Håkon Grydeland

Born: Sept 4th 1980, grew up in Lørenskog, currently resides at Sofienberg, Oslo (since 1999)

Student at the Professional program, Department of psychology, University of Oslo, Research fellow (grant from the Norwegian Research Council starting Fall 2007), research assistant in ERP and neuropsychology

E-mail: haakongr at student.sv.uio.no

Research interests: most of the stuff within cognitive neuropsychology

Other interests: Music, fiction and non-fiction books, sports – especially soccer, but also telemark skiing, squash, tennis, hockey etc

I am currently engaged in a research project involving a sample of persons with memory deficits due to focal brain injury in the medial temporal lobe or other putative memory network structures.

By means of neuropsychological and experimental procedures, magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI and DTI) and recordings of electrophysiological activity (EEG, ERP), we will:

a) Characterize the behavioural performance and the characteristics of both the electrophysiological markers (ERP-components) and the anatomical structures (cortical and subcortical morphometry, and white matter connectivity).

b) Unravel how data from these multiple levels – behavioural, electrophysiological and anatomical – interrelate.

c) Further elucidate the much debated nature of recognition memory.

d) Investigate the matter of plasticity/reorganization.  

My full-time engagement in the project is funded through a student scholarship granted by the Norwegian Research Council.