During an infection, many physiological changes occur, such as activation of immune cells and fever, but that is not all.

Are brain structure and functional connectivity later in life influenced by midlife psychosocial work stress? Psychosocial stress at work has been suggested to play a role in the development of cognitive dysfunction, but evidence on the neural substrate (brain structure and function) of psychosocial work stress is scarce.

This project aims at characterizing the mechanical properties of the brain through Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) in adolescents and older children and at correlating them with risk factors for developing anxiety disorders.

We propose to conduct an intervention study to evaluate the efficacy of choral singing on cognitive functioning and psychological well-being and the underlying neural mediating mechanisms in the elderly.

Being able to communicate face-to-face with another person requires skills that go beyond core language abilities. In dialog comprehension, we routinely make inferences beyond the literal meaning of utterances.

Pragmatics, a higher level of language ability, is essential for understanding and interpreting meaning and intention in communication with others.

The work is carried out on the behalf of the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA). The main purpose is to add to, and subsequently wrap up, the work performed during the previous project on the review of the effectiveness of flight and duty time limitations and rest requirements.

The effect of adult aging on social and emotional processes, as well as on related genetics and neurobiology, is still not fully understood. This project combines neuroendocrine, neuobiological and behavioral methods to investigate the effects of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and prosocial behavior as people age.

The purpose of the project is to determine how parents with young children sleep, and whether sleep equality relates to stress, wellbeing, and responsibility for the child during the night.

Exhaustion disorder is a relatively recent diagnosis which only exists in the Swedish diagnostic system.

Green and blue environments are fundamental to environmental sustainability and contribute to a variety of ecosystem services that directly or indirectly affect human health and sustainability.

Fatigue is anecdotally one of the most commonly reported and disabling symptoms after COVID-19 and is the cardinal symptom in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and exhaustion disorder (ED).

The project "Green cognition: on the links between sustainability factors in the environment and human sustainability with regard to health and behavior" develops environmental data and examines the importance of environmental exposures in the living environment and more.

The aims of the project are to assess the role of green and blue environments for health and resilience to effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and changes in behaviors.

Prolonging working lives is an important means to promote healthy aging and the sustainable development, thus is a high priority on the agenda of policy makers. Understanding workplace factors in shaping a longer working life appears as a frontier issue.

While prior research has assessed the effects of residential environments on various health outcomes in adult populations, they have not taken account for the effects related to environments of the individuals’ workplaces.

In March 2020, everyday life changed dramatically for many Swedish workers as a result of the Public Health Agency’s recommendations on telework (work from home using ICT) to reduce the spread of COVID-19; within some weeks telework increased by 400%. Many of those who began teleworking did so without or with only limited experience of telework.

This project, "The Fruits of Labor", asks the question of whether a healthy work life can postpone (i.e. prolong the third age), compress, and/or eliminate the fourth age? Or will adverse working conditions accumulate over the work life and instead expand the fourth age?

The majority of all adults who are diagnosed with anxiety fulfilled the criteria for this diagnosis as teenagers.

Earlier research suggests that high levels of workplace stress may increase the risk of cognitive impairment in midlife and of dementia in late life. However, not all people who experience high levels of psychosocial stress will develop cognitive dysfunction.

What role does sleep play for our well-being, thoughts and performance in everyday life and are there differences between young and older adults? These are the main objectives that we will investigate in this project.

We investigate how sustained attention and attention towards emotional information is affected by sleep loss. We also measure the neurophysiological response using magnetoencephalography (MEG).

The Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH) is a unique prospective study on work environment and health. It is expected to provide a basis for improvements of work environment and to contribute to a better understanding regarding work-related ill-health in Sweden and other countries.

Stress is an integral part of everyday life. While many individuals will maintain mental health despite exposure to adversity, stressful experiences will put some individuals at risk of developing stress and threat-related psychopathology.

Threat- and anxiety related disorders limit the life of millions of people around the world.

This project aims att studying socioemotional perception and recognition in single individuals using precision neuroimaging and AI.

Persons with psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD) commit a small proportion of violent acts, yet this violence leaves victims and families scarred by the unpredictable and unprovoked character of the assaults.

This study is part of a study consortium, financed by Nordforsk called "Unconventional methods to inform sustainable design: Mediating the needs of people and nature in Nordic after-dark environments".

The goal of this research environment, which is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between Stockholm university, The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), is to understand the hierarchical contributions of chemical, mechanical, neural and psychological factors governing dynamic tactile perception.

Climate change has increased temperatures in Scandinavian countries. Changes in winter temperatures have caused increased rainfall and decreased snowfall. Moreover, increased cloudiness has reduced the amount of solar radiation reducing the daylight exposure in already dark winters.

Shift work, especially with night work, has a number of negative health effects. Several attempts have been made to create ergonomic recommendations on which factors constitute a good shift schedule, but the arguments are rather weak and based on individual studies at specific companies, with a certain schedule type (eg 3-shift) and without clear criteria.

The purpose of the project is to investigate working conditions, living habits and self-rated mental and general health before and after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and if there have been changes in these areas, in a nationwide sample of gainfully employed individuals in Sweden.

Shift work is an important work environment factor that contributes to work-related ill health and mortality. To reduce work-related ill-health and mortality, it is important to design shift schedules that meet our need for recovery, do not interfere more than necessary in social life, and reduce circadian rhythm disturbances.

Y-SLOSH is the Stress Research Institute's study of the development of mental illness in young people, and possible underlying factors, related to the establishment in the labor market. The project is based on surveys sent out to a sample of 25 500 15–29-year-olds in Sweden.