Fredrik Ullén
Professor
E-mail: fredrik.ullen@ki.se
Telephone: +46852487313
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C4 Neurovetenskap, C4 Forskning Ullen, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet. I am also internationally active as a concert pianist, and am so far represented on 25 CD records, the great majority on BIS Records.
Academic honours, awards and prizes
- Fellow of Academia Europaea, 2017.
- Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, 2007.
Research
- My research focuses on the neuropsychology of expertise and creativity, i.e. the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to perform at a high level within a specific field, after many years of focused training. Specific interests include how the brain represents and controls musical skills, the importance of intrinsic motivation for learning and creativity, and the interplay between genes and environment during the acquisition of expertise. We also study musical improvisation as a tool to understand creative problem solving and its brain mechanisms. Methodologically, we combine neuroimaging with experimental psychology and behavior genetic analyses.
Articles
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2025;241:113162Bratchenko A; Xia P; Boomsma DI; Mosing MA; Ullen F; Wesseldijk LW
- Article: JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 2025;20(3):510-520Perizonius S; Wesseldijk LW; Clifton JDW; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):2904Bignardi G; Wesseldijk LW; Mas-Herrero E; Zatorre RJ; Ullen F; Fisher SE; Mosing MA
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY OF AESTHETICS CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS. 2024van Welzen K; Ullen F; de Manzano O
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENCE. 2024;12(9):87Mosing MA; Verweij KJH; Hambrick DZ; Pedersen NL; Ullen F
- Article: HELIYON. 2024;10(14):e34264Wesseldijk LW; Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2024;222:112603Christensen JF; Wesseldijk LW; Mosing MA; Fayn K; Schmidt E-M; Blattmann M; Sancho-Escanero L; Ullen F
- Journal article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2024;34(6):R233-R234Wesseldijk LW; Henechowicz TL; Baker DJ; Bignardi G; Karlsson R; Gordon RL; Mosing MA; Ullen F; Fisher SE
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;14(1):144Gaston E; Ullen F; Wesseldijk LW; Mosing MA
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY OF AESTHETICS CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS. 2023;17(6):675-681Wesseldijk LW; Gordon RL; Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2023;152:105302Wesseldijk LW; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2023;33(6):3053-3066Manting CL; Gulyas B; Ullen F; Lundqvist D
- Article: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2023;1521(1):140-154Gustavson DE; Coleman PL; Wang Y; Nitin R; Petty LE; Bush CT; Mosing MA; Wesseldijk LW; Ullen F; Below JE; Cox NJ; Gordon RL
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;13(1):15Wesseldijk LW; Lu Y; Karlsson R; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 2022;6(9):1292-1309Niarchou M; Gustavson DE; Sathirapongsasuti JF; Anglada-Tort M; Eising E; Bell E; McArthur E; Straub P; McAuley JD; Capra JA; Ullen F; Creanza N; Mosing MA; Hinds DA; Davis LK; Jacoby N; Gordon RL
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):14658Wesseldijk LW; Abdellaoui A; Gordon RL; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2022;25(3):140-148Bairnsfather JE; Ullen F; Osborne MS; Wilson SJ; Mosing MA
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2021;89:101584de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;233:117962Manting CL; Gulyas B; Ullen F; Lundqvist D
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2021;173:110573Kuckelkorn KL; de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2021;84:101516Sorjonen K; Madison G; Hemmingsson T; Melin B; Ullen F
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2021;32(1):3-13Wesseldijk LW; Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2020;30(10):5193-5203de Manzano O; Kuckelkorn KL; Strom K; Ullen F
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2020;217:116930Manting CL; Andersen LM; Gulyas B; Ullen F; Lundqvist D
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2020;161:110001Wesseldijk LW; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2020;80:101454Sorjonen K; Madison G; Melin B; Ullen F
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):12606Wesseldijk LW; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2019;55(7):1473-1479Wesseldijk LW; Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2019;189:307-315Forsberg L; Sigurdsson S; Launer LJ; Gudnason V; Ullen F
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY OF AESTHETICS CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS. 2019;13(1):49-57Theorell T; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2018;69:123-133de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2018;226:6-11Mosing MA; Butkovic A; Ullen F
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2018;28(1):387-394de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: MUSICAE SCIENTIAE. 2017;21(3):250-266Eriksson H; Harmat L; Theorell T; Ullen F
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2017;235(3):787-798Holm L; Karampela O; Ullen F; Madison G
- Article: CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL. 2017;29(1):29-36Lennartsson A-K; Horwitz EB; Theorell T; Ullen F
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2016;59:157-162Madison G; Mosing MA; Verweij KJH; Pedersen NL; Ullen F
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2016;45(7):1799-1806Mosing MA; Verweij KJH; Abe C; de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2016;57:33-40Mosing MA; Verweij KJH; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;44(4):354-360Theorell T; De Manzano O; Lennartsson A-K; Pedersen NL; Ullen F
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE. 2016;19(3):504-512Mosing MA; Madison G; Pedersen NL; Ullen F
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN. 2016;142(4):427-446Ullen F; Hambrick DZ; Mosing MA
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2016;19(2):87-96Verweij KJH; Mosing MA; Ullen F; Madison G
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MOTIVATION, VOL 74. 2016;64:1-55Hambrick DZ; Macnamara BN; Campitelli G; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;9:642Mussgens DM; Ullen F
- Article: EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2015;36(5):359-366Mosing MA; Vervveij KJH; Madison G; Pedersen NL; Zietsch BP; Ullen F
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2015;6:1096Horwitz EB; Lennartsson A-K; Theorell TPG; Ullen F
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;18(7):953-955Power RA; Steinberg S; Bjornsdottir G; Rietveld CA; Abdellaoui A; Nivard MM; Johannesson M; Galesloot TE; Hottenga JJ; Willemsen G; Cesarini D; Benjamin DJ; Magnusson PKE; Ullen F; Tiemeier H; Hofman A; Van Rooij FJA; Walters GB; Sigurdsson E; Thorgeirsson TE; Ingason A; Helgason A; Kong A; Kiemeney LA; Koellinger P; Boomsma DI; Gudbjartsson D; Stefansson H; Stefansson K
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 2015;97(1):1-7Harmat L; de Manzano O; Theorell T; Hogman L; Fischer H; Ullen F
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2015;26(7):3052-3063Pinho AL; Ullen F; Castelo-Branco M; Fransson P; de Manzano O
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2015;104(3):274-284Theorell T; Lennartsson A-K; Madison G; Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2015;74:133-138Butkovic A; Ullen F; Mosing MA
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(11):e113874Mosing MA; Pedersen NL; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2014;25(9):1795-1803Mosing MA; Madison G; Pedersen NL; Kuja-Halkola R; Ullen F
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;5:774Theorell TP; Lennartsson A-K; Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2014;63:87-93Ullen F; Mosing MA; Holm L; Eriksson H; Madison G
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;34(18):6156-6163Pinho AL; de Manzano O; Fransson P; Eriksson H; Ullen F
- Article: ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 2013;143(1):119-128Madison G; Karampela O; Ullén F; Holm L
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE. 2013;39(2):365-380Holm L; Ullen F; Madison G
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2013;67:1-6de Manzano O; Cervenka S; Jucaite A; Hellenas O; Farde L; Ullen F
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2013;16(1):317-329Magnusson PKE; Almqvist C; Rahman I; Ganna A; Viktorin A; Walum H; Halldner L; Lundström S; Ullén F; Långström N; Larsson H; Nyman A; Gumpert CH; Råstam M; Anckarsäter H; Cnattingius S; Johannesson M; Ingelsson E; Klareskog L; de Faire U; Pedersen NL; Lichtenstein P
- Journal article: BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES. 2012;35(6):440-441Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(11):e47958Mosing MA; Pedersen NL; Cesarini D; Johannesson M; Magnusson PKE; Nakamura J; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2012;63(1):272-280de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2012;53(5):699-704Mosing MA; Magnusson PKE; Pedersen NL; Nakamura J; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2012;40(2):100-106Ullen F; Soderlund T; Kaaria L; Madison G
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2012;59(1):772-780de Manzano O; Ullen F
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2012;52(2):167-172Ullen F; de Manzano O; Almeida R; Magnusson PKE; Pedersen NL; Nakamura J; Csikszentmihalyi M; Madison G
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2012;72(1):59-67Forsman LJ; de Manzano O; Karabanov A; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2011;215(3-4):359-367Holmstrom L; de Manzano O; Vollmer B; Forsman L; Valero-Cuevas FJ; Ullen F; Forssberg H
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2011;214(2):175-183Holm L; Ullen F; Madison G
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE. 2011;37(5):1578-1594Madison G; Gouyon F; Ullen F; Hornstrom K
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY. 2010;52(10):948-954Vollmer B; Holmstrom L; Forsman L; Krumlinde-Sundholm L; Valero-Cuevas FJ; Forssberg H; Ullen F
- Article: EMOTION. 2010;10(3):301-311de Manzano O; Theorell T; Harmat L; Ullen F
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(5):e10670de Manzano O; Cervenka S; Karabanov A; Farde L; Ullen F
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2010;107(16):7574-7579Karabanov A; Cervenka S; de Manzano O; Forssberg H; Farde L; Ullen F
- Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2009;47(3):229-232Forsman LJ; Madison G; Ullen F
- Article: NEURON GLIA BIOLOGY. 2009;5(1-2):29-34Ullen F
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2009;44(2):480-488Karabanov A; Blom O; Forsman L; Ullen F
- Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2009;37(1):68-75Madison G; Forsman L; Blom O; Karabanov A; Ullen F
- Article: CORTEX. 2009;45(1):62-71Bengtsson SL; Ullen F; Ehrsson HH; Hashimoto T; Kito T; Naito E; Forssberg H; Sadato N
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2008;100(2):733-739Implicit and explicit learning of temporal sequences studied with the process dissociation procedureKarabanov A; Ullen F
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2008;28(16):4238-4243Ullen F; Forsman L; Blom O; Karabanov A; Madison G
- Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 2007;92(1-2):193-198Ullen F
- Article: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2007;19(5):830-842Bengtsson SL; Csikszentmihalyi M; Ullen F
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2006;30(1):272-284Bengtsson SL; Ullén F
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;22(12):3255-3265Bengtsson SL; Ehrsson HH; Forssberg H; Ullén F
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;8(9):1148-1150Bengtsson SL; Nagy Z; Skare S; Forsman L; Forssberg H; Ullén F
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2004;19(9):2591-2602Bengtsson SL; Ehrsson HH; Forssberg H; Ullén F
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;90(6):3725-3735Ullén F; Bengtsson SL
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;89(2):1126-1135Ullén F; Forssberg H; Ehrsson HH
- Article: BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS. 2002;86(1):1-14Kozlov AK; Ullén F; Fagerstedt P; Aurell E; Lansner A; Grillner S
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2001;86(5):2257-2265Fagerstedt P; Orlovsky GN; Deliagina TG; Grillner S; Ullén F
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2001;86(5):2246-2256Fagerstedt P; Ullén F
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 1997;78(2):960-976Ullen F; Deliagina TG; Orlovsky GN; Grillner S
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 1996;8(11):2298-2307Ullen F; Deliagina TG; Orlovsky GN; Grillner S
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 1995;198(12):2581-2591DELIAGINA TG; ULLEN F; GONZALEZ MJ; EHRSSON HH; ORLOVSKY GN; GRILLNER S
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 1995;198(3):675-681ULLEN F; DELIAGINA TG; ORLOVSKY GN; GRILLNER S
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 1995;198(3):665-673ULLEN F; DELIAGINA TG; ORLOVSKY GN; GRILLNER S
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All other publications
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2018;1423(1):427-434Mosing MA; Ullen F
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2018;1423(1):284-295Hambrick DZ; Burgoyne AP; Macnamara BN; Ullen F
- Review: NEUROSCIENCE FOR ADDICTION MEDICINE: FROM PREVENTION TO REHABILITATION - CONSTRUCTS AND DRUGS. 2018;237:279-289Theorell T; Harmat L; Eriksson H; Ullen F
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2015;1337:125-129Ullen F; Mosing MA; Madison G
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2005;1060:368-376Ullén F; Bengtsson SL; Ehrsson HH; Forssberg H
- Published conference paper: NEUROCOMPUTING. 2001;38:1373-1378Turning behavior in lamprey in response to descending unilateral commands:: Experiments and modelingKozlov AK; Fagerstedt P; Ullén F; Aurell E
Employments
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2006