Agneta Herlitz

Agneta Herlitz

Professor
Visiting address: Nobels väg 9, 17165 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Psykologi Herlitz, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Agneta Herlitz is Professor of Psychology at Karolinska Institutet since 2008.

    Agneta Herlitz’ research on sex differences in psychological capacities and behaviors has the overarching aim to describe and explain these differences but also to understand the potential impact they have on society and everyday life. Currently, the group addresses questions such as what is the origin or the explanation for sex differences in cognition and behavior? Most reported sex differences in cognition and behavior are small, have vastly overlapping distributions, and cannot differentiate well between females and males, but is it possible to identify consistent patterns of cognitive skills and behaviors that constitute meaningful sex-typical profiles? Can such sex-typical profiles provide an understanding of why there are large sex differences in some life outcomes, such as career choices? Questions along this line are investigated with data collected from behavioral studies, the Swedish registries, and physiological measures (e.g., MRI, biomarkers).

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Employments

  • Professor, Geriatric Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-
  • Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2008-2012
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2002-2008
  • Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2001-2002
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 1996-2001

Degrees and Education

  • Professor, Karolinska Institutet, 2008
  • Licensed Psychologist, Stockholm University, 1994
  • PhD Psychology, Psychology, Remembering in Alzheimer’s disease., Department of Psychology, Umeå University, 1991

Leadership and responsibility assignments

  • Head of department, Deputy Head of Division of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, 2018-
  • Head of department, Deputy Head of Department of Neurobiology, Department of Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2007-2012
  • Head of department, Head of Division Aging Research Center, Department for Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2006-2008
  • Head of department, Deputy Head of Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2004-2006
  • Head of department, Deputy Head of Division of Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 1997-2000

Supervision

  • Supervision to doctoral degree

    • Martin Asperholm, 2020
    • Johanna Lovén, 2012
    • Petra Thilers, 2009
    • Jenny Rehnman, 2007
    • Julie Yonker, 2003
    • Catharina Lewin, 2003

  • Supervision of postdoctoral researcher

    • Björn Persson, 2024-
    • Daniel Fellman, 2020-2021
    • Martin Asperholm, 2020-
    • Anna Bengtsson, 2019-2020
    • Serhiy Dekhtyar, 2013-2017

Committee work

  • Chair, Chair of CEDAR, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University, 2021-2026
  • Chair, Chair of the Norwegian Research Council’s Portfolio Board 'Life Sciences', Life Sciences, The Research Council of Norway, 2019-2023
  • Member, Board Member of Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare, 2019-2024
  • Chair, Chair of the Norwegian Research Council’s expert committee (FRIMEDBIO), FRIMEDBIO, The Research Council of Norway, 2017-2018
  • Chair, Chair of the International Panel Evaluating Norwegian Research in Psychology and Psychiatry, Ministry of Education and Research, 2011-2011
  • Member, Member of the Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2009-2017

Visiting research fellowships

  • Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, 2004-2005

Editorial work

  • Associate Editor for "Journal of Experimental Psychology", Associate editor, 2017-2018

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