Åsa Hammar

PhD , lecturer and clinical psychologist working on cognitive functioning in depression. Research interests include clinical neuropsychology in general, and cognitive functioning in psychiatric disorders in particular. Hereunder, the relationship between affective material, emotional regulation and executive functions is of interest. Interventions for improving/remediating cognition, like working memory training, is part of my graduate work. In addition, I have some experience in cognitive neuroscience, from gerontopsychiatry assessing various forms of dementia and neuropsychiatric illnesses, and child habilitation assessing learning disorders related to developmental- and neurological conditions in children and adolescents. Became a specialist in clinical psychology, sub specialization in work on clinical neuropsychology in the spring of 2020. In addition, from autumn 2021 to spring 2023, I worked part time as a neuropsychologist at a outpatient clinic for affective disorders a Sandviken psychiatric clinic, Haukeland University Hospital.