- E-maillouise.bjerrum@uib.no
- Visitor AddressÅrstadveien 175009 BergenRoomDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Block C
- Postal AddressPostboks 78075020 Bergen
Brief description of PhD project
My PhD project is part of the ENLIGHT project. The overall aim of the ENLIGHT project is to explore new and optimal light conditions to improve cognition, mood, and health in people with mild dementia. My focus is on the acute effects of daytime light exposure on cognitive performance in healthy, young adults. Reserarch method: laboratory experiments in the Human Light Lab.
Affiliated research groups/-networks
Bergen Research Group for intervention and mental health across the lifespan (BRIM)
Bergen Sleep and Chronobiology Network (BeSCN)
Deputy work and boards/panels/commissions
- Teaching: PRPSYK100 (2020-2021)
- PhD student representative: Graduate School of Clinical and Developmental Psychology (2019-2022)
- Administrative coordinator: Bergen Research Group for Innovation, Growth, Health and Technology (2019-2022)
- Group B (temporary academic staff) representative: Department Board at Department of Clinical Psychology (2020-2022)
- Substitute Safety representative: Department of Clinical psychology (2019-2022)
"Opplys klokken din": a comic book for adolescents about how light affects sleep, circadian rhythms, and mental health.
Read more here.
- (2023). Validation of a brief version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16) with an older Norwegian population. European Journal of Ageing.
- (2023). The effects of different Light Conditions on Emotional Processing in Young Adults.
- (2023). Effect of light on an emotional go/no-go task in young adults.
- (2021). Opplys klokken din: Hvordan kroppen vår holder styr på tiden.
- (2020). The acute effects of light on alertness, cognition, and mood: a systematic review. Journal of Sleep Research.
- (2020). The acute effects of light on alertness, cognition, and mood: a systematic review.
- (2019). ENLIGHT: effects of light on cognition in dementia.
- (2018). Extending the photoperiod impacts circadian rhythmicity and gene expression in prefrontal cortex and retina- Impact of exposure to blue-enriched light. .
- (2018). Extended photoperiod alters sleep and expression of synaptic plasticity-associated genes. The impact of blue-enriched light.
- (2018). Extended photoperiod alters circadian rhythmicity and expression of neuroplasticity markers. The impact of blue-enriched light.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
- MSc in psychology, specialization: behavioral neuroscience (University of Bergen, 2015-2018)
- One-year programme in philosophy (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2014-2015)
- BSc in psychology (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2011-2014)