Ola Sternäng
PhD in Psychology, MSc in Industrial engineering
Abstract
My main research interest is memory functioning and development. I defended my doctoral thesis (about memory aging) in the beginning of 2011. After my dissertation, I worked in a project about comparisons of memory aging in Bangladesh and Sweden. At present, I hold a postdoc position in cognitive aging at School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden.
My main collaborators are Åke Wahlin (Stockholm University), Lars-Göran Nilsson (Stockholm University), Anna Dahl (School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University/Karolinska Institute), and Nancy Pedersen (Karolinska Institute).
Before my time in academia, I worked 1989-2003 at various positions within Scania (a truck manufacturer) in Södertälje.
Publications
Sternäng, O., & Wahlin, Å. (2011). What is the role of Apolipoprotein E for cognitive functioning across the lifespan? Biological Psychiatry, 70(2), 109-110.
Rönnberg, J., Danielsson, H., Rudner, M., Arlinger, S., Sternäng, O., Wahlin, Å., & Nilsson, L.- G. (2011). Hearing loss is negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory but not to short-term memory. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54, 705-726. Fulltext: dx.doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0088)
Sternäng, O. (2010). Individual differences in the aging memory: Mediation accounts, moderators, and contextual factors. Dissertation. Stockholm, Sweden: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.
Pressmeddelande från Stockholms universitet i samband med disputationen: www.su.se
Sternäng, O., Jonsson, B., Wahlin, Å., Nyberg, L., & Nilsson, L.- G. (2010). Examination of the common cause account in a population-based longitudinal study with narrow age cohort design. Gerontology, 56(6), 553-563.
Sternäng, O., Wahlin, Å., Adolfsson, R., Sleegers, K., Van Broeckhoven, C., & Nilsson, L.- G. (2009). APOE and lipid level synergy effects on declarative memory functioning in adulthood. European Psychologist, 14(4), 268-278.
Nilsson, L.- G., Sternäng, O., Rönnlund, M., & Nyberg, L. (2009). Challenging the notion of an early-onset of cognitive decline. Neurobiology of Aging, 30(4), 521-524.
Sternäng, O., Wahlin, Å., & Nilsson, L.- G. (2008). Examination of the processing speed account in a population-based longitudinal study with narrow age cohort design. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49(5), 419-428.
