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Stefan Hansen

Professor Emeritus

Department of Psychology
Mail
stefan.hansen@psy.gu.se
Visiting address
Haraldsgatan 1
41314 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 500
40530 Göteborg

About Stefan Hansen

Biography

  • PhD 1980
  • Docent 1981
  • University lecturer 1994
  • Professor 2001-
  • Research fellow at the University of Cambridge (1979-1980) and l’Université de Bordeaux (1996)

Teaching

I currently teach the following courses:

  • Biological psychology, 15 higher education credits (Programme for Master of 91̽»¨ in Psychology)
  • Dissertation work, 30 higher education credits (Programme for Master of 91̽»¨ in Psychology)

Research interests

My research interests in the behavioural neurosciences are broad and have included, among other things, the following areas:

  • Neurocognitive profiling of patients with classic myotonic dystrophia type 1, Prader-Willi syndrome, questionable dementia or posttraumatic stress syndrome (see publications 1-4)
  • Executive function and emotional dysregulation in disinhibitory syndromes including drug abuse (see publications 5-7)
  • Incentive motivation and affiliative behaviour: interactions between the basal forebrain and steroid hormones (see publications 8-11)

Current research

Current interests concern primarily:

  • Associations between empathy, executive function and somatic markers (see publications 12-13)
  • Explicit/controlled and implicit/automatic attitudes as tapped by the Implicit Association Test

Selected publications

  1. Winblad, S., Lindberg, C., & Hansen, S. (2006). Cognitive deficits and CTG repeat expansion size in classical myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM-1). Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2, 1-6.
  2. Wigren, M. & Hansen, S. (2003). Rituals and compulsivity in Prader-Willi syndrome: Profile and stability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 47, 428-438.
  3. Nordlund, A., Rolstad, S., Klang, O., Lind, K., Hansen, S., & Wallin, A. (2007). Cognitive profiles of mild cognitive impairment with and without vascular disease. Neuropsychology, 21, 706-712.
  4. Koso, M. & Hansen, S. (2006). Executive function and memory in posttraumatic stress disorder: A study of Bosnian war veterans. European Psychiatry, 21, 167-173.
  5. Johansson, Ã…., Bergvall, Ã….H., & Hansen, S. (1999). Behavioral disinhibition following basal forebrain excitotoxin lesions: Alcohol consumption, defensive aggression, impulsivity and serotonin levels. Behavioural Brain Research, 102, 17-29.
  6. Bergvall, Ã….H., Wessely, H., Forsman, A., & Hansen, S. (2001). A deficit in attentional set-shifting of violent offenders. Psychological Medicine, 31, 1095-1105.
  7. Bergvall, Ã….H., Hansen, S., Nilsson, T., & Forsman, A. (2003). Exploring the link between character, personality disorder, and neuropsychological function. European Psychiatry, 18, 334-344.
  8. Hansen, S., Stanfield, E.J., & Everitt, B.J. (1980). The role of ventral bundle noradrenergic neurones in sensory components of sexual behavior and coitus-induced pseudopregnancy. Nature, 286, 152-154.
  9. Hansen, S., Bergvall, Ã….H., & Nyiredi, S. (1993). Interaction with pups enhances dopamine transmission in the ventral striatum of maternal rats: A microdialysis study. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 45, 673-676.
  10. Galligani, N., Renck, A., & Hansen, S. (1995). Personality profile of men using anabolic androgenic steroids. Hormones and Behavior, 30, 170-175.
  11. Ray, J., Hansen, S., & Waters, N. (2006). Links between temperamental dimensions and brain monoamines in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 85-92.
  12. von Horn, A., Bäckman, L., Davidsson, T., & Hansen, S. (2010). Empathy, systemizing and finger length ratio in a Swedish sample. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 31-37.
  13. Alwall, N., Johansson, D., & Hansen, S. (2010). The gender difference in gaze-cueing: Associations with empathizing and systemizing. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 729-732.