Kontor/besøk
Huginbakken 32 (Teorifagbygget, Hus 5), kontor 5670

Biografiske data

2003-: Full Professor in Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway

1997-2002: Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis) in Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway.

1994-1997: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychology (Mentor: Stephen M. Kosslyn, Ph.D.), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

1993-1994: Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology (Mentor: Michael Peters, Ph.D.), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

1987-1993 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A., Ph.D. in Psychology. (Mentors: Charles M. Butter, Ph.D.; Henry A. "Gus" Buchtel, Ph.D.)

1980-1986 Universita' La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, Laurea in Psicologia.

Verv

- Medlem av den regionale NevroNor-gruppe Nord
- Advisory Editor of Cognitive Processing, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Forskningsinteresser
Cognitive Neuroscience of Spatial Vision, Object & Face Perception
Visual Attention
Synaesthesia
Psychology of the Visual Arts and Music

Publikasjoner

Laeng, B., Brennen, T., Dahl, T., Låg, T., Sagvolden, T., Svartdal, F., Sæther, L., Wiking, S., and Øvervoll, M. (2004). The Northernmost Cognitive Science Laboratory. Cognitive Processing., 5, 57-62
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Laeng, B., Svartdal, F., and Oelmann, H. (2004). Does color synaesthesia pose a paradox for early selection theories of attention? Psychological Science, 15(4), 277-281. (Download paper in PDF format)

Laeng, B., Zarrinpar, A., and Kosslyn, S.M. (2003). Do separate processes identify objects as exemplars versus members of basic-level categories? Evidence from hemispheric specialization. Brain & Cognition, 53, 15-27
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Oelmann, H., and Laeng, B. (2003). The emotional meaning of musical intervals: A validation of an ancient Indian music theory? Poster presented at XIII Conference of the ESCOP, Granada, September 17-20, 2003.
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Laeng, B., and Brennen, T. (2003). Of frames and mirrors: Reflections on neglect. A reply to McCarthy. Cortex, 39, 541-553.
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Silvera, D.H., Laeng, B., and Dahl, T.I. (2003). The training of doctoral students of psychology in the United States. European Psychologist, 8, 48-53.
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Laeng, B., and Laeng, M. (2003). Neuroscienza cognitiva. In Enciclopedia Pedagogica: Appendice A-Z, 1030-1035. Brescia: La Scuola Editrice. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., Chabris, C.F., and Kosslyn, S.M. (2003). Asymmetries in encoding spatial relations. In K. Hugdahl and R. Davidson (Eds.), The Asymmetrical Brain., Chapter 9, pp. 303-339. Cambridge,MA: The MIT Press.

Laeng, B., Carlesimo, G.A., Caltagirone, C., Capasso, R., and Miceli, G. (2002). Rigid and non-rigid objects in canonical and non-canonical views: Hemisphere-specific effects on object identification. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 19, 697-720.(Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., Brennen, T., and Espeseth, T. (2002). Fast responses to neglected targets in visual search reflect pre-attentive processes: An exploration of response times in visual neglect. Neuropsychologia, 40, 1622-1636.(Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., and Teodorescu, D.-S. (2002). Eye scanpaths during visual imagery reenact those of perception of the same visual scene. Cognitive Science, 26, 207-231. (Download paper in pdf-format)

(F.W. Mast and S.M. Kosslyn's review of Laeng & Teodorescu's article; from Research News in TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 6, No.7, July 2002) Download Mast & Kosslyn's paper in pdf-format

Laeng, B., Brennen, T., Johannessen, K., Holmen, K., and Elvestad, R. (2002) "Multiple reference frames in neglect? An investigation of the object-centred frame and the dissociation between "near" and "far" from the body by use of a mirror", Cortex, 38, 511-528.(Download paper in pdf-format)

(see also: Marie McCarthy's review of Laeng, Brennen, Johannessen, Holmen, & Elvestad's article; from Cortex, 38, 465-477, 2002) Download McCarthy's paper in pdf-format

Laeng, B., and Caviness, V. (2001). Prosopagnosia as a deficit in encoding curved surface. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13:5, 556-557. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., and Rouw, R. (2001). Canonical views of faces and the cerebral hemispheres. Laterality, 6(3), 193-224. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Flaskerud, I., and Laeng, B. (2000). Nordens Buddha. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1771). Historie, 4, pp 62-70. ( Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., and Park, A. (1999). Handedness effects on playing a reversed and normal keyboard. Laterality, 4, 363-377. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., Shah, J., and Kosslyn, S.M. (1999). Identifying objects in conventional and contorted poses: Contributions of hemisphere-specific mechanisms. Cognition, 70, 53-85. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., Kosslyn, S.M., Caviness, V., and Bates, J. (1999). Can deficits in spatial indexing contribute to simultanagnosia? Cognitive Neuropsychology, 16, 81-114. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Laeng, B., Peters, M., and McCabe, R. (1998). Memory for locations within regions: Spatial biases and visual hemifields differences. Memory & Cognition, 26, 97-107

Laeng, B., Buchtel, H.A., and Butter, C.M. (1996). Tactile rod bisection: Hemispheric activation and sex differences. Neuropsychologia, 34:11, 1115-1121. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Peters, M., Chisholm, P., and Laeng, B. (1995). Do engineering students show sex differences on a spatial ability test, and do such differences relate to performance in academic subjects? Journal of Engineering Education, 84, 69-73

Laeng, B., and Peters, M. (1995). Cerebral lateralization for the processing of spatial coordinates and categories in left- and right-handers. Neuropsychologia, 33, 421-439. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Peters, M., Laeng, B., Latham, K., Johnson, M., Zaiyouna, R., and Richardson, C. (1995). A redrawn Vandenberg & Kuse mental rotation test: Different versions and factors that affect performance. Brain & Cognition,28, 39-58.
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Laeng, B. (1994). Lateralization of categorical and coordinate spatial functions. A study of unilateral stroke patients. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 6:3, 189-203.

Laeng, B., Berridge, K.C., and Butter, C.M. (1993). Pleasantness of a sweet taste during hunger and satiety: Effects of gender and "sweet tooth". Appetite, 21 , 247-254. (Download paper in pdf-format)

Butter, C.M., and Laeng, B. (1991). Neuropsychology: Inclusive or exclusive? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 14:3, 442-443.

Laeng, B. (1990). Le Icone. Uno studio psicologico dell'arte sacra. Roma: Bulzoni, pp. 188.