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Espen Bjørkedal

Stillingsbeskrivelse

Espen Bjørkedal er universitetslektor og medlem av forskningsgruppen for kognitiv nevrovitenskap. Han fungerer for tiden som nestleder for utdanning. Tidligere har han vært leder for studieprogrammet bachelor i psykologi. Han har undervist i innføringskurs i kognitiv nevrovitenskap, biologisk psykologi, statistikk og generell psykologi. For øyeblikket er han emneleder for BA-oppgaven og underviser i akademisk skriving og vitenskapelig metode. Han underviser også ved flere andre emner på BA-nivå og veileder oppgaveskriving på bachelor- og masternivå. Hans hovedforskningsinteresse er placeboeffekten. Hans doktorgrad handlet om temaet aktiv placebo. Espen har en MA i filosofi fra Universitetet i Bergen (Norge) og en MA in Philosophy of Cognitive Science fra University of Sussex (Storbritannia). Han tok sin PhD ved Institutt for psykologi, ÐÒÔË´óתÅÌ Norges arktiske universitet.

  • David RT Laursen, Camilla Hansen Nejstgaard, Espen Bjørkedal, Anders Dreyer Frost, Morten Rix Hansen, Asger S Paludan-Müller m.fl.:
    Impact of active placebo controls on estimated drug effects in randomised trials: a systematic review of trials with both active placebo and standard placebo
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023 /
  • Magne Flaten, Espen Bjørkedal, Peter Solvoll Lyby, Yngve Anton Figenschau, Per M Aslaksen :
    Failure to Find a Conditioned Placebo Analgesic Response.
    Frontiers in Psychology 30. juli 2018 /
  • Z Turi, Espen Bjørkedal, Luisa Gunkel, Andrea Antal, Walter Paulus, Matthias Mittner :
    Evidence for Cognitive Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Healthy Individuals
    Scientific Reports 2018 /
  • Sara Magelssen Vambheim, Peter Solvoll Lyby, Per M Aslaksen, Magne Flaten, Ole Ã…sli, Espen Bjørkedal m.fl.:
    Developing a model for measuring fear of pain in Norwegian samples: The Fear of Pain Questionnaire Norway
    Scandinavian Journal of Pain 29. desember 2017 / /
  • Per M Aslaksen, Ole Ã…sli, Morten Øvervoll, espen BjØrkedal :
    Nocebo hyperalgesia and the startle response
    Neuroscience 2016 / /
  • Per M Aslaksen, Maria Lorentze Zwarg, Hans-Ingvald Hage Eilertsen, Marta Maria Gorecka, espen BjØrkedal :
    Opposite effects of the same drug: reversal of topical analgesia by nocebo information
    Pain 2015 /
  • Espen Bjørkedal, Magne Arve Flaten :
    Expectations of increased and decreased pain explain the effect of conditioned pain modulation in females
    Journal of Pain Research 2012 /
  • Magne Arve Flaten, Per M. Aslaksen, Peter Solvoll Lyby, espen BjØrkedal :
    The relation of emotions to placebo responses
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 2011
  • Espen Bjørkedal, Magne Arve Flaten :
    Interaction between expectancies and drug effects: an experimental investigation of placebo analgesia with caffeine as an active placebo
    Psychopharmacology 2011 /
  • Rannveig Grøm Sæle, Torstein LÃ¥g, Espen Bjørkedal, Morten Øvervoll :
    Getting closer to the student learning process in a large introductory course - How to teach academic skills to first-year students and prepare them for entering and mastering higher education?
    2021
  • Torstein LÃ¥g, Rannveig Grøm Sæle, Espen Bjørkedal, Morten Øvervoll :
    Effects of a flipped classroom intervention in a large enrolment academic skills course
    2017
  • Magne Arve Flaten, Per M Aslaksen, Jan Brox, Peter Solvoll Lyby, espen BjØrkedal :
    THE ROLE OF EXPERIMENTER GENDER IN PLACEBO ANALGESIA
    2015
  • Magne Flaten, Per M Aslaksen, espen BjØrkedal, Jan Brox, Peter Solvoll Lyby :
    The role of experimenter gender in placebo analgesia.
    2015
  • Maike Müller, espen BjØrkedal, Sandra Kamping :
    Manipulation of Expectancy and Anxiety in Placebo Research and Their Effects on Opioid-Induced Analgesia
    Journal of Neuroscience 2012
  • espen BjØrkedal, Magne Arve Flaten :
    The role of information in the effect of the DNIC procedure
    2011
  • espen BjØrkedal, Magne Arve Flaten :
    SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE MODULATION OF PAIN BY PAIN: THE ROLE OF EXPECTANCIES AND STRESS
    Psychophysiology 2011
  • espen BjØrkedal, Peter Solvoll Lyby, Magne Arve Flaten :
    INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN NOCEBO RESPONDING - FEAR OF PAIN AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY
    Psychophysiology 2010
  • Magne Arve Flaten, espen BjØrkedal, Peter Solvoll Lyby, Yngve Figenschau, Per M. Aslaksen :
    GENDER EFFECTS IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING OF PLACEBO ANALGESIA
    2010
  • espen BjØrkedal, Per M. Aslaksen, Magne Arve Flaten :
    Event-related potentials to painful stimulation after caffeine and placebo in a balanced placebo design
    2010
  • Magne Arve Flaten, Per M. Aslaksen, espen BjØrkedal, Yngve Figenschau, Peter Solvoll Lyby, Ole Ã…sli :
    EMOTIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE REDUCTION OF PAIN AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF A PLACEBO
    2010
  • espen BjØrkedal, Thomas Nermo, Per M. Aslaksen, Magne Arve Flaten :
    THE EFFECT OF AN ACTIVE PLACEBO ON PAIN-INDUCED EVENT RELATED POTENTIALS IN A BALANCED PLACEBO DESIGN
    Psychophysiology 2009
  • espen BjØrkedal, Per M. Aslaksen, Magne Arve Flaten :
    The role of diffuse noxious inhibitory control in placebo analgesia. Similar mechanisms?
    2009
  • espen BjØrkedal, Magne Arve Flaten :
    A review of the effect of active placebo compared to placebo
    2007
  • Magne Arve Flaten, Per Matti Aslaksen, espen Bjørkedal, Peter Solvoll Lyby :
    Pain and cold sensation are decreased by the DNIC procedure
    2007

    • Publikasjoner utenom Cristin

    Mueller, M., Bjørkedal, E. and Kamping, S. (2012). Manipulation of Expectancy and Anxiety in Placebo Research and Their Effects on Opioid-Induced Analgesia. Journal of Neuroscience. 2012 32: 14051-14052.

    Bjørkedal, E. & Flaten, M.A. (2012) Expectations of increased and decreased pain explain the effect of conditioned pain modulation in females. Journal of Pain Research, 2012:5, pp 289-300. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S33559

    Bjørkedal, E. & Flaten, M.A. (2011). Interaction between expectancies and drug effects: an experimental investigation of placebo analgesia with caffeine as an active placebo. Psychopharmacology, 215, 537-548. DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2233-4

    Flaten, M.A., Aslaksen, P.M., Lyby, P.S., & Bjørkedal, E. (2011). The relation of emotions to placebo responses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Section B, 366, 1818-1827. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0407.

    Forskningsinteresser

    Espens forskningsinteresser inkluderer:

    - Placebo effekten

    - Smerte

    - Psykologiens filosofi/sinnsfilosofi

    Lab-website: /research/cognitive-neuroscience

     

    Undervisning

    Fagområde utdanning: nevrovitenskap og biologisk psykologi.

     

    Emneansvar, foreleser og veileder PSY-2002 Bachelor-oppgave

    Foreleser PSY-0700 Tenkning, læring og skriving i høyere utdanning.
    Foreleser PSY-1001 Innføring i generell psykologi
    Foreleser PSY-2552 Kognitiv nevrovitenskap

    Veileder bacheloroppgaver, masteroppgaver og hovedoppgaver


    Medlem i forskningsgruppe

    Research group for Cognitive Neuroscience   English content