Christian Krog Tamnes

Academic Interests

• Structural and functional brain maturation in childhood and adolescence

• Neurocognitive development in relation to mental health

• Cognitive development, particularly in the domains of cognitive control, working memory, learning, and long-term memory

• Effects of social and emotional information on cognitive processes

• Predictors and risk factors in neurocognitive development

• Multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DTI, EEG)

Students interested in pursuing a cand. psychol or MA thesis on any of these research topics are wellcome to contact me.

Higher education and employment history

• Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 2014

• Visiting researcher, Brain and Development Research Center, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2016

• Post doctoral fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 2011-2014

• Fulbright visiting researcher, Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California San Diego, USA, 2011

• Research fellow, The Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital, 2010

• PhD, Center for the Study of Human Cognition, University of Oslo, 2010

• Profession-oriented degree program in psychology (Cand. Psychol), University of Oslo, 2006