About

I am a cognitive neuroscientist based in Oslo, Norway, and works at the Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition. I’m passionate about cognitive neuroscience, using R and teaching the world the wonders of R. Doing all I can to improve gender diversity and equity in the R-community though R-Ladies Oslo and on the R-Ladies Global Team.

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Start End Place Degree Field Thesis Grade
2012 2017 University of Oslo PhD Cognitive Neuroscience Neurocognitive Processes of Decision-making in Adults with ADHD
2009 2011 University of Oslo MPhil Cognitive Neuroscience Default Mode Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Aging Brain B
2005 2009 University of Oslo BA Psychology Attention Deficits in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type A
Start End Place Position Responsibilities
2018 Current University of Oslo, LCBC Staff scientist Data-management in LCBC and the Lifebrain EU-project
2016 2018 University of Oslo, LCBC Researcher/Project manager Co-ordinating data collection, data-management, and research collaborations. Running analyses and data preperations
2012 2016 University of Oslo PhD fellow Project on decision-making in adults with ADHD and the effects of methylphenidate on this process.
2015 University of Southampton Visiting research fellow Developmental Brain Behaviour Lab under Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke.
2011 2012 Tor Endestad, University of Oslo Research assistant and lab-technician Work with functional MRI-analysis, supervising students, and transitioning lab from windows to a linux operating system.
2011 2012 Guido Biele, University of Oslo. Research assistant Scripting of experiments, testing of participants and work on application for grants and ethical approval.
2010 Thomas Espeseth, University of Oslo. Research assistant Coordinating data-collection at Oslo University hospital between research assistants, participants, and hospital employees.
2009 European Congress of Psychology, Oslo, Norway. Lecture room assistant volunteer work.
Start End Place Commission Description
2016 2017 University of Oslo University Ethics work group Member of group canvasing routines regarding research ethics.
2017 2018 University of Oslo PhD program work group Member of group proposing changes to the PhD-program.
2017 University of Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty Board Member Elected member.
2014 2015 University of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology Department Board Member Elected member.
2013 2015 University of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology PsyDoc - Interest organization for PhDs and PostDocs Co-Founder and elected Chair.
2009 2011 University of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology Student Council Representative for Cognitive Neuroscience Master.

Publications & Citations

D Vidal-Pineiro, N Parker, J Shin, L French, H Grydeland, AP Jackowski, … (NA) the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (2020) Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2180

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, D Bartrés-Faz, … (2023) No phenotypic or genotypic evidence for a link between sleep duration and brain atrophy Nature Human Behaviour 1-15

L Raud, MH Sneve, D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, L Folvik, HT Ness, … (2023) Hippocampal-cortical functional connectivity during memory encoding and retrieval NeuroImage 279, 120309

D Vidal‐Piñeiro, E Capogna, K Blennow, N Halaas, AV Idland, … (2023) CSF neurodegeneration biomarkers predict MTL atrophy over time in cognitively healthy older adults Alzheimer’s & Dementia 19, e063166

JM Roe, D Vidal-Pineiro, O Sorensen, H Grydeland, EH Leonardsen, … (2023) Accelerated brain change in healthy adults is associated with genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease and uncovers adult lifespan memory decline bioRxiv 2023.10. 09.559446

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, D Bartrés-Faz, … (2023) Sleep duration and brain atrophy–phenotypic associations and genotypic covariance Nature Human Behaviour __

KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, Y Wang, IK Amlien, AM Mowinckel, … (2022) Education and income show heterogeneous relationships to lifespan brain and cognitive differences across European and US cohorts Cerebral cortex 32 (4), 839-854

I Budin-Ljøsne, AM Mowinckel, BB Friedman, KP Ebmeier, CA Drevon, … (2022) Public perceptions of brain health: an international, online cross-sectional survey BMJ open 12 (4), e057999

D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, K Blennow, E Capogna, NB Halaas, … (2022) Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid neurodegeneration biomarkers and temporal brain atrophy in cognitively healthy older adults Neurobiology of Aging 116, 80-91

ACS Bråthen, Ø Sørensen, AMG De Lange, AM Mowinckel, AM Fjell, … (2022) Cognitive and hippocampal changes weeks and years after memory training Scientific Reports 12 (1), 7877

C Solé-Padullés, D Macià, M Andersson, M Stiernstedt, S Pudas, S Düzel, … (2022) No association between loneliness, episodic memory and hippocampal volume change in young and healthy older adults: a longitudinal European multicenter study Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 14, 795764

J Binnewies, L Nawijn, AM Brandmaier, WFC Baaré, D Bartrés-Faz, … (2022) Associations of depression and regional brain structure across the adult lifespan: Pooled analyses of six population-based and two clinical cohort studies in the European … NeuroImage: Clinical 36, 103180

KB Walhovd, SK Krogsrud, IK Amlien, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, ACS Bråthen, … (2022) Back to the future: omnipresence of fetal influence on the human brain through the lifespan bioRxiv 2022.12. 02.514196

RB Carver, NAG Fredheim, AM Mowinckel, KP Ebmeier, BB Friedman, … (2022) People’s interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey Frontiers in Public Health 10, 998302

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, D Bartrés-Faz, … (2022) Sleep duration and brain structure–phenotypic associations and genotypic covariance bioRxiv 2022.02. 15.480501

JM Roe, D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, AM Brandmaier, S Düzel, … (2022) Author Correction: Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease Nature Communications 13

KB Walhovd, L Nyberg, U Lindenberger, IK Amlien, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, … (2022) Brain aging differs with cognitive ability regardless of education Scientific Reports 12 (1), 13886

D Vidal-Pineiro, Y Wang, SK Krogsrud, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, … (2022) Correction: Individual variations in ‘Brain Age’relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change Elife 11, e79475

D Vidal-Pineiro, Y Wang, SK Krogsrud, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, … (2021) Individual variations in ‘brain age’relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change elife 10, e69995

JM Roe, D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, AM Brandmaier, S Düzel, … (2021) Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease Nature communications 12 (1), 721

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, IK Amlien, D Bartrés-Faz, AM Brandmaier, … (2021) Poor Self-Reported sleep is related to regional cortical thinning in aging but not memory Decline—Results From the Lifebrain Consortium Cerebral Cortex 31 (4), 1953-1969

Ø Sørensen, AM Brandmaier, D Macià, K Ebmeier, P Ghisletta, RA Kievit, … (2021) Meta-analysis of generalized additive models in neuroimaging studies NeuroImage 224, 117416

SK Krogsrud, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, D Vidal-Pineiro, IK Amlien, … (2021) Relationships between apparent cortical thickness and working memory across the lifespan-effects of genetics and socioeconomic status Developmental cognitive neuroscience 51, 100997

AM Fjell, H Grydeland, Y Wang, IK Amlien, D Bartres-Faz, AM Brandmaier, … (2021) The genetic organization of longitudinal subcortical volumetric change is stable throughout the lifespan elife 10, e66466

D Vidal-Piñeiro, MH Sneve, IK Amlien, H Grydeland, AM Mowinckel, … (2021) The functional foundations of episodic memory remain stable throughout the lifespan Cerebral Cortex 31 (4), 2098-2110

L Vaqué‐Alcázar, MR Cabello‐Toscano, T Gorbach, K Abellaneda‐Pérez, … (2021) Decision‐tree–testing cognition‐MRI associations to define and differentiate cognitive reserve and brain maintenance Alzheimer’s & Dementia 17, e056074

AM Mowinckel, D Vidal-Piñeiro (2020) Visualization of Brain Statistics With R Packages ggseg and ggseg3d Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 3 (4), 466-483

D Vidal-Pineiro, N Parker, J Shin, L French, H Grydeland, AP Jackowski, … (2020) Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan Scientific reports 10 (1), 21803

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, IK Amlien, D Bartrés-Faz, DM Bros, N Buchmann, … (2020) Self-reported sleep relates to hippocampal atrophy across the adult lifespan: results from the Lifebrain consortium Sleep 43 (5), zsz280

KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, AM Mowinckel, CS Reinbold, … (2020) Genetic risk for Alzheimer disease predicts hippocampal volume through the human lifespan Neurology Genetics 6 (5)

VM Danielsen, D Vidal-Piñeiro, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, AM Fjell, … (2020) Lifespan trajectories of relative corpus callosum thickness: regional differences and cognitive relevance Cortex 130, 127-141

T Gorbach, S Pudas, D Bartrés‐Faz, AM Brandmaier, S Düzel, … (2020) Longitudinal association between hippocampus atrophy and episodic‐memory decline in non‐demented APOE ε4 carriers Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring 12 (1 …

I Budin-Ljøsne, BB Friedman, S Suri, C Solé-Padullés, S Düzel, … (2020) The global brain health survey: development of a multi-language survey of public views on brain health Frontiers in public health 8, 387

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, IK Amlien, D Bartrés-Faz, AM Brandmaier, … (2020) Self-reported sleep problems are related to cortical thinning in aging but not memory decline and amyloid-β accumulation–results from the Lifebrain consortium bioRxiv 2020.04. 28.065474

KB Walhovd, ACS Bråthen, MS Panizzon, AM Mowinckel, Ø Sørensen, … (2020) Within-session verbal learning slope is predictive of lifespan delayed recall, hippocampal volume, and memory training benefit, and is heritable Scientific reports 10 (1), 21158

AM Fjell, CH Chen, D Sederevicius, MH Sneve, H Grydeland, … (2019) Continuity and discontinuity in human cortical development and change from embryonic stages to old age Cerebral Cortex 29 (9), 3879-3890

D Vidal-Piñeiro, MH Sneve, LH Nyberg, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, … (2019) Maintained frontal activity underlies high memory function over 8 years in aging Cerebral Cortex 29 (7), 3111-3123

AM Fjell, MH Sneve, D Sederevicius, Ø Sørensen, SK Krogsrud, … (2019) Volumetric and microstructural regional changes of the hippocampus underlying development of recall performance after extended retention intervals Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 40, 100723

AM Mowinckel, D Vidal-Piñeiro (2019) Visualisation of brain statistics with R-packages ggseg and ggseg3d. arXiv arXiv preprint arXiv: :1912.08200

KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, AM Mowinckel, CS Reinbold, … (2019) Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease predicts hippocampal volume through the lifespan bioRxiv 711689

AM Fjell, MH Sneve, D Sederevicius, Ø Sørensen, SK Krogsrud, … (2019) Volumetric and microstructural regional changes of the hippocampus underlying development of extended delay long-term memory bioRxiv 595827

KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, R Westerhausen, L Nyberg, KP Ebmeier, … (2018) Healthy minds 0–100 years: Optimising the use of European brain imaging cohorts (“Lifebrain”) European Psychiatry 50, 47-56

D Vidal-Piñeiro, SH Markus, L Nyberg, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, … (2018) P2‐395: TESTING MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION NOTIONS IN NORMAL AGING: AGE‐RELATED CORRELATES OF ASSOCIATIVE ENCODING SUCCESS Alzheimer’s & Dementia 14 (7S_Part_16), P854-P854

AM Mowinckel, D Alnæs, ML Pedersen, S Ziegler, M Fredriksen, … (2017) Increased default-mode variability is related to reduced task-performance and is evident in adults with ADHD NeuroImage: Clinical 16, 369-382

S Ziegler, ML Pedersen, AM Mowinckel, G Biele (2016) Modelling ADHD: A review of ADHD theories through their predictions for computational models of decision-making and reinforcement learning Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 71, 633-656

AM Mowinckel, ML Pedersen, E Eilertsen, G Biele (2015) A meta-analysis of decision-making and attention in adults with ADHD Journal of attention disorders 19 (5), 355-367

AM Mowinckel, T Espeseth, LT Westlye (2012) Network-specific effects of age and in-scanner subject motion: a resting-state fMRI study of 238 healthy adults Neuroimage 63 (3), 1364-1373