In the media
Selected features
LAB lab’s policy is to conduct science of wide interest, both to clinicians and to the general public. Below is a selection of media appearances.
Title |
Date |
Link |
Author/Interviewer
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| Why We Love the Pain of Spicy Food | Jan 2015 | Wall Street Journal | John McQuaid |
| – Hjerneskanning kan spå alt fra lesevansker til kriminell framtid | Jan 2015 | Forskning.no | Arnfinn Christensen |
| Brain rewards us for looking at pretty faces | Feb 2014 | Science | Johan Bohannon |
| Beauty works like a drug on the brain | Feb 2014 | Fox News | Tanya Lewis |
| Radio interview with my student Guro Løseth about our recent paper | Feb 2014 | NRK Ekko | Torkild Jemterud |
| Endorfiner får menn til å se mer på pene damer | Feb 2014 | Aftenposten Viten | Guro Løseth |
| Norsk forsking avslører korleis hjernen bedømmer vakre ansikt | Feb 2014 | Nrk.no | Unni Eikeseth |
| Radio interview on placebo, pain and pleasure | Nov 2013 | Ekko (p2: nrk.no) | Anne Synnevåg |
| Mind over gray matter: Placebo improves both pleasure and pain | Oct 2013 | MedicalXpress.com | Stuart Mason Dambrot |
| Placebo’s Double Whammy | Oct 2013 | The Scientist | Kerry Grens |
| Psykologistudentar deltar i hjerneforskning | June 2013 | Uniforum | Martin Toft |
| TV interview about love and oxytocin | June 2013 | Brenner (NRK1) | Hans Olav Brenner |
| Radio interview about love and oxytocin | July 2013 | Radioselskapet (p2: nrk.no) | Hans Kristen Hyrve |
| Drømmebilder | April 2013 | Forskning.no | Arnfinn Christensen |
| Pain Can Be Pleasurable When Discomfort Is Less Than Expected, MRI Scans Show | March 2013 | The Huffington Post | Tia Ghose |
| Radio interview about pain and relief | March 2013 | Newstalk Radio Ireland | Brian O’Neill |
| Pain can be a relief | Feb 2013 | Science Daily ;
Eurekalert.org |
News staff |
| How pain turns to pleasure: New study sheds light on why some people enjoy chilli peppers and sadomasochistic sex – and could help develop new relief treatments | Feb 2013 | Daily Mail; Discovery Zone | Damien Gayle |
| Why pain can feel good | Feb 2013 | NBC news; | Tia Ghose |
| Pain Can Be Pleasurable, Says New Study. Fifty Shades Of Grey Fans Say Duh. | Feb 2013 | Blisstree | Claire Murphy |
| Radio interview about pain and cognition | Feb 2013 | Kveldsåpent (P1: nrk.no) | |
| Smerte kan være befriende | Feb 2013 | A-magasinet | Joacim Lund |
| Your Inner Masochist: When Pain Is Pleasurable | Feb 2013 | redOrbit | Jason Pierce |
| Smerte kan være en lettelse | Feb 2013 | Forskning.no | Elin Fugelsnes |
| Derfor gjør det så vondt å se på | Feb 2013 | Dagbladet.no | Bjørg Engdahl |
| A nose spray that makes you better at detecting emotions | Aug 2012 | SmartPlanet | Charlie Osborne |
| Oxytocin: A Mindreading Hormone? | August 2012 | Science 2.0 | News staff |
| A better judge of character with oxytocin nasal spray? | August 2012 | Medical Xpress | News staff |
| Oxytocin Helps People Read Minds | July 2012 | Medical Daily | Amber Moore |
| Ammespray kan hjelpe samlivet | July 2012 | HegnarOnline | Karen Thue |
| The Bliss Hormone AKA The Mind Reading Hormone As A Nasal Spray | July 2012 | Before It’s News | News Staff |
| Ammespray har en uventet virkning | July 2012 | Nrk.no | Linda Stølen |
| Bedre menneskekjennere med ammespray? | July 2012 | Forskning.no | Elin Fugelsnes |
| Leser følelser med ammespray | June 2012 | VG Søndag | Marie Theisen |
| Kan vi skylde på hjernen? | June 2012 | Forskning.no | Marianne Nordahl |
| En rosa klump med tanker | Nov 2011 | Forskning.no | Arnfinn Christensen |
| Vondt som bare tre | Sep 2011 | Forskning.no | Arnfinn Christensen |
| Why does feeling low hurt? Depressed Mood Increases the Perception of Pain | June 2010 | Elsevier Mental Health News | Maureen Hunter |
| The Yin and Yang of Pain and Pleasure | August 2008 | The Dana Foundation | Jim Schnabel |
| Itchy and scratchy | Jan 2007 | Spectroscopy Now | David Bradley |
| Giving In To The Urge To Scratch: Researchers Find Not All Itches Created Equal | Dec 2006 | Science Daily | American Physiological Society |
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