. Juslin
Patrik N. Juslin Uppsala University
Roger A. Dixon
Roger A. Dixon University of Alberta

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