Valgeir Thorvaldsson

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Researcher. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2011-.
Post-doctorial Research Fellow. Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2010.
Researcher. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2008-2009.

Ph.D. in Psychology. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2008.
Filosofie Licentiatexam in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2005.
B.A. in Psychology. Department of Psychology, University of Iceland 2001.

Undervisning

 Adult Development and Aging, Research Methods and Statistics.

Forskning

 Cognitive change and functional development in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia.

Valda publikationer

Thorvaldsson, V., Skoog, I., Hofer, S. M., Börjesson-Hanson, A., Östling, S., Sacuiu, S., & Johansson, B. (in press). Non-linear blood pressure effects on cognition in old age. Separating between-person and within-person associations. Psychololgy and Aging.

Hofer, S. M., Thorvaldsson V., & Piccinin, A. M. (in press). Foundational issues of design and measurement in developmental research. In B. Laursen, T. D. Little & N. A. Card (Eds.). Handbook of developmental research methods. NY: Guilford Press.

Thorvaldsson, V., MacDonald, S. W. S., Fratiglioni, L., Winblad, B., Kivipelto, M., Laukka, E. J., Skoog, I., Sacuiu, S., Guo, X., Östling, S., Börjesson-Hanson, A., Gustafson, D., Johansson, B., Bäckman, L. (2011). Onset and rate of cognitive change before dementia diagnosis: Findings from two Swedish population-based longitudinal studies. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17(1), 154-162.

Berg, A. I., Hassing, L. B., Thorvaldsson, V., & Johansson, B. (2011). Personality and personal control make a difference for life satisfaction in the oldest-old. European Journal of Aging, 8(1), 13-20.

Thorvaldsson, V., Nordlund, A., Reinvang, I., Blennow, K., Zetterberg, H., Wallin, A., & Johansson, B. (2010). Memory in individuals with mild cognitive impairment in relation to APOE and CSF Aβ42. International Psychogeriatrics, 22, 598-606.

Hassing, L. B., Dahl, A., Thorvaldsson, V., Gatz, M., Berg, S., Pedersen, N. L., & Johansson, B. (2009). Overweight in midlife and later risk of dementia: A 40-year follow-up study. International Journal of Obesity, 33, 893-898.

Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., Berg, S., Skoog, I., Sacuiu, S., & Johansson, B. (2008). Onset of terminal decline in cognitive abilities in individuals without dementia. Neurology, 71, 882-887.

Thorvaldsson, V. (2008). Change and variability in cognitive performance in old age: Effects of retest, terminal decline, and pre-clinical dementia. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Gothenburg)

Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., Hassing, L. & Johansson, B. (2008). Cognitive change as conditional of age heterogeneity in onset of mortality-related processes and repeated testing effects. In S. M. Hofer & D. F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of cognitive aging: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 284-297). SAGE Publications.

Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., & Johansson, B. (2006). Aging and late life terminal decline in perceptual speed: A comparison of alternative modeling approaches. European Psychologist, 11, 196-203.

Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., Berg, S., & Johansson, B. (2006). Effects of repeated testing in a longitudinal age-homogenous study of cognitive aging. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61B, P348-354.