Rene Westerhausen

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bergen
Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi Unaffected control of distractor interference in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of incompatibility slowing in flanker tasks
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009 Bergen, Norway Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    J Psychiatr Res 47:246-51. 2013
  2. ncbi Impaired cognitive inhibition in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of the Stroop interference effect
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, N 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Schizophr Res 133:172-81. 2011
  3. ncbi A critical re-examination of sexual dimorphism in the corpus callosum microstructure
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Neuroimage 56:874-80. 2011
  4. ncbi A longitudinal study of the effect of voicing on the dichotic listening ear advantage in boys and girls at age 5 to 8
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Medical and Biological Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Dev Neuropsychol 35:752-61. 2010
  5. ncbi Structural and functional reorganization of the corpus callosum between the age of 6 and 8 years
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Cereb Cortex 21:1012-7. 2011
  6. ncbi Identification of attention and cognitive control networks in a parametric auditory fMRI study
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Neuropsychologia 48:2075-81. 2010
  7. ncbi Corticospinal tract asymmetries at the level of the internal capsule: is there an association with handedness?
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Jonas Lies vei 91 N 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Neuroimage 37:379-86. 2007
  8. ncbi Top-down and bottom-up interaction: manipulating the dichotic listening ear advantage
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Brain Res 1250:183-9. 2009
  9. ncbi Functional relevance of interindividual differences in temporal lobe callosal pathways: a DTI tractography study
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Cereb Cortex 19:1322-9. 2009
  10. ncbi The corpus callosum in dichotic listening studies of hemispheric asymmetry: a review of clinical and experimental evidence
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Group, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, N 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 32:1044-54. 2008

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Publications27

  1. ncbi Unaffected control of distractor interference in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of incompatibility slowing in flanker tasks
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009 Bergen, Norway Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    J Psychiatr Res 47:246-51. 2013
    ....
  2. ncbi Impaired cognitive inhibition in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of the Stroop interference effect
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, N 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Schizophr Res 133:172-81. 2011
    ....
  3. ncbi A critical re-examination of sexual dimorphism in the corpus callosum microstructure
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Neuroimage 56:874-80. 2011
    ..The present results indicate a stronger inter-hemispheric connectivity between the frontal lobes in males than females, which might be related to sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry and brain size...
  4. ncbi A longitudinal study of the effect of voicing on the dichotic listening ear advantage in boys and girls at age 5 to 8
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Medical and Biological Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Dev Neuropsychol 35:752-61. 2010
    ..These results indicate a sex difference in the development of speech processing abilities...
  5. ncbi Structural and functional reorganization of the corpus callosum between the age of 6 and 8 years
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Cereb Cortex 21:1012-7. 2011
    ..These results might indicate a refinement process of the callosal connections to optimize the neuronal communication between the developing cerebral hemispheres...
  6. ncbi Identification of attention and cognitive control networks in a parametric auditory fMRI study
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Neuropsychologia 48:2075-81. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Corticospinal tract asymmetries at the level of the internal capsule: is there an association with handedness?
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Jonas Lies vei 91 N 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Neuroimage 37:379-86. 2007
    ..From this it was concluded that handedness might be related to motorcortical asymmetries which seem not to be directly reflected in the corticospinal fibre tract characteristics...
  8. ncbi Top-down and bottom-up interaction: manipulating the dichotic listening ear advantage
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Brain Res 1250:183-9. 2009
    ..Thus, bottom-up intensity and top-down attention manipulations should not be regarded as independent but rather interacting factors when it comes to the manipulation of the ear advantage in a dichotic listening situation...
  9. ncbi Functional relevance of interindividual differences in temporal lobe callosal pathways: a DTI tractography study
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Cereb Cortex 19:1322-9. 2009
    ..This specific structure-function association in the auditory modality supports the general notion that interindividual differences in callosal topography possess functional relevance...
  10. ncbi The corpus callosum in dichotic listening studies of hemispheric asymmetry: a review of clinical and experimental evidence
    Rene Westerhausen
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Group, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, N 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 32:1044-54. 2008
    ..The review has also revealed how inter-individual variability in callosal fiber structure affects both bottom-up and top-down performance on the dichotic listening task...
  11. ncbi Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - a diffusion-tensor imaging study of the corpus callosum
    Margaretha Dramsdahl
    Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    Psychiatry Res 201:168-73. 2012
    ..However, microstructural differences are still present in adults, which may point to an abnormal lateralization in adults with ADHD, or could be a sign of a persisting impairment...
  12. ncbi Auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia as aberrant lateralized speech perception: evidence from dichotic listening
    Kenneth Hugdahl
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
    Schizophr Res 140:59-64. 2012
    ..The results are unambiguous evidence for AVHs as aberrant speech perceptions originating in the left hemisphere...
  13. ncbi Attention and cognitive control: unfolding the dichotic listening story
    Kenneth Hugdahl
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology Cognitive NeuroScience Group, University of Bergen, Norway
    Scand J Psychol 50:11-22. 2009
    ..We then present behavioral and neuroimaging data to explore the suggested cognitive control model, with examples from normal adults, clinical and special ability groups...
  14. ncbi Attention and cognitive control networks assessed in a dichotic listening fMRI study
    Liv E Falkenberg
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Brain Cogn 76:276-85. 2011
    ..These findings demonstrate how cognitive control is achieved through the interplay of distinct brain networks, with their differential engagement determined as a function of the level of competition between the sensory stimuli...
  15. ncbi Language lateralization and cognitive control across the menstrual cycle assessed with a dichotic-listening paradigm
    Helene Hjelmervik
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 37:1866-75. 2012
    ..The study further suggests that the degree of cognitive control demands of a given task is important to consider when investigating lateralization across the menstrual cycle...
  16. ncbi A forced-attention dichotic listening fMRI study on 113 subjects
    Kristiina Kompus
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Brain Lang 121:240-7. 2012
    ....
  17. ncbi Cognitive control in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Margaretha Dramsdahl
    Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    Psychiatry Res 188:406-10. 2011
    ..Our results may have implications for psychosocial adjustment for persons with ADHD in educational and work environments...
  18. ncbi The effects of background noise on dichotic listening to consonant-vowel syllables: An fMRI study
    Sarah Dos Santos Sequeira
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Laterality 15:577-96. 2010
    ..The effects of noise on brain activation are discussed with regard to pre-activation mechanisms...
  19. ncbi The role of the primary auditory cortex in the neural mechanism of auditory verbal hallucinations
    Kristiina Kompus
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
    Front Hum Neurosci 7:144. 2013
    ..The context-appropriate modulation of the PAC may be a protective factor in non-clinical hallucinations...
  20. ncbi Resting-state glutamate level in the anterior cingulate predicts blood-oxygen level-dependent response to cognitive control
    Liv E Falkenberg
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:5069-73. 2012
    ..Thus, we show here that individual variability of glutamate levels is directly related to how the brain implements cognitive control...
  21. ncbi The effect of stimulus intensity on the right ear advantage in dichotic listening
    Kenneth Hugdahl
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology Cognitive NeuroScience Group, University of Bergen, Norway
    Neurosci Lett 431:90-4. 2008
    ..This finding could have implications for theories of auditory laterality and hemispheric asymmetry for phonological processing...
  22. ncbi Deficits in inhibitory executive functions in Klinefelter (47, XXY) syndrome
    Kristiina Kompus
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
    Psychiatry Res 189:135-40. 2011
    ..Such improved understanding of the nature of executive dysfunctions in XXY males may aid the development of specific neuropsychological rehabilitation strategies...
  23. ncbi The "paradoxical" engagement of the primary auditory cortex in patients with auditory verbal hallucinations: a meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies
    Kristiina Kompus
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    Neuropsychologia 49:3361-9. 2011
    ....
  24. ncbi Cognitive control deficits in adolescents born with very low birth weight (≤ 1500 g): Evidence from dichotic listening
    Josef J Bless
    Department of Medical Imaging, MR Center, St Olav s Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
    Scand J Psychol 54:179-87. 2013
    ..Deficits emerge in situations of increasing cognitive conflict and can be related to measures of executive functions as well as morphology...
  25. ncbi Auditory Hallucinations and Reduced Language Lateralization in Schizophrenia: A Meta-analysis of Dichotic Listening Studies
    Sebastian Ocklenburg
    1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 19:410-8. 2013
    ..jins, 2013, 19, 1-9.)...
  26. ncbi "Right on all Occasions?" - On the Feasibility of Laterality Research Using a Smartphone Dichotic Listening Application
    Josef J Bless
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
    Front Psychol 4:42. 2013
    ..Furthermore, the present findings support the feasibility of using smartphones in conducting large-scale field experiments...
  27. ncbi The right planum temporale is involved in stimulus-driven, auditory attention--evidence from transcranial magnetic stimulation
    Marco Hirnstein
    Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    PLoS ONE 8:e57316. 2013
    ..Taken together, our findings point to a new function of the PT in addition to auditory perception: particularly the right PT is involved in stimulus selection and (stimulus-driven), auditory attention...