Magda L. Dumitru har utviklet 'the distance index' som en biomarkør for den mannlige og kvinnelige hjerneprototypen innen psykopatologi. Hun undersøker forholdet mellom bevissthet og hjernestruktur, samt potensialet til indeksen for å avsløre det (epi)genetiske grunnlaget for kreativitet i både helse og psykiske lidelser.

"Hver dag registrerer sansene våre en imponerende mengde informasjon, som genererer skjevheter for mer effektiv prosessering. For eksempel dekoder vi språk bedre med høyre øre. Dette er kjent som "høyre ørefordel" (right ear advantage REA), og teamet vårt har funnet ut måter å øke REA og forbedre oppfatningen av raske visuelle stimuli. Vi har også vist at ved å endre ordet 'AND' med 'ELLER' klarer folk å kode flere minneepisoder i stedet for én. Hyppigere chunking og re-kombinering av informasjon er et kjennetegn på kreativitet. Teamet vårt utforsker forskjeller i hjernestruktur hos kreative individer. Vi har funnet ut at venstre og høyre hjernehalvdel er mer sammenhengende hos kvinner enn hos menn, både når det gjelder helse og psykiske lidelser. En ny forskningsretning er fremveksten av kreativitet hos pasienter med Parkinson, som plutselig får "gnisten" til å produsere kunst."

Min forskning på ETT minutt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGvWmffSL0

IGSIN 913 Integrated Neuroscience, module "The Neuroscience of Memory"

MAPSYK 319B Cognitive Neuroscience, emneansvarlig

MAPSYK 360 Master's Thesis in Psychology, supervisor

MAPSYK 319A/PROPSY 303 Biological Psychology, module "Emotions" I and II

PROPSY 304 Cognitive Neuroscience, modules "Perception", "Memory", "Attention and Cognitive Control"

PSYK 122 Practical Research Methods

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Giske, Jarl; Dumitru, Magda L.; Enberg, Katja et al. (2025). Premises for digital twins reporting on Atlantic salmon wellbeing. (ekstern lenke)
• Budaev, Sergei; Dumitru, Magda L.; Enberg, Katja et al. (2024). Premises for a digital twin of the Atlantic salmon in its world: Agency, robustness, subjectivity and prediction. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas et al. (2024). Widespread asymmetries of amygdala nuclei predict auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Opdal, Anders Martin Frugård (2024). Beyond the mosaic model of brain evolution: Rearing environment defines local and global plasticity. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2023). Brain asymmetry is globally different in males and females: exploring cortical volume, area, thickness, and mean curvature. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Korbmacher, Max; Bartsch, Hauke (2022). Male and Female Brain Coherence Models of Cognitive Performance andPsychopathology. (ekstern lenke)
• Kazimierczak, Katarzyna Anna; Craven, Alexander R.; Ersland, Lars et al. (2021). Combined fMRI region- and network-analysis reveal new insights of top-down modulation of bottom-up processes in auditory laterality. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Joergensen, G. H. (2021). Thought extramission: The eyes project conceptual maps at close distance.. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Joergensen, G. H. (2018). Logical connectives modulate attention to simulations evoked by the constituents they link together. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Joergensen, G. H. (2016). Gestalt reasoning with conjunctions and disjunctions. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2016). Gestalt-like representations hijack chunk-and-pass processing. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Joergensen, G. H. (2015). Similarity judgments of same-category object representations: Effects of physical size, manipulability, and word frequency. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2015). Coherence across consciousness levels: Symmetric visual displays spare working memory resources. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Taylor, A. J. (2014). Or cues knowledge of alternatives: Evidence from priming.. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Joergensen, G. H. (2014). Effects of word-evoked object size on covert numerosity estimations. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2014). Moving stimuli guide retrieval and (in) validation of coordination simulations.. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Joergensen, G. H.; Cruickshank, A. G. et al. (2013). Language-guided visual processing affects reasoning: The role of referential and spatial anchoring.. (ekstern lenke)

Poster

• Dumitru, Magda L.; Johnsen, Erik; Sandøy, Lydia Brunvoll et al. (2022). Amygdala Symmetry Predicts Distresful Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia Patients. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Korbmacher, Max; Bartsch, Hauke (2022). Brain Coherence Predicts Cognitive Performance and Neuropathology: Computing the Distance Index. (ekstern lenke)
• Olsnes, J. O. S.; Haug, J. A.; Dumitru, Magda L. (2021). Meditation and Gender Affect the Attentional Blink: An ERP and Bayesian Learning Analysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Haug, J. A.; Olsnes, J.O.S.; Dumitru, Magda L. (2021). Neurophysiology of Attention Lateralization Following Brief Meditation Training. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Majerus, Steve (2018). Cortico-cerebellar pathways for understanding language coordination. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2017). Laterality patterns for Gestalts of language. . (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Jørgensen, Gitte; Harvey, S. et al. (2016). Shared ambiguity resolution strategies promote mutual fitness of language and perceptual systems. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Jørgensen, Gitte (2016). Speed of color recognition depends on Gestalt representations of cause, consequence, condition, and concession. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Jørgensen, Gitte (2016). Gestalt Reasoning Promotes Extension Errors. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Jørgensen, Gitte; Altmann, Gerry (2011). Verb-induced simulations affect sampling patterns in choice contexts. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig foredrag

• Dumitru, Magda L.; Majerus, Steve; Hugdahl, Kenneth (2020). The cerebellum works across task-positive and task-negative networks. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2018). Covertly-induced emotional states modulate task performance. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2017). Groundless altruism: Why it makes sense to risk one’s life for other people’s money. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2017). Action-based language Gestalts in working memory. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2017). An affective account of distance estimation biases. . (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2016). In the eye of the beholder: Affect as well as object properties impact measurement estimations. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Jørgensen, Gitte (2016). Gestalt Reasoning: Perceptual compatibility effects evoked by coordination descriptions. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L.; Jørgensen, Gitte (2015). Similarity judgments of same-category object representations: Effects of physical size, manipulability, and word frequency. (ekstern lenke)
• Dumitru, Magda L. (2010). Eye- movement patterns for logical connectives. (ekstern lenke)

Leder

• Pasqualotto, A; Dumitru, Magda L.; Myachykov, A. (2016). Multisensory Integration: Brain, Body, and World. (ekstern lenke)

Faglig foredrag

• Dumitru, Magda L. (2016). Affect as well as object properties impact measurement estimations. (ekstern lenke)

Se en full oversikt over publikasjoner i Cristin

1. Dumitru, M. L. (2023). Brain Asymmetry is Globally Different in Males and Females: Exploring Cortical Volume, Area, Thickness, and Mean Curvature. Cerebral Cortex 33. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad396
2. Dumitru, M. L., Korbmacher, M., & Bartsch, H. Male and Female Brain Coherence Models of Cognitive Performance and Psychopathology. (2022). bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.28.509939e 
3. Kazimierczak, K., Craven, A. R., Ersland, L., Specht, K., Dumitru, M. L., Sandoy, L. B., & Hugdahl, K. (2022). Combined fMRI Region- and Network-Analysis Reveal New Insights of Top-Down Modulation of Bottom-Up Processes in Auditory Laterality. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
4. Dumitru, M. L., & Joergensen, G. H. Thought extramission: The eyes project conceptual maps at close distance. (2021). bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.18.456814 
5. Dumitru, M. L., & Pasqualotto, A. (2018). Helmets improve estimations of depth and visual angle to safe targets. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80(8), 1879-1884. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-018-1605-9
6. Dumitru, M. L., & Joergensen, G. H. (2018). Logical connectives modulate attention to simulations evoked by the constituents they link together. Frontiers in Psychology, 08/2018; 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01358
7. Dumitru, M. L.(2016). Gestalt-like representations hijack chunk-and-pass processing. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X15000758
8. Dumitru, M. L., & Joergensen, G.H. (2016). Gestalt reasoning with conjunctions and disjunctions. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0151774. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151774
9. Pasqualotto, A., Dumitru, M. L., & Myachykov, A. (2016). Editorial: Multisensory Integration: Brain, Body, and World. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:2046. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02046
10. Dumitru, M. L.(2015). Coherence across consciousness levels: Symmetric visual displays spare working memory resources. Consciousness and Cognition, 38, 139-149. DOI: 10.1016//j.concog.2015.10.007
11. Dumitru, M. L., & Joergensen, G. H. (2015). Similarity judgments of same-category object representations: Effects of physical size, manipulability, and word frequency. Visual Cognition, 23 (7), 855-859. DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2015.1093242 
12. Dumitru, M. L., & Joergensen, G. H. (2015). Effects of word-evoked object size on covert numerosity estimations. Frontiers in Psychology, 08/2015; 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00876
13. Dumitru, M. L.(2014). Moving stimuli guide retrieval and (in) validation of coordination simulations. Cognitive Processing. 15 (3), 397-403. DOI: 10.1007/s10339-014- 0604-6
14. Dumitru, M. L., & Taylor, A. J. (2014). Or cues knowledge of alternatives: Evidence from priming. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 55 (2), 97-101. DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12100
15. Dumitru, M. L., Joergensen, G. H., Cruickshank, A. G., & Altmann, G. T. M. (2013). Language-guided visual processing affects reasoning: The role of referential and spatial anchoring. Consciousness and Cognition, 22 (2), 562-571. DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.03.008

REK 60825 Hvordan hjernenettverk interagerer - betydning for forstaelse av horselshallusinasjoner 

REK 60748 Hjernelateralisering av oppmerksomhetskontroll etter kort meditasjonstrening

REK 60932 Hjernemekanismer for oppmerksomhetskontroll til auditive og visuelle stimuli

NSD 395393 Impact of Prediction Error on Social Appraisal