Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Reliability and Biasability of Criminal Evidence
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Research project from 2019-07-01 to 2022-06-30
The overall purpose of the research I intend to conduct is to examine sources of errors, which are attributable to human cognition, and influence two different types of criminal evidence; forensic evidence ...
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Reliability and Biasability of Criminal Evidence
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
The overall purpose of the research is to examine sources of errors, which are attributable to human cognition, and influence two different types of criminal evidence; forensic evidence and witness evidence ...
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The neurochemistry of shyness: Serotonin-dopamine interactions in social anxiety
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Severe shyness, or social anxiety disorder (SAD), is a serious public health concern. Socially anxious behavior has been tied to exaggerated activity in the brain’s fear network and serotonin dysfunction ...
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Caffeine and anxiety: a multimodal PET/fMRI study of panic disorder
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Anxiety disorders such as panic disorder are common and cause considerable individual suffering and high societal costs. Current treatment options leave a substantial proportion of patients suffering, ...
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Closing in on social anxiety: Multimodal imaging of monoamine neurotransmitter systems and neural activations before and after treatment
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Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Anxiety disorders are disabling conditions, affecting twice as many women as men. In particular, social anxiety disorder (SAD) is highly common and should be regarded as a significant public health concern ...
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Dopamine synthesis and neural reward processing in the treatment of social anxiety: A neuroimaging research project
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a serious public health concern and to understand its causes and cures, the underlying brain anomalies need to be examined. Socially anxious and avoidant behavior could ...
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Early moral development: from prosocial preferences in infants to peer cooperation in preschoolers
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Developmental moral psychology has recently been revolutionised by findings that infants and preschoolers are capable of social evaluations and moral behaviours previously thought beyond them. For example ...
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Fear and brain maturation
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Fear is a response to perceived threat, present already in infants and changes over the course of development from concrete threats such as the dark and animals in childhood to abstract threats such as ...
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Functional and structural brain integrity in patients with social anxiety disorder treated with cognitive-behavior therapy, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or their combination
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a disabling psychiatric condition associated with personal suffering and high societal costs. Even though serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and cognitive-behavior therapy ...
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Internet-based treatment of psychological distress in patients with myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Myocardial infarction (MI) with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is common (6-8% of all MIs) and affects mainly working women. A majority of the patients have Takotsubo syndrome (also known as ...
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Towards a neurobiological framework for exposure therapy - in vivo and imaginal exposure and the persistence of fear.
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Exposure therapy, directly derived from the process of extinction within the fear conditioning paradigm, is the most common psychological treatment of anxiety disorders. According to leading theorists, ...
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The Psychology of Giving By Choice: Understanding Economic Prosociality
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Research project from 2014-07-01 to 2017-06-30
As noted by the World Economic Forum, escalating inequality is a concern of all mankind. Still, mandatory distribution (e.g. via taxes) is associated with political disputes and conflicts. However, such ...
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The Impact of Book-Sharing on Infant Language and Cognitive Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Children s cognitive development, literacy, and educational outcomes are influenced by the quality of the family environment. Early intervention programs that promote positive parenting behaviors and child ...
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Uppsala Meeting on the Neuroscience of Anxiety Disorders
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Research project from 2016-06-01 to 2016-06-30
Uppsala Meeting on the Neuroscience of Anxiety Disorders 2016 is a newly founded conference that will be organized in Uppsala September 8-9 2016. Anxiety disorders are common and costly psychiatric conditions ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
2 August 2021. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for methods to identify new or repurposed dru ...
Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
8 July 2021. For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contac ...
The national COVID-19 Data Portal turns one year old
3 June 2021. The national Swedish COVID-19 Data Portal was launched one year ago to support researchers in utilis ...
Lectures
Uppsala University’s researchers share their knowledge in public lectures. Every year, the University is visited by leading researchers and influential people from around the world. At Uppsala University, you can hear Nobel laureates, researchers, authors, politicians and many others give lectures. Here we present some of the most prominent, annually occurring lectures at Uppsala University.