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Lin Sørensen

Head of Department, Professor
Department of Biological and Medical Psychology Faculty of Psychology
  • E-mailLin.Sorensen@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 62 07
  • Visitor Address
    Jonas Lies vei 91
    5009 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7807
    5020 Bergen

Head of the research group "Emotion & Cognition Group" (ECG) https://www.uib.no/en/ecg

 

 

Popular science papers:

Schanche, E. & Sørensen, L. "Slik kommer du av depresjonen", Bergens Tidende  (13.03.2016) http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innsikt/Slik-kommer-du-ut-av-depresjonen-355995...

Sørensen, L. & Hovda, O.A. "Friminuttene verre enn timene", Bergens Tidende (15.11.2013) http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innsikt/Friminuttene-verre-enn-timene-3006916.html

Sørensen, L. "Barn med konsentrasjonsvansker", Bergens Tidende (22.08.2008) http://www.bt.no/meninger/kronikk/Barn-med-konsentrasjonsvansker-1897517...

Teaching and supervising clinical training in outpatient clinical and neuropsychological assessments.

2016:

Sørensen, L., Eichele, T., van Wageningen, H., Plessen, K.J., & Stevens, M.C. (in press). Amplitude variability over trials in hemodynamic responses in adolescents with ADHD: The role of the anterior default mode network and the non-specific role of the striatum. NeuroImage:Clinical.

Eilertsen, T., Thorsen, A.L., Holm, S.E.H., Bøe, T., Sørensen, L., & Lundervold, A.J. (in press). Parental socioeconomic status and child intellectual functioning in a  Norwegian sample. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.

Sørensen, L., Sonuga-Barke, E., Eichele, H., van Wageningen, H., Wollsclaeger, D., &   Plessen, J.P. (in press). Suboptimal decision making by children with ADHD in the face of risk: Poor adjustment and delay aversion rather than general proneness to taking risks. Neuropsychology.

Svendsen, J., Osnes, B., Binder, P.-E., Dundaas, I., Visted, E., Nordby, H., Schanche, E., & Sørensen, L. (2016). Trait self-compassion reflects emotional flexibility through an  association with high vagally mediated heart-rate variability. Mindfulness.

Lundervold, A.J., Hinshaw, S., Sørensen, L., & Posserud, M.-B. (2016). Co-occurring symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of adolescents screened for depression. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1).

Eichele, H., Eichele, T., Bjelland, I., Høvik, M.F., Sørensen, L., van Wageningen, H.,…Plessen, K.J. (2016). Performance monitoring in medication naïve children with tourette syndrome. Frontiers in Neuroscience.

Plessen, K.J., Allen, E.A., Eichele, H., Wageningen, H.v.., Høvik, M.F., Sørensen, L.,…Eichele, T. (2016). Reduced Error Signaling in Medication-Naïve Children with   ADHD: Relationships to Behavioral Variability and Post-Error Adaptations. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 41(2).

Lundervold AJ, Stickert M, Hysing M, Sørensen, L, Gillberg C, Posserud MB. (2016). Attention Deficits in children with combined autism and adhdh: A CPT study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 20(7).

 

2015:

Sørensen, L., Osnes, B., Binder, P.E., & Schanche, E. (accepted). Attentional lapses as a transdiagnostic factor to target treatment in mental health disorders: The role of mindfulness training. In Stoyanov, D., and Stieglitz, R.-D. (Eds). New developments      in Clinical Psychology Research. Nova Science Publishers, INC.

Lundervold, A.J., Halleland, H.B., Brevik, E., Haavik, J., & Sørensen, L. (in press). Verbal memory function in intellectually well-functioning adults with ADHD: Relations to working memory and response inhibition. Journal of Attention Disorders.

Halleland, H.B., Sørensen, L., Posserud, M.B., Haavik, J., & Lundevold, A.J. (in press). Occupational status is compromised in adults with ADHD and psychometrically defined executive function deficits. Journal of Attention Disorders.

Tillman, C., Brocki, K.C., Sørensen, L., & Lundervold, A.J. (2015). A longitudinal examination of the developmental executive function hierarchy in children with externalizing behavior problems. Journal of Attention Disorders, 19(6).

 

2014:

Sørensen, L. & Hysing, M. (2014). Målegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). PsykTestBarn, 2:6.

Sørensen, L., Plessen, K.J., Adolfsdottir, S., & Lundervold, A.J. (2014). The specificity of the Stroop interference score of errors to ADHD in boys. Journal of Child Neuropsychology, 20(6).

 

- 2012:

Sørensen, L., Plessen, K. J., & Lundervold, A. J. (2012). The impact of inattention and emotional problems on cognitive control in primary school children. Journal of Attention Disorders,   17(7), 589-599.

Sørensen, L., Plessen, K. J., Nicholas, J., & Lundervold, A. J. (2011). Is behavioral regulation in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder aggravated by comorbid anxiety disorder? Journal of Attention Disorders, 15(1): 56-66.

Lundervold, A. J., Posserud, M.-B., Ullebø, A. K., Sørensen, L., & Gillberg, C. (2010). Teacher reports of hypoactivity symptoms reflect slow cognitive processing speed in primary school children. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 20(3): 121-126.

Hammar, Å., Sørensen, L., Årdal, G., Oedegaard, K., Kroken, R., Roness, A., & Lund, A. (2010). Enduring cognitive dysfunction in unipolar major depression: a test-retest study using the Stroop paradigm. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51(4): 304-308.

Tillman, C., Bohlin, G., Sørensen, L., & Lundervold, A. (2009). Intellectual deficits in children with ADHD beyond central executive and non-executive functions.   Archieves of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24(8): 769-782.

Tillman, C. M., Bohlin, G., Sørensen, L., & Lundervold, A. J. (2009). Intelligence and specific cognitive abilities in children. Journal of Individual Differences, 30: 209-219.

Sørensen L., Hugdahl K., & Lundervold A. (2008). Emotional symptoms in inattentive primary school children. A population based study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11(5):580-587.

Adolfsdottir, S., Sørensen, L., & Lundervold, A. (2008). The attention network test: a characteristic pattern of deficits in children with ADHD. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 4(9).

Lundervold, A. & Sørensen, L. (2008). Kognitiv funksjon hos barn med ADHD, eksemplifisert ved WISC-III resultater. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 45(9), 1143-1148.

Lundervold A. J., Posserud, M.-B., Sørensen, L., & Gillberg, C. (2007). Intellectual function in children with teacher-reported language problems. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49(2):187-193.

 

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Vagally mediated heart rate variability, stress, and perceived social support: a focus on sex differences. Stress. 113-121.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Self-Compassion and Its Association With Ruminative Tendencies and Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability in Recurrent Major Depression. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Innovative approaches in investigating inter-beat intervals: Graph theoretical method suggests altered autonomic functioning in adolescents with ADHD. Psychophysiology.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Self-criticism and self-reassurance in individuals with recurrent depression: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and relationship to relapse. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Goal management training for adults with ADHD – clients’ experiences with a group-based intervention. BMC Psychiatry. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). An Exploratory Investigation of Goal Management Training in Adults With ADHD: Improvements in Inhibition and Everyday Functioning. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on risk and protective factors of depressive relapse – a randomized wait-list controlled trial . BMC Psychology.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Lower Cardiac Vagal Activity Predicts Self-Reported Difficulties With Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With ADHD. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Is Dispositional Self-Compassion Associated With Psychophysiological Flexibility Beyond Mindfulness? An Exploratory Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Cortical thickness and resting‐state cardiac function across the lifespan: A cross‐sectional pooled mega‐analysis. Psychophysiology. 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The association between juvenile onset of depression and emotion regulation difficulties. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A psychophysiological investigation of the interplay between orienting and executive control during stimulus conflict: A heart rate variability study. Physiology and Behavior. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Keeping emotions in mind: The influence of working memory capacity on parent-reported symptoms of emotional lability in a sample of children with and without ADHD. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Dispositional mindfulness and attentional control: The specific association between the mindfulness facets of non-judgment and describing with flexibility of early operating orienting in conflict detection. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2017). The association between self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation and heart rate variability: The salient role of not accepting negative emotions. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Suboptimal decision making by children with ADHD in the face of risk: Poor risk adjustment and delay aversion rather than general proneness to taking risks. Neuropsychology. 119-128.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Development of performance and ERPs in a flanker task in children and adolescents with tourette syndrome - a follow-up study. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Trait self-compassion reflects emotional flexibility through an association with high vagally mediated heart rate variability. Mindfulness. 1103-1113.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Reduced error signalling in medication-naive children with ADHD: associations with behavioural variability and post-error adaptations. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience. 77-87.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Performance monitoring in medication-naïve children with Tourette Syndrome. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Parental socioeconomic status and child intellectual functioning in a Norwegian sample. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 399-405.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Co-occurring symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of adolescents screened for depression. BMC Psychiatry.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Attention deficits in children with combined autism and ADHD: A CPT study. Journal of Attention Disorders.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Amplitude variability over trials in hemodynamic responses in adolescents with ADHD: The role of the anterior default mode network and the non-specific role of the striatum. NeuroImage: Clinical. 397-404.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Verbal memory function in intellectually well-functioning adults with ADHD: Relations to working memory and response inhibition. Journal of Attention Disorders. 1188-1198.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Occupational status is compromised in adults with ADHD and psychometrically defined executive function deficits. Journal of Attention Disorders. 76-86.
  • Show author(s) (2015). A longitudinal examination of the developmental executive function hierarchy in children with externalizing behavior problems. Journal of Attention Disorders. 496-506.
  • Show author(s) (2014). The specificity of the Stroop interference score of errors to ADHD in boys. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal of Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence. 677-691.
  • Show author(s) (2012). The impact of inattention and emotional problems on cognitive control in primary school children. Journal of Attention Disorders. 589-599.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Teacher reports of hypoactivity symptoms reflect slow cognitive processing speed in primary school children. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 121-126.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Is behavioral regulation in children with ADHD aggravated by comorbid anxiety disorder? Journal of Attention Disorders. 55-66.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Enduring cognitive dysfunction in unipolar major depression: A test-retest study using the Stroop paradigm. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 304-308.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Intelligence and Specific Cognitive Abilities in Children. Journal of Individual Differences. 209-219.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Intellectual deficits in children with ADHD beyond central executive and non-executive functions. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 769-782.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The attention network test: a characteristic pattern of deficits in children with ADHD. Behavioral and Brain Functions.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Kognitiv funksjon hos barn med ADHD, eksemplifisert ved WISC-III-resultater. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 1143-1148.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Intellectual function in children with teacher-reported language problems. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 187-193.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Emotional symptoms in inattentive primary school children: a population-based study. Journal of Attention Disorders. 580-587.
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2010). ADHD hos barn.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Erfaringer fra Barn i Bergen.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Konsentrasjonsvansker hos barn.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2016). The functional interaction between attention networks reflects enhanced flexible and adaptive abilities – as measured with heart rate variability .
  • Show author(s) (2011). Anxiety and depression in school aged children with ADHD.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Regulation of emotion in children with ADHD - a longitudinal study. Development of an Emotional Stroop Test.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Impulskontroll– Hva er det og hva finner vi? Funn fra Barn i Bergen studien.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Emotional regulation in children with ADHD - a longitudinal study.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children - effects on cognitive control functions.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children - effects on cognitive control functions.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Profiles of everyday executive function in children with ADHD symptoms.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Kognitiv kontroll hos barn med ADHD og angst.
  • Show author(s) (2006). BArn med ADHD - erfaringer fra Barn i Bergen studien.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Inattention symptoms and emotional problems among children 7-9 years old.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Presentasjon av Barn i Bergen undersøkelsen: Hva kan den fortelle oss om barn med ADHD?
  • Show author(s) (2003). Symptoms of inattention as reported by teachers on SNAP.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Hvor er jentene? Tidlig identifikasjon av psykiske vansker hos barn.
Thesis at a second degree level
  • Show author(s) (2013). Sinn til sinn - hjerne til hjerne: Om relasjoners rolle i emosjonsregulering.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2008). Barn med konsentrasjonsvansker. Bergens Tidende.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children : effects on cognitive control functions.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Emotional problems in inattentive children : effects on cognitive control functions.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2008). Gutter mer psykisk syke.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Gutar oftast deppa.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Sliter med følelsene.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Gutter er mer lei seg.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2015). Attentional Lapses as a Transdiagnostic Factor to Target Treatment in Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Mindfulness Training. 24 pages.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2012). Attention Deficit In Stroke Patients 12 Months After Discharge From Hospital. Brain Injury. 712-713.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2016). Theta and Alpha Oscillations in Children with Tourette Syndrome .
  • Show author(s) (2015). Cognitive and Behavioral Control in Children with Tourette Syndrome.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Cognitive and Behavioral Control in Children with Tourette Syndrome.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Emotional regulation in children with ADHD - a longitudinal study.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Attention network test reveals characteristic patterns of dysfunction in children with ADHD.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Intellectual, behavioural and emotional function among children with teacher reports of language impairment.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Attention Network Test reveals characteristic patterns of dysfunction among children with ADHD.
  • Show author(s) (2004). The influence of hyperactivity and emotional problems on symptoms of inattention.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Hyperactivity and emotional problems among children with inattention.
Errata
  • Show author(s) (2018). Correction to: Trait Self-Compassion Reflects Emotional Flexibility Through an Association with High Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability\. Mindfulness. 1994-1995.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2014). Måleegenskaper ved den norske foreldreversjonen av Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). PsykTestBarn. 9 pages.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

A randomized controlled study of the role of mindfulness training rumination in recurrent depression: The effect on attention and emotion regulation functions.

A longitudinal study of emotional regulation in children with ADHD and Tourette syndrom.

Goal Management Training in adults with ADHD.

A pilot study of an Emotional Stroop Task.