Cognition / Behaviour / Psychology
The images show fMRI signals (left, image by H Ehrsson) and a body
perception experiment (right, image by H Ehrsson)
Scientists in this area study complex mechanisms underlying cognition and behaviour.
By using a combination of methods in animal models, including molecular genetics, optogenetics, physiological and behavioural analyses, neural circuits that serve distinct functions in behaviour can be elucidated.
In humans, the dramatic progress of brain imaging and neuropsychology has allowed a detailed exploration of the neural correlates of cognition and behaviour.
Problems including how humans perceive, think and act, are thus within reach for experimental analysis, and the emerging knowledge is being transferred to the clinic to improve treatments of stress and disease.
Research groups
- John Axelsson, sleep, cognition and health
- Sara Bengtsson, social cognitive neuroscience
- Tom Brismar, clinical neurophysiology
- Christian Broberger, brain networks controlling homeostatic processes
- Marie Carlén, brain networks and psychiatric disorders
- Aila Collins, psychology, women's health
- Henrik Ehrsson, brain, body & self
- Malin Ernberg, perception and modulation of pain
- André Fisahn, neuronal oscillations
- Gilberto Fisone, molecular neuropharmacology
- Lars Forsberg, quality assurance of psychotherapy
- Peter Fransson, large-scale connectivity in the human brain
- Sten Grillner, the cellular bases of motor behaviour
- Petter Gustavsson, differential psychology and health
- Tibor Harkany, neurodevelopment, endocannabinoid signaling
- Rochellys Diaz Heijtz, developmental cognitive neuroscience
- Anna-Lena Hulting, experimental and clinical neuroendocrinology
- Tomas Hökfelt, chemical neurotransmission
- Martin Ingvar, cognitive neurophysiology
- Torkel Klingberg, developmental cognitive neuroscience
- Eva Kosek, mechanisms of pain and treatment
- Patrik Krieger, neocortical neuronal networks
- Mats Lekander, psychoneuroimmunology
- Maria Lindskog, synaptic transmission and mood disorders
- Anette Lohmander, speech and language pathology
- Björn Meister, brain control of food intake and body weight
- Konstantinos Meletis, optogenetic studies of limbic circuits
- Bo Melin, cognitive and emotional abilities in relation to health
- Andreas Olsson, emotion and attention
- Mats Olsson, human olfaction
- Per E. Roland, cortical dynamics of visual areas
- Ivanka Savic Berglund, behavioral neurology
- Gabriella Schmitz Lundkvist, circadian rhythms in health and disease
- Gilad Silberberg, cortico-striatal microcircuitry
- Sharon Stone-Elander, cognitive neurophysiology - medical radiochemistry
- Per Svenningsson, neuropharmacology - movement disorders
- Lisa Thorell, cognitive processes and ADHD
- Mats Trulsson, sensory-motor control of mastication
- Fredrik Ullén, neural mechanisms of expertise
- Torbjörn Åkerstedt, psychology, stress and recovery
- Dag Årsland, translational geriatric neuropsychiatry
- Sven Ove Ögren, cognitive mechanisms underlying complex behaviour
- Arne Öhman, emotion and attention
