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Professor Department of Clinical Medicine brita.elvevag@uit.no

Brita Elvevåg



  • Catherine Diaz-Asper, Mathias K. Hauglid, Chelsea Chandler, Alex S. Cohen, Peter W. Foltz, Brita Elvevåg :
    A Framework for Language Technologies in Behavioral Research and Clinical Applications: Ethical Challenges, Implications, and Solutions
    American Psychologist 2024 DOI
  • Samuel L. Pugh, Chelsea Chandler, Alex S. Cohen, Catherine Diaz-Asper, Brita Elvevåg, Peter W. Foltz :
    Assessing dimensions of thought disorder with large language models: The tradeoff of accuracy and consistency
    Psychiatry Research 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Catherine Diaz-Asper, Chelsea Chandler, Brita Elvevåg :
    Cognitive Screening for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Clinician Perspectives on Current Practices and Future Directions
    Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2024 DOI
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Alex S Cohen, Jian Cheng, Peter W. Foltz, Jared Bernstein, Elisabeth Rosenfeld et al.:
    Using Automated Speech Processing for Repeated Measurements in a Clinical Setting of the Behavioral Variability in the Stroop Task
    Brain Sciences 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Hugo Corona Hernandez, Cheryl M. Corcoran, Amélie M Achim, Janna N. de Boer, Tessel Boerma, Sanne G Brederoo et al.:
    Natural language processing markers for psychosis and other psychiatric disorders: emerging themes and research agenda from a cross-linguistic workshop
    Schizophrenia Bulletin 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    Reflections on measuring disordered thoughts as expressed via language
    Psychiatry Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Christy Lai-Ming Hui, Sally Hiu-Wah See, Tsz-Ching Chiu, Andrea Stephanie Pintos, Johanna M. Kroyer, Yi-Nam Suen et al.:
    What Drives Animal Fluency Performance in Cantonese-Speaking Chinese Patients with Adult-Onset Psychosis?
    Brain Sciences 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chelsea Chandler, Catherine Diaz-Asper, Raymond S. Turner, Brigid Reynolds, Brita Elvevåg :
    An explainable machine learning model of cognitive decline derived from speech
    Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marama Diaz-Asper, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Chelsea Chandler, Catherine Diaz-Asper, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen et al.:
    Using automated syllable counting to detect missing information in speech transcripts from clinical settings
    Psychiatry Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Brita Elvevåg, Alex S. Cohen :
    Translating Natural Language Processing into Mainstream Schizophrenia Assessment
    Schizophrenia Bulletin 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Catherine Diaz-Asper, Chelsea Chandler, Raymond S. Turner, Brigid Reynolds, Brita Elvevåg :
    Increasing access to cognitive screening in the elderly: Applying natural language processing methods to speech collected over the telephone
    Cortex 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Peter W. Foltz, Chelsea Chandler, Catherine Diaz-Asper, Alex S. Cohen, Zachary Rodriguez, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund et al.:
    Reflections on the nature of measurement in language-based automated assessments of patients' mental state and cognitive function
    Schizophrenia Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ting Yat Wong, Zhiqian Fang, Yat To Yu, Charlton Cheung, Christy L. M. Hui, Brita Elvevåg et al.:
    Discovering the structure and organization of a free Cantonese emotion-label word association graph to understand mental lexicons of emotions
    Scientific Reports 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Chelsea Chandler, Peter W. Foltz, Catherine Diaz-Asper, Alex S. Cohen, Zachary Rodriguez et al.:
    Towards a temporospatial framework for measurements of disorganization in speech using semantic vectors
    Schizophrenia Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Brita Elvevåg, Lynn E. DeLisi :
    The mental health consequences on children of the war in Ukraine: A commentary
    Psychiatry Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chelsea Chandler, Peter W. Foltz, Brita Elvevåg :
    Improving the Applicability of AI for Psychiatric Applications through Human-in-the-loop Methodologies
    Schizophrenia Bulletin 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Andrea Stephanie Pintos, Christy Lai-Ming Hui, Simon De Deyne, Charlton Cheung, Wai Tung Ko, Suen Yi Nam et al.:
    A Longitudinal Study of Semantic Networks in Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders Using the Word Association Task
    Schizophrenia Bulletin Open 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chelsea Chandler, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Brita Elvevåg :
    Extending the usefulness of the verbal memory test: The promise of machine learning
    Psychiatry Research 19. January 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Catherine Diaz-Asper, Chelsea Chandler, R Scott Turner, Brigid Reynolds, Brita Elvevåg :
    Acceptability of collecting speech samples from the elderly via the telephone
    Digital Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Tovah Cowan, Anna T. Pham, Brita Elvevåg, Alex S. Cohen :
    Social closeness and cognitive functioning increase feelings of hope for individuals in inpatient treatment
    Psychiatry Research Communications 2021 DOI
  • Thanh P. Le, Emma Moscardini, Tovah Cowan, Brita Elvevåg, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Peter W. Foltz et al.:
    Predicting self-injurious thoughts in daily life using ambulatory assessment of state cognition
    Journal of Psychiatric Research 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Alex S. Cohen, Christopher R. Cox, Raymond P. Tucker, Kyle R. Mitchell, Elana K. Schwartz, Thanh P. Le et al.:
    Validating Biobehavioral Technologies for Use in Clinical Psychiatry
    Frontiers in Psychiatry 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Chelsea Chandler, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Jian Cheng, Jared C. Bernstein et al.:
    Applying speech technologies to assess verbal memory in patients with serious mental illness
    npj Digital Medicine 11. March 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Alex S. Cohen, Elana Schwartz, Thanh Le, Tovah Cowan, Christopher Cox, Raymond Tucker et al.:
    Validating digital phenotyping technologies for clinical use: the critical importance of “resolution”
    World Psychiatry 2020 DOI
  • Sophia Cheng, Alex S. Cohen, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Peter W. Foltz, Jian Cheng, Jared Bernstein et al.:
    A Dynamic Method, Analysis, and Model of Short-Term Memory for Serial Order with Clinical Applications
    Psychiatry Research 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chelsea Chandler, Peter W. Foltz, Brita Elvevåg :
    Using machine learning in psychiatry: The need to establish a framework that nurtures trustworthiness
    Schizophrenia Bulletin 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Taylor L. Fedechko, Brita Elvevåg, Alex S. Cohen :
    Chapter 28 - Tracking Language in Real Time in Psychosis
    Academic Press 2020 DOI
  • Alex S. Cohen, Christopher R. Cox, Michael D. Masucci, Thanh P. Le, Tovah Cowan, Lyndon M. Coghill et al.:
    Digital phenotyping using multimodal data
    Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2020 DOI
  • Chelsea Chandler, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Jian Cheng, Jared C. Bernstein et al.:
    Machine learning for ambulatory applications of neuropsychological testing
    Intelligence-Based Medicine 2020 DOI
  • Alex S. Cohen, Taylor L. Fedechko, Elana K. Schwartz, Thanh P. Le, Peter W. Foltz, Jared Bernstein et al.:
    Ambulatory vocal acoustics, temporal dynamics, and serious mental illness
    Journal of Abnormal Psychology 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Håvard D. Johansen, Randi Sigurdsen, Pål Fugeli et al.:
    Moving psychological assessment out of the controlled laboratory setting: Practical challenges
    Psychological Assessment 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Thanh P. Le, Tovah Cowan, Elana K. Schwartz, Brita Elvevåg, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Peter W. Foltz et al.:
    The importance of loneliness in psychotic-like symptoms: Data from three studies
    Psychiatry Research 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Alex S. Cohen, Taylor L. Fedechko, Elana K. Schwartz, Thanh P. Le, Peter W. Foltz, Jared Bernstein et al.:
    Psychiatric Risk Assessment from the Clinician?s Perspective: Lessons for the Future
    Community mental health journal 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jian Cheng, Jared Bernstein, Elizabeth Rosenfeld, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Terje Holmlund et al.:
    Modeling self-reported and observed affect from speech
    Interspeech (USB) 2018 DOI
  • Mathias K. Hauglid, Brita Elvevåg, Riccardo Fusaroli, Silvia Giordano :
    Panel discussion: Personalized speech bio-social marker: ecological validity, intensive measurements, technological devices, and decision support systems
    2022
  • Lynn E DeLisi, Brita Elvevåg, Diane C. Gooding, Sohee Park, Sibylle G. Schwab :
    Celebrating the accomplishments of thought leaders in psychiatry research: Introduction
    Psychiatry Research 2022 DOI
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    Using language technologies in psychiatric research: Challenges and opportunities of translating into practical tools. Interview by Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) - 2021 Congress Symposium Interview. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljxzPijVWqg Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) - 2021 Congress Symposium Interviews
    26. February 2021 DATA / FULLTEKST
  • Chelsea Chandler, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Brita Elvevåg :
    Chandler, C., Foltz, P.W., Cohen, A.S., Holmlund, T.B. & Elvevåg, B. (2021). Safeguarding against spurious AI-based predictions: The case of automated verbal memory assessment. In Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology, pages 181–191 June 11, 2021. Published by Association for Computational Linguistics. Available at https://aclanthology.org/2021.clpsych-1.20.pdf
    Proceedings of the NAACL Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology - published by Association for Computational Linguistics 2021 DATA / FULLTEKST
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    LSU Science Cafe - The doctor is in (your phone): How digital technologies can help treat serious mental illness.
    27. April 2021 DATA
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    Language technologies in psychiatric research: The challenges and opportunities of translating into practical tools
    2021
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    Using language technologies in psychiatric research: Challenges and opportunities of translating into practical tools.
    2021 DATA
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Catherine Diaz-Asper, Brita Elvevåg :
    The reality of doing things with (thousands of) words in applied research and clinical settings: A commentary on Clarke et al. (2020)
    Cortex 2021 DOI
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    How Will AI Change Psychiatry?
    10. January 2020 FULLTEKST
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    Will artificial intelligence make psychiatry better?
    25. February 2020 DATA
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Jian Cheng, Jared Bernstein, Elizabeth Rosenfeld et al.:
    MOVING SPEECH TECHNOLOGY METHODS OUT OF THE LABORATORY: PRACTICAL CHALLENGES AND CLINICAL TRANSLATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PSYCHIATRY
    2019 OMTALE
  • Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, Jian Cheng, Peter W. Foltz, Alex S. Cohen, Brita Elvevåg :
    Updating verbal fluency analysis for the 21st century: Applications for psychiatry
    Psychiatry Research 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • T. Cowan, T.P. Le, Brita Elvevåg, Peter W. Foltz, R.P. Tucker, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund et al.:
    Comparing static and dynamic predictors of risk for hostility in serious mental illness: Preliminary findings
    Schizophrenia Research 2019 DOI
  • Brita Elvevåg :
    Can Your Therapist Be Replaced by an App?
    22. November 2019 DATA
  • T.P. Le, Brita Elvevåg, Peter W. Foltz, Terje Bektesevic Holmlund, E.K. Schwartz, T. Cowan et al.:
    Aggressive urges in schizotypy: Preliminary data from an ambulatory study
    Schizophrenia Research 2018 DOI
  • Alex S Cohen, Thanh P. Le, Taylor L. Fedechko, Brita Elvevåg :
    Can RDoC help find order in thought disorder?
    Schizophrenia Bulletin 2017 DOI

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    Research interests

    Cognitive neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, and the cognitive, neural and genetic basis of language in healthy individuals and those with clinical conditions that affect the brain, especially psychosis and dementia

    Research methods: Cognitive science, especially computational linguistics, as well as neuropsychology, neuroimaging, cognitive genetics and telemedicine

     

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