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Lars-Göran Nilsson

PhD, Olof Eneroth Professor

Summary

I defended my PhD dissertation in 1973 at Uppsala University and was a University lecturer there until 1980, when I became Professor of psychology at Umeå University. I stayed in Umeå until 1994, when I moved to Stockholm University to become Olof Eneroth Professor of Psychology. I was chairman of the department at Stockholm University 1997-2007. My role as Professor of psychology at Stockholm University involves research and teaching.

Teaching

I supervise four PhD students at the department in Stockholm and four PhD students at other universities. I give lectures both at the undergraduate and the graduate levels. Among other things, I give two graduate courses, one on Memory each fall term and one on Cognitive Aging each spring term.

Research

My research is about the development of cognitive functions across the life span, in particular the development of memory. Within the Betula Project I have, since 1988, studied how memory develops in adulthood and old age in a longitudinal perspective. In the project Brain Child at Stockholm Brain Institute I study, since 2006, how memory develops in children and teen agers.

My research also involves collaboration in the projects Aging and Living Conditions and Nordic Center of Excellence in Cognitive Control at Umeå University.

Publications

Publications 2008-2009 [PDF].

For older publications se Annual Report.

Miscellaneous

My research is funded by the Swedish Resaerch Council.

I am doctor honoris causa at University of Turku and Umeå University and Honorary Professor at the Academy of Sciences in China.

I am a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and a member of the academies of Science in Finland and Germany and in Academia Europaea.

These are some of the conference presentations I have made during recent years:

Nilsson, L.-G. (2004). The genetic influence on memory. Invited Keynote address. XXIX InternationalCongress of Psychology, Beijing, China.

Nilsson, L.-G. (2005). Genes and cognition. Invited Keynote address. VII European Congress of Psychology. Prag, Tjeckien.

Nilsson, L.-G. (2006). New findings in the Betula Study. Invited Keynote address. Croatian Psychological Association. Zadar, Croatia.

Nilsson, L.-G. (2009). Memory function across the life span: Normal and pathological Development. Invited Keynote address. IX European Congress of Psychology. Oslo, Norway.

Nilsson, L.-G. (2009). Memory function across the life span and its relation to genetics. Invited symposium, XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Vilnius, Lithuania.

Nilsson, L.-G. (2009). Normal and pathological memory and forgetting. Invitation to give this year's Björn Christiansen Minneforelesning. University of Bergen, Norway.

Nilsson, L.-G. (2009). Frisk och sjuk glömska. Invited Keynote address. Hjärnfonden arranging Hjärndagen 2009. Uppsala, Sweden.