Ylva Østby Berger

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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Scientific topics

  • Clinical neuropsychology

  • Epilepsy and cognition

  • Memory

  • Cognitive neuroscience

  • Cognitive literary studies 

Research project: Prospective Follow-up Study of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (ProTLE)

Epilepsy not only affects patients through seizures but can for some people also cause cognitive difficulties, particularly memory impairments. In my research, in collaboration with the Epilepsy Research Group Oslo (ERGO), I assess memory and other cognitive functions in patients with newly diagnosed temporal lobe epilepsy who are followed over a period of several years. The aim is to better understand the course of temporal lobe epilepsy. The project is led by Kjell Heuser and Erik Taubøll at the Department of Neurology, Rikshospitalet, and is carried out in collaboration with doctoral candidate Agnes Bjørke.

Project: Literature and Memory (ReadMemo)

In collaboration with Professor Karin Kukkonen from ILOS, I am conducting an experimental project investigating the phenomenological connections between reading fiction and the experience of personal episodic memories.

Project: Nostalgia

In collaboration with MA in psychology, Selin Sahpazoglu, I am investigating neural correlates of nostalgia, using EEG. I am also writing a book about nostalgia as a psychological, literary, socio-cultural, and historical phenomenon.

Teaching

Research sabbatical autumn 2023 and spring 2024

Head of teaching at the Section for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

Main teaching activities:

PSYC2230 – Kognitiv nevrovitenskap – Universitetet i Oslo (uio.no)

PSYC4330 – Klinisk nevropsykologi – Universitetet i Oslo (uio.no)

PSY4314 – Research communication in cognitive neuroscience – Universitetet i Oslo (uio.no)

Background

PhD from PSI, UiO in 2011. Study on neurocognitive development in childhood and adolescence.

Specialist in Clinical Neuropsychology. Clinical experience from AHUS (child habilitation) and the OUS National Center for Epilepsy.

Non-fiction and fiction writer.

Awards

PhD Research Award from the Dept. of Psychology, 2009, together with Christian K. Tamnes.

Dissemination Award from the Dept. of Psychology, 2017.

Teaching Award from the Dept. of Psychology, 2021.

 

Tags: Cognitive psychology, Cognitive neuroscience

Publications

  • Kukkonen, Karin & Østby, Ylva (2022). Readers During the Covid19-Pandemic: Reading Choices, Habits and Emotional Experiences. Scientific Study of Literature. ISSN 2210-4372. doi: 10.1075/ssol.22005.kuk.
  • Bakhtiari, Aftab; Bjørke, Agnes Balint; Larsson, Pål Gunnar; Olsen, Ketil Berg; Nævra, Marianne C. Johansen & Taubøll, Erik [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Episodic Memory Dysfunction and Effective Connectivity in Adult Patients With Newly Diagnosed Nonlesional Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Frontiers in Neurology. ISSN 1664-2295. 13, p. 1–12. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.774532. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørke, Agnes Balint; Østby, Ylva; Grahl, Simon Gevert; Larsson, Pål Gunnar; Olsen, Ketil Berg & Nævra, Marianne C. Johansen [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2021). Cognition in adult patients with newly diagnosed non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. ISSN 1525-5050. 116. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107771. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog & Østby, Ylva (2018). Morphometry and development: Changes in brain structure from birth to adult age. In Spalletta, Gianfranco; Piras, Fabrizio & Gili, Tommaso (Ed.), Brain Morphometry. Springer. ISSN 978-1-4939-7647-8. p. 143–164. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/jcfz7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tuft, Mia; Østby, Ylva; Nakken, Karl Otto & Lund, Caroline (2017). Aicardi syndrome and cognitive abilities: A report of five cases. Epilepsy & Behavior. ISSN 1525-5050. 73, p. 161–165. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.002.
  • Ivanovic, Jugoslav; Larsson, Pål Gunnar; Østby, Ylva; Hald, John K; Krossnes, Bård Kronen & Fjeld, Jan Gunnar [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2017). Seizure outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in patients with normal MRI and without specific histopathology. Acta Neurochirurgica. ISSN 0001-6268. 159(5), p. 757–766. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3127-y.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Walhovd, Kristine B; Engvig, Andreas; Grydeland, Håkon; Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe & Østby, Ylva [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2014). Regional hippocampal volumes and development predict learning and memory. Developmental Neuroscience. ISSN 0378-5866. 36(3-4), p. 161–174. doi: 10.1159/000362445. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Walhovd, Kristine B; Dale, Anders M.; Østby, Ylva; Grydeland, Håkon & Richardson, George [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2013). Brain development and aging: Overlapping and unique patterns of change. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. 68, p. 63–74. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.039.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Walhovd, Kristine B; Grydeland, Håkon; Holland, Dominic; Østby, Ylva & Dale, Anders M. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2013). Longitudinal Working Memory Development Is Related to Structural Maturation of Frontal and Parietal Cortices. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. ISSN 0898-929X. 25(10), p. 1611–1623. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00434. Full text in Research Archive
  • Østby, Ylva; Walhovd, Kristine B; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Grydeland, Håkon; Westlye, Lars Tjelta & Fjell, Anders Martin (2012). Mental time travel and default-mode network functional connectivity in the developing brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 109(42), p. 16800–16804. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210627109.
  • Walhovd, Kristine B; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Østby, Ylva; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Fjell, Anders Martin (2012). Normal variation in behavioral adjustment relates to regional differences in cortical thickness in children. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ISSN 1018-8827. 21(3), p. 133–140. doi: 10.1007/s00787-012-0241-5.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Fjell, Anders Martin; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Østby, Ylva & Walhovd, Kristine B (2012). Becoming Consistent: Developmental Reductions in Intraindividual Variability in Reaction Time Are Related to White Matter Integrity. Journal of Neuroscience. ISSN 0270-6474. 32(3), p. 972–982. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4779-11.2012.
  • Østby, Ylva; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Fjell, Anders Martin & Walhovd, Kristine B (2012). Dissociating memory processes in the developing brain: The role of hippocampal volume and cortical thickness in recall after minutes versus days. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 22(2), p. 381–390. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr116.
  • Østby, Ylva; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Fjell, Anders Martin & Walhovd, Kristine B (2011). Morphometry and connectivity of the fronto-parietal verbal working memory network in development. Neuropsychologia. ISSN 0028-3932. 49(14), p. 3854–3862. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.10.001.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Fjell, Anders Martin; Østby, Ylva; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Bjørnerud, Atle [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2011). The brain dynamics of intellectual development: Waxing and waning white and gray matter. Neuropsychologia. ISSN 0028-3932. 49(13), p. 3605–3611. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.09.012.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Østby, Ylva; Walhovd, Kristine B; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Fjell, Anders Martin (2010). Neuroanatomical correlates of executive functions in children and adolescents: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of cortical thickness. Neuropsychologia. ISSN 0028-3932. 48(9), p. 2496–2508. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.024.
  • Fjell, Anders Martin; Walhovd, Kristine B; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Østby, Ylva; Tamnes, Christian Krog & Jernigan, TL [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2010). When does brain aging accelerate? Dangers of quadratic fits in cross-sectional studies. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. 50(4), p. 1376–1383. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.061.
  • Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Walhovd, Kristine B; Dale, Anders M.; Bjørnerud, Atle; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Engvig, Andreas [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2010). Differentiating maturational and aging-related changes of the cerebral cortex by use of thickness and signal intensity. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. 52(1), p. 172–185. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.03.056.
  • Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Walhovd, Kristine B; Dale, Anders M; Bjørnerud, Atle; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Engvig, Andreas [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2010). Life-Span Changes of the Human Brain White Matter: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Volumetry. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 20(9), p. 2055–2068. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp280.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Østby, Ylva; Fjell, Anders Martin; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Walhovd, Kristine B (2010). Brain Maturation in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Regional Age-Related Changes in Cortical Thickness and White Matter Volume and Microstructure. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 20(3), p. 534–548. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp118.
  • Tamnes, Christian Krog; Østby, Ylva; Walhovd, Kristine B; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Fjell, Anders Martin (2010). Intellectual Abilities and White Matter Microstructure in Development: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Human Brain Mapping. ISSN 1065-9471. 31(10), p. 1609–1625. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20962.
  • Østby, Ylva; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Fjell, Anders Martin; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina & Walhovd, Kristine B (2009). Heterogeneity in Subcortical Brain Development: A Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain Maturation from 8 to 30 Years. Journal of Neuroscience. ISSN 0270-6474. 29(38), p. 11772–11782. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1242-09.2009.
  • Fjell, Anders Martin; Østby, Ylva & Walhovd, Kristine B (2007). Intraindividual variability in cognitive performance and its neural foundation an important approach in studying the developing and aging mind. In Lange, Marta A (Eds.), Leading-Edge Psychological Tests and Testing Research. Nova Science Publishers. ISSN 1-60021-571-8. p. 193–200.

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  • Østby, Hilde & Østby, Ylva (2018). Adventures in memory. The science and secrets of remembering and forgetting. Greystone Books. ISBN 978-1-77164-347-4. 302 p.
  • Østby, Hilde & Østby, Ylva (2016). Å dykke etter sjøhester. En bok om hukommelse. Capellen Damm. ISBN 978-82-02-52256-8. 280 p.

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  • Engh, Sunniva & Berger, Ylva Østby (2023). Interdisciplinary teaching for the future.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby (2023). Hjerneforskning: Enkelte er ikke i stand til å fremkalle mentale bilder. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby; Hauge, Nann Christin Ek & Larsen, Iren (2023). Dobbeltdiagnosen epilepsi og autisme, forberedelse og tilrettelegging ved innleggelse /behandling.
  • Engh, Sunniva & Berger, Ylva Østby (2022). Bærekraft i utdanningen. Hva er det og hvordan gjøres det på Universitetet i Oslo?
  • Berger, Ylva Østby (2022). Det listes på sokkelesten i de tusen hjem. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby (2022). Fattigdom gir varig endring i hvordan barns hjerner håndterer følelser. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby (2022). «Hvor lenge har jeg igjen å leve?». Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby (2022). Har bruken av munnbind svekket vår evne til å forstå andre mennesker? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby & Bostadløkken, Ida Pallin (2022). Morgenbladets forskningspodcast: Er vi mer nostalgiske enn før? [Internet]. Morgenbladet.no.
  • Berger, Ylva Østby (2022). Kunsten å få folk til å tro på forskningen. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Så bra at selv et barn kan forstå det. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Vår felles hukommelse.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Den håpløst nostalgiske. Speilvendt. ISSN 1893-4560.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Viktig melding til alle som vil vinne en diskusjon. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Klimahjernen er ikke alene. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Også forskere lar seg fange av spektakulære resultater. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Løgnen spiser sannheten. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Verdien av å dvele ved fortiden. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Imponerende stor studie av nyttårsforsetter. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Østby, Ylva & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2021). Alt man skal huske – om hukommelse hos barn og ungdom, i hverdagslivet og i rettssystemet. In Tamnes, Christian Krog (Eds.), Nevrokognitiv utviklingspsykologi. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205533387. p. 127–149.
  • Østby, Ylva (2021). Order in the courtromm: Let us hear what the experts have to say. American Journal of Psychology. ISSN 0002-9556. 134(2), p. 237–251.
  • Kukkonen, Karin & Østby, Ylva (2019). Litterær tankevandring -- hvorfor det ikke er galskap å lese bøker. [Journal]. Kritikeren.
  • Østby, Hilde & Østby, Ylva (2018). Why forgetting is a critical part of remembering. The Scientist. ISSN 0890-3670. 32(10).
  • Østby, Ylva & Larsen, Iren (2018). Autisme, innleggelse/mottakelse - autismevennlig miljø for personer med autismespekterfortyrrelse (ASF) .
  • Østby, Ylva (2018). Kroppen, kunsten og maskinene. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 138(17). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0520.
  • Kukkonen, Karin & Østby, Ylva (2016). Literature and Cognition. A Conversation.
  • Østby, Ylva (2016). Memory and the brain in temporal lobe epilepsy - integrating basic science and clinical perspectives in epilepsy surgery.

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