Bruno Laeng

Professor - Department of Psychology

Norwegian version of this page

Email bruno.laeng@psykologi.uio.no

Phone +47 22845116

Username

Other affiliations Kognitiv- og nevropsykologi

Press photo Download business card

Academic Interests

Time, Rhythm
Ilusory perceptions
Mental Imagery, Mental Rotation
Visual Attention, Mental Effort
Color Vision
Synesthesia, Cross-modal Perception
Perception of Space, Stereopsis
Language and Space-Time, Category specificity
Face Perception (Identity, Emotions, Beauty)
Music and Emotions, Arousal
Eye Tracking, Pupillometry

Teaching

PSY4303B - Vision and the Brain

Higher education and employment history

Bruno Laeng is professor in Cognitive Neuropsychology. Bachelor/Master in experimental psychology from Universitá La Sapienza (Roma, Italia) and Ph.D. in biological psychology from The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA). He has previously held positions at the University of Bergen, University of Tromsø, University of Guelph (Canada), Harvard University (USA) and he has been a Clinical Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (USA). He is currently faculty member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (RITMO). In 2018 he has been called to be a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science (Humanities and Social Sciences Division). He has been previously on sabbatical leave and visiting scholar at Columbia University (New York), Sophia University and Senshu University, both in Tokyo (Japan) and with fellowships from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

For Laeng's academic heritage ("neurotree") click here¤

For bibliometrics see Google Scholar

2017 - present RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion: Core Group, University of Oslo
2008 - present Professor in Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2006-2010 Adjunct Professor, Institute of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen
2002-2007 Professor in Psychology, University of Tromsø
1997-2002 Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Tromsø
1994-1997 1) Postdoctoral fellow, Psychology (mentor: Dr. S.M. Kosslyn, Ph.D.), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.;
2) Harvard Medical School Postgraduate in Neurophthalmology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1993-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology (mentor: Dr. M. Peters, Ph.D.), University of Guelph, Canada
1987-1993 PhD in Psychology (mentors: Dr. C.M. Butter, Ph.D., and Dr. Henry "Gus" Buchtel, Ph.D.), University of Michigan, U.S.A.

Awards

Called as member of Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters), 2018
“Teaching Award” from Department of Psychology, The University of Tromsø, 2003
“Young Researcher Award” at The University of Tromsø, 2000
“Dignita' di Stampa”, University of Rome, Laurea Summa Cum Laude, 1997
Appointments
Bruno Laeng is professor in Cognitive Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
Bruno Laeng is also Board Member of the the JSPS Alumni Club in Norway (ACN) for academic collaboration between Norway and Japan