Kenneth Hugdahl

Prof. Kenneth Hugdahl holds a Professorship at the Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen (Norway), and is affiliated with the Research Institute at Medical University of Plovdiv (Bulgaria). His primary academic role is at the University of Bergen's Faculty of Psychology. He collaborates across institutions on translational neuroscience projects.

Education & Affiliations:

• Primary appointment: University of Bergen
• Collaborative role: Medical University of Plovdiv

Research Focus: Hugdahl's work centers on brain laterality mechanisms, auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, cognitive impairments in psychiatric disorders, and neurobiological underpinnings of language/attention functions. He utilizes fMRI and dichotic listening paradigms to investigate these phenomena.

Key Projects:

• Completed 2017-2020: Multicenter study on clinical/cognitive/neurobiological markers for auditory hallucinations (Bergen-Plovdiv collaboration)

Labs/Teams: Active in the Integrative and Creative Research Division at Medical University of Plovdiv and collaborates across disciplines including Molecular and Regenerative Medicine, Simulation-Training Technologies, and Environmental Health.