Athanasia Mo Mowinckel
I am a cognitive neuroscientist based in Oslo, Norway, and works at the Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition. I’m passionate about cognitive neuroscience, using R and teaching the world the wonders of R. Doing all I can to improve gender diversity and equity in the R-community though R-Ladies Oslo and on the R-Ladies Global Team.
Education
| Start | End | Place | Degree | Field | Thesis | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2017 | University of Oslo | PhD | Cognitive Neuroscience | Neurocognitive Processes of Decision-making in Adults with ADHD | |
| 2009 | 2011 | University of Oslo | MPhil | Cognitive Neuroscience | Default Mode Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Aging Brain | B |
| 2005 | 2009 | University of Oslo | BA | Psychology | Attention Deficits in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type | A |
Work
| Start | End | Place | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Current | University of Oslo, LCBC | Staff scientist | Data-management in LCBC and the Lifebrain EU-project |
| 2016 | 2018 | University of Oslo, LCBC | Researcher/Project manager | Co-ordinating data collection, data-management, and research collaborations. Running analyses and data preperations |
| 2012 | 2016 | University of Oslo | PhD fellow | Project on decision-making in adults with ADHD and the effects of methylphenidate on this process. |
| 2015 | University of Southampton | Visiting research fellow | Developmental Brain Behaviour Lab under Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke. | |
| 2011 | 2012 | Tor Endestad, University of Oslo | Research assistant and lab-technician | Work with functional MRI-analysis, supervising students, and transitioning lab from windows to a linux operating system. |
| 2011 | 2012 | Guido Biele, University of Oslo. | Research assistant | Scripting of experiments, testing of participants and work on application for grants and ethical approval. |
| 2010 | Thomas Espeseth, University of Oslo. | Research assistant | Coordinating data-collection at Oslo University hospital between research assistants, participants, and hospital employees. | |
| 2009 | European Congress of Psychology, Oslo, Norway. | Lecture room assistant | volunteer work. |
Commissions
| Start | End | Place | Commission | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2017 | University of Oslo | University Ethics work group | Member of group canvasing routines regarding research ethics. |
| 2017 | 2018 | University of Oslo | PhD program work group | Member of group proposing changes to the PhD-program. |
| 2017 | University of Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences | Faculty Board Member | Elected member. | |
| 2014 | 2015 | University of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology | Department Board Member | Elected member. |
| 2013 | 2015 | University of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology | PsyDoc - Interest organization for PhDs and PostDocs | Co-Founder and elected Chair. |
| 2009 | 2011 | University of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology | Student Council | Representative for Cognitive Neuroscience Master. |
Publications & Citations
D Vidal-Pineiro, N Parker, J Shin, L French, H Grydeland, AP Jackowski, … (NA) and the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle flagship study of ageing.(2020). Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2180
KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, Y Wang, IK Amlien, AM Mowinckel, … (2022) Education and income show heterogeneous relationships to lifespan brain and cognitive differences across European and US cohorts Cerebral cortex 32 (4), 839-854
I Budin-Ljøsne, AM Mowinckel, BB Friedman, KP Ebmeier, CA Drevon, … (2022) Public perceptions of brain health: an international, online cross-sectional survey BMJ open 12 (4), e057999
D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, K Blennow, E Capogna, NB Halaas, … (2022) Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid neurodegeneration biomarkers and temporal brain atrophy in cognitively healthy older adults Neurobiology of Aging 116, 80-91
ACS Bråthen, Ø Sørensen, AMG De Lange, AM Mowinckel, AM Fjell, … (2022) Cognitive and hippocampal changes weeks and years after memory training Scientific reports 12 (1), 1-15
D Vidal-Pineiro, Y Wang, SK Krogsrud, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, … (2022) Correction: Individual variations in ‘Brain Age’relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change Elife 11, e79475
JM Roe, D Vidal-Pineiro, O Sorensen, AM Brandmaier, S Duzel, … (2022) Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease (Feb, 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y, 2021) NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 13 (1)
A Fjell, O Sorensen, Y Wang, IK Amlien, W Baare, D Bartres-Faz, … (2022) Sleep duration and brain structure–phenotypic associations and genotypic covariance bioRxiv __
KB Walhovd, L Nyberg, U Lindenberger, F Magnussen, IK Amlien, … (2022) Brain aging differs with cognitive ability regardless of education bioRxiv __
JM Roe, D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, AM Brandmaier, S Düzel, … (2022) Author Correction: Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease Nature Communications 13
C Solé-Padullés, D Macià, M Andersson, M Stiernstedt, S Pudas, S Düzel, … (2022) No Association Between Loneliness, Episodic Memory and Hippocampal Volume Change in Young and Healthy Older Adults: A Longitudinal European Multicenter Study Frontiers in aging neuroscience 70
JM Roe, D Vidal-Piñeiro, Ø Sørensen, AM Brandmaier, S Düzel, … (2021) Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease Nature communications 12 (1), 1-11
D Vidal-Pineiro, Y Wang, SK Krogsrud, IK Amlien, WFC Baaré, … (2021) Individual variations in ‘brain age’relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change Elife 10, e69995
Ø Sørensen, AM Brandmaier, D Macià, K Ebmeier, P Ghisletta, RA Kievit, … (2021) Meta-analysis of generalized additive models in neuroimaging studies NeuroImage 224, 117416
AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, IK Amlien, D Bartrés-Faz, AM Brandmaier, … (2021) Poor Self-Reported sleep is related to regional cortical thinning in aging but not memory Decline—Results From the Lifebrain Consortium Cerebral Cortex 31 (4), 1953-1969
AM Fjell, H Grydeland, Y Wang, IK Amlien, D Bartres-Faz, AM Brandmaier, … (2021) The genetic organization of longitudinal subcortical volumetric change is stable throughout the lifespan Elife 10
SK Krogsrud, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, D Vidal-Piñeiro, IK Amlien, … (2021) Relationships between apparent cortical thickness and working memory across the lifespan-effects of genetics and socioeconomic status Developmental cognitive neuroscience 51, 100997
D Vidal-Piñeiro, MH Sneve, IK Amlien, H Grydeland, AM Mowinckel, … (2021) The functional foundations of episodic memory remain stable throughout the lifespan Cerebral Cortex 31 (4), 2098-2110
L Vaqué‐Alcázar, MR Cabello‐Toscano, T Gorbach, K Abellaneda‐Pérez, … (2021) Decision‐tree–testing cognition‐MRI associations to define and differentiate cognitive reserve and brain maintenance Alzheimer’s & Dementia 17, e056074
AM Mowinckel, D Vidal-Piñeiro (2020) Visualization of Brain Statistics With R Packages ggseg and ggseg3d Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 3 (4), 466-483
D Vidal-Pineiro, N Parker, J Shin, L French, H Grydeland, AP Jackowski, … (2020) Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-14
AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, IK Amlien, D Bartrés-Faz, DM Bros, N Buchmann, … (2020) Self-reported sleep relates to hippocampal atrophy across the adult lifespan: results from the Lifebrain consortium Sleep 43 (5), zsz280
KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, AM Mowinckel, CS Reinbold, … (2020) Genetic risk for Alzheimer disease predicts hippocampal volume through the human lifespan Neurology Genetics 6 (5)
VM Danielsen, D Vidal-Piñeiro, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, AM Fjell, … (2020) Lifespan trajectories of relative corpus callosum thickness: regional differences and cognitive relevance Cortex 130, 127-141
T Gorbach, S Pudas, D Bartrés‐Faz, AM Brandmaier, S Düzel, … (2020) Longitudinal association between hippocampus atrophy and episodic‐memory decline in non‐demented APOE ε4 carriers Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring 12 (1 …
I Budin-Ljøsne, BB Friedman, S Suri, C Solé-Padullés, S Düzel, … (2020) The global brain health survey: development of a Multi-Language survey of public views on brain health Frontiers in Public Health 8, 387
AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, IK Amlien, D Bartrés-Faz, AM Brandmaier, … (2020) Self-reported sleep problems are related to cortical thinning in aging but not memory decline and amyloid-β accumulation–results from the Lifebrain consortium bioRxiv __
KB Walhovd, ACS Bråthen, MS Panizzon, AM Mowinckel, Ø Sørensen, … (2020) Within-session verbal learning slope is predictive of lifespan delayed recall, hippocampal volume, and memory training benefit, and is heritable Scientific reports 10 (1), 1-13
AM Fjell, CH Chen, D Sederevicius, MH Sneve, H Grydeland, … (2019) Continuity and discontinuity in human cortical development and change from embryonic stages to old age Cerebral Cortex 29 (9), 3879-3890
D Vidal-Piñeiro, MH Sneve, LH Nyberg, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, … (2019) Maintained frontal activity underlies high memory function over 8 years in aging Cerebral Cortex 29 (7), 3111-3123
AM Fjell, MH Sneve, D Sederevicius, Ø Sørensen, SK Krogsrud, … (2019) Volumetric and microstructural regional changes of the hippocampus underlying development of recall performance after extended retention intervals Developmental cognitive neuroscience 40, 100723
AM Mowinckel, D Vidal-Piñeiro (2019) Visualisation of brain statistics with R-packages ggseg and ggseg3d. arXiv arXiv preprint arXiv: :1912.08200
KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, AM Mowinckel, CS Reinbold, … (2019) Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease predicts hippocampal volume through the lifespan bioRxiv 711689
AM Fjell, MH Sneve, D Sederevicius, Ø Sørensen, SK Krogsrud, … (2019) Volumetric and microstructural regional changes of the hippocampus underlying development of extended delay long-term memory bioRxiv 595827
KB Walhovd, AM Fjell, R Westerhausen, L Nyberg, KP Ebmeier, … (2018) Healthy minds 0–100 years: Optimising the use of European brain imaging cohorts (“Lifebrain”) European Psychiatry 50, 47-56
D Vidal-Piñeiro, SH Markus, L Nyberg, AM Mowinckel, D Sederevicius, … (2018) P2‐395: TESTING MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION NOTIONS IN NORMAL AGING: AGE‐RELATED CORRELATES OF ASSOCIATIVE ENCODING SUCCESS Alzheimer’s & Dementia 14 (7S_Part_16), P854-P854
AM Mowinckel, D Alnæs, ML Pedersen, S Ziegler, M Fredriksen, … (2017) Increased default-mode variability is related to reduced task-performance and is evident in adults with ADHD NeuroImage: Clinical 16, 369-382
S Ziegler, ML Pedersen, AM Mowinckel, G Biele (2016) Modelling ADHD: A review of ADHD theories through their predictions for computational models of decision-making and reinforcement learning Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 71, 633-656
AM Mowinckel, ML Pedersen, E Eilertsen, G Biele (2015) A meta-analysis of decision-making and attention in adults with ADHD Journal of attention disorders 19 (5), 355-367
AM Mowinckel, T Espeseth, LT Westlye (2012) Network-specific effects of age and in-scanner subject motion: a resting-state fMRI study of 238 healthy adults Neuroimage 63 (3), 1364-1373