Agneta Herlitz

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Agneta Herlitz is Professor of Psychology at Karolinska Institutet since 2008. Her research is about the where’s and why’s of cognitive sex differences, and the impact of childhood cognitive ability on later life cognition and risk of dementia.

Articles

Article: CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2024;55(1):164-181

The Efficacy of Parent Management Training With or Without Involving the Child in the Treatment Among Children with Clinical Levels of Disruptive Behavior: A Meta-analysis.

Helander M; Asperholm M; Wetterborg D; Öst L-G; Hellner C; Herlitz A; Enebrink P
Article: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2024;:17456916231202685

A Systematic Review and New Analyses of the Gender-Equality Paradox.

Herlitz A; Hönig I; Hedebrant K; Asperholm M
Article: JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH. 2022;65(12):4608-4622

A Cross-Sectional Investigation of the Impact of Stuttering on Swedish Females and Males in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood.

Samson I; Schalling E; Herlitz A; Lindström E; Sand A
Article: JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS. 2021;67:105822

Larger reported impact of stuttering in teenage females, compared to males - A comparison of teenagers' result on Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES).

Samson I; Lindström E; Sand A; Herlitz A; Schalling E
Article: HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;8(1):221

Revisiting a basic question: does growing up in either female or male environment affect sex differences in academic strengths and occupational choices?

Fellman D; Branstrom R; Herlitz A
Article: TRANSGENDER HEALTH. 2020;5(4):246-257

Consensus Parameter: Research Methodologies to Evaluate Neurodevelopmental Effects of Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth.

Chen D; Strang JF; Kolbuck VD; Rosenthal SM; Wallen K; Waber DP; Steinberg L; Sisk CL; Ross J; Paus T; Mueller SC; McCarthy MM; Micevych PE; Martin CL; Kreukels BPC; Kenworthy L; Herting MM; Herlitz A; Haraldsen IRJH; Dahl R; Crone EA; Chelune GJ; Burke SM; Berenbaum SA; Beltz AM; Bakker J; Eliot L; Vilain E; Wallace GL; Nelson EE; Garofalo R
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11:554

Occupational Attributes and Occupational Gender Segregation in Sweden: Does It Change Over Time?

Hustad IB; Bandholtz J; Herlitz A; Dekhtyar S
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN. 2019;145(8):785-821

What did you do yesterday? A meta-analysis of sex differences in episodic memory.

Asperholm M; Högman N; Rafi J; Herlitz A
Article: INFANCY. 2019;24(3):356-367

Attention during Visual Preference Tasks: Relation to Caregiving and Face Recognition.

Juvrud J; Rennels JL; Kayl AJ; Gredebäck G; Herlitz A
Article: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 2019;109:64-70

No difference in cognitive performance or gender role behavior between men with and without hypospadias.

Strandqvist A; Örtqvist L; Frisén L; Nordenskjöld A; Herlitz A; Nordenström A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(4):e0214945

The magnitude of sex differences in verbal episodic memory increases with social progress: Data from 54 countries across 40 years.

Asperholm M; Nagar S; Dekhtyar S; Herlitz A
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2018;98:233-241

Cognitive abilities in women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and women with gonadal dysgenesis.

Strandqvist A; Herlitz A; Nordenskjöld A; Örtqvist L; Frisén L; Hirschberg AL; Nordenström A
Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2018;67:84-92

Sex differences in academic strengths contribute to gender segregation in education and occupation: A longitudinal examination of 167,776 individuals

Dekhtyar S; Weber D; Helgertz J; Herlitz A
Article: HIPPOCAMPUS. 2018;28(2):151-163

Structural whole-brain covariance of the anterior and posterior hippocampus: Associations with age and memory.

Nordin K; Persson J; Stening E; Herlitz A; Larsson E-M; Söderlund H
Article: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;53(8):1437-1446

Caregiving experience and its relation to perceptual narrowing of face gender.

Rennels JL; Juvrud J; Kayl AJ; Asperholm M; Gredebäck G; Herlitz A
Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2017;317:350-359

Overlapping effects of age on associative memory and the anterior hippocampus from middle to older age.

Nordin K; Herlitz A; Larsson E-M; Söderlund H
Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2017;60:39-45

The Flynn effect in Europe - Effects of sex and region

Weber D; Dekhtyar S; Herlitz A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;45(4):1207-1215

Childhood school performance, education and occupational complexity: a life-course study of dementia in the Kungsholmen Project.

Dekhtyar S; Wang H-X; Fratiglioni L; Herlitz A
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY. 2015;23(9):885-896

A Life-Course Study of Cognitive Reserve in Dementia--From Childhood to Old Age.

Dekhtyar S; Wang H-X; Scott K; Goodman A; Koupil I; Herlitz A
Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2015;11(7S_Part_4):p200-p201

O2‐11‐04: A life‐course study of cognitive reserve in dementia: Dementia incidence in inpatient registers and mmse test scores in a clinical study in sweden

Dekhtyar S; Wang H-X; Scott K; Goodman A; Koupil I; Herlitz A
Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2015;11(7S_Part_4):p200

O2‐11‐03: Childhood school performance, education, and occupational complexity: A life course study from the kungsholmen project

Wang H-X; Dekhtyar S; Fratiglioni L; Herlitz A
Journal article: LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES. 2015;6(1):26-42

Associations of head circumference at birth with early life school performance and later-life occupational prestige

Dekhtyar S; Wang H-X; Scott K; Goodman A; Koupil I; Herlitz A
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2014;99:215-225

Sex differences in volume and structural covariance of the anterior and posterior hippocampus.

Persson J; Spreng RN; Turner G; Herlitz A; Morell A; Stening E; Wahlund L-O; Wikström J; Söderlund H
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2014;111(32):11673-11678

The changing face of cognitive gender differences in Europe.

Weber D; Skirbekk V; Freund I; Herlitz A
Article: SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;9(7):1000-1005

Face gender modulates women's brain activity during face encoding.

Lovén J; Svärd J; Ebner NC; Herlitz A; Fischer H
Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2013;256:219-228

Remembering our origin: gender differences in spatial memory are reflected in gender differences in hippocampal lateralization.

Persson J; Herlitz A; Engman J; Morell A; Sjölie D; Wikström J; Söderlund H
Article: VISUAL COGNITION. 2013;21(9-10):1306-1336

Sex differences and the own-gender bias in face recognition: A meta-analysis review

Herlitz A; Loven J
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2013;28(1):262-274

Genetic effects on old-age cognitive functioning: a population-based study.

Laukka EJ; Lövdén M; Herlitz A; Karlsson S; Ferencz B; Pantzar A; Keller L; Graff C; Fratiglioni L; Bäckman L
Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 2013;38(3):167-179

Cognitive sex differences are not magnified as a function of age, sex hormones, or puberty development during early adolescence.

Herlitz A; Reuterskiöld L; Lovén J; Thilers PP; Rehnman J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2012;19(6):876-883

Medial temporal lobe is vulnerable to vascular risk factors in men: a population-based study.

Qiu C; Zhang Y; Bronge L; Herlitz A; Aspelin P; Bäckman L; Fratiglioni L; Wahlund L-O
Article: MEMORY. 2012;20(4):321-331

Who are you looking at? The influence of face gender on visual attention and memory for own- and other-race faces.

Lovén J; Rehnman J; Wiens S; Lindholm T; Peira N; Herlitz A
Article: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2011;58(4):333-340

Women's own-gender bias in face recognition memory.

Lovén J; Herlitz A; Rehnman J
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2010;35(4):516-524

Accelerated postmenopausal cognitive decline is restricted to women with normal BMI: longitudinal evidence from the Betula project.

Thilers PP; Macdonald SWS; Nilsson L-G; Herlitz A
Article: NEUROLOGY. 2009;72(3):253-259

Personality and lifestyle in relation to dementia incidence.

Wang H-X; Karp A; Herlitz A; Crowe M; Kåreholt I; Winblad B; Fratiglioni L
Article: CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2008;17(1):52-56

Sex differences in episodic memory

Herlitz A; Rehnman J
Article: EMOTION. 2007;7(4):767-773

Brain activation while forming memories of fearful and neutral faces in women and men.

Fischer H; Sandblom J; Nyberg L; Herlitz A; Bäckman L
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2007;48(5):353-358

Quantitative and qualitative sex differences in spatial navigation.

Lövdén M; Herlitz A; Schellenbach M; Grossman-Hutter B; Krüger A; Lindenberger U
Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 2007;92(1-2):105-109

Sex differences in cognition: the role of handedness.

Thilers PP; MacDonald SWS; Herlitz A
Article: MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY. 2007;14(3 Pt 1):425-431

Endogenous estrogen is not associated with cognitive performance before, during, or after menopause.

Herlitz A; Thilers P; Habib R
Article: ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 2007;124(3):344-355

Women remember more faces than men do.

Rehnman J; Herlitz A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2006;47(6):441-447

Sex differences in cognition among illiterate Bangladeshis: a comparison with literate Bangladeshis and Swedes.

Herlitz A; Kabir ZN
Article: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2006;13(3-4):574-587

Sex differences in cognition are stable over a 10-year period in adulthood and old age.

de Frias CM; Nilsson L-G; Herlitz A
Article: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2006;13(3-4):291-307

Verified hormone therapy improves episodic memory performance in healthy postmenopausal women.

Yonker JE; Adolfsson R; Eriksson E; Hellstrand M; Nilsson L-G; Herlitz A
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2006;61(4):P245-P249

Stability of sex differences in cognition in advanced old age: the role of education and attrition.

Gerstorf D; Herlitz A; Smith J
Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2006;2(3S_Part_6):s157-s158

P1–210: Neuroticism and extroversion in relation to incident cognitive impairment and dementia. A community–based 6–year follow–up study

Wang H-X; Karp A; Herlitz A; Winblad B; Fratiglioni L
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2006;31(5):565-576

The association between endogenous free testosterone and cognitive performance: a population-based study in 35 to 90 year-old men and women.

Thilers PP; Macdonald SWS; Herlitz A
Article: MEMORY. 2006;14(3):289-296

Higher face recognition ability in girls: Magnified by own-sex and own-ethnicity bias.

Rehnman J; Herlitz A
Article: CORTEX. 2006;42(3):376-386

Negative association of testosterone on spatial visualization in 35 to 80 year old men.

Yonker JE; Eriksson E; Nilsson L-G; Herlitz A
Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2005;40(3):201-207

Sex differences in spatial visualization and episodic memory as a function of alcohol consumption.

Yonker JE; Nilsson L-G; Herlitz A; Anthenelli RM
Article: MEMORY & COGNITION. 2004;32(7):1160-1169

Selective sex differences in declarative memory.

Maitland SB; Herlitz A; Nyberg L; Bäckman L; Nilsson L-G
Article: NEUROREPORT. 2004;15(2):235-238

Sex-differential brain activation during exposure to female and male faces.

Fischer H; Sandblom J; Herlitz A; Fransson P; Wright CI; Bäckman L
Article: BRAIN AND COGNITION. 2003;52(2):231-238

Sex differences in episodic memory: minimal influence of estradiol.

Yonker JE; Eriksson E; Nilsson LG; Herlitz A
Article: BRAIN AND COGNITION. 2002;50(1):121-128

Sex differences in face recognition--women's faces make the difference.

Lewin C; Herlitz A
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 2002;24(1):107-114

Sex differences in episodic memory: the influence of intelligence.

Herlitz A; Yonker JE
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 2001;15(2):165-173

Sex differences favoring women in verbal but not in visuospatial episodic memory.

Lewin C; Wolgers G; Herlitz A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2001;52(1):71-90

Life satisfaction among the very old: a survey on a cognitively intact sample aged 90 years or above.

Hillerås PK; Jorm AF; Herlitz A; Winblad B
Article: ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 2000;105(2-3):181-194

Brain activation during episodic memory retrieval: sex differences.

Nyberg L; Habib R; Herlitz A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY. 2000;15(5):441-450

The Bangla adaptation of Mini-Mental State Examination (BAMSE): an instrument to assess cognitive function in illiterate and literate individuals.

Kabir ZN; Herlitz A
Article: AGE AND AGEING. 1999;28(2):147-152

Activity patterns in very old people: a survey of cognitively intact subjects aged 90 years or older.

Hillerås PK; Jorm AF; Herlitz A; Winblad B
Article: RESEARCH ON AGING. 1998;20(5):593-610

Negative and positive affect among the very old - A survey on a sample age 90 years or older

Hilleras PK; Jorm AF; Herlitz A; Winblad B
Article: JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION, SUPPLEMENT. 1998;54:21-29

Mild cognitive impairment--an early stage of Alzheimer's disease?

Almkvist O; Basun H; Bäckman L; Herlitz A; Lannfelt L; Small B; Viitanen M; Wahlund LO; Winblad B
Article: MEMORY & COGNITION. 1997;25(6):801-811

Gender differences in episodic memory.

Herlitz A; Nilsson LG; Bäckman L
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 1997;11(3):413-420

Cognitive predictors of incident Alzheimer's disease: a prospective longitudinal study.

Small BJ; Herlitz A; Fratiglioni L; Almkvist O; Bäckman L
Article: ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY. 1997;54(3):319-324

Detection of mild dementia in community surveys. Is it possible to increase the accuracy of our diagnostic instruments?

Herlitz A; Small BJ; Fratiglioni L; Almkvist O; Viitanen M; Bäckman L
Article: NEUROLOGY. 1997;48(1):132-138

Very old women at highest risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: incidence data from the Kungsholmen Project, Stockholm.

Fratiglioni L; Viitanen M; von Strauss E; Tontodonati V; Herlitz A; Winblad B
Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 1996;93(5):355-361

Episodic memory deficit in elderly adults with suspected delusional disorder.

Herlitz A; Forsell Y
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 1995;50(2):M107-M113

Episodic memory and visuospatial ability in detecting and staging dementia in a community-based sample of very old adults.

Herlitz A; Hill RD; Fratiglioni L; Bäckman L
Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 1994;9(4):520-527

Predicting episodic memory performance in dementia: is severity all there is?

Bäckman L; Hill RD; Herlitz A; Fratiglioni L; Winblad B
Journal article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 1993;57(2):255-261

Intracranial infusion of purified nerve growth factor to an Alzheimer patient: the first attempt of a possible future treatment strategy.

Seiger A; Nordberg A; von Holst H; Bäckman L; Ebendal T; Alafuzoff I; Amberla K; Hartvig P; Herlitz A; Lilja A
Journal article: JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: SOCIAL SCIENCES. 1993;48(2):P54-P61

Prior knowledge and face recognition in a community-based sample of healthy, very old adults.

Wahlin A; Bäckman L; Mäntylä T; Herlitz A; Viitanen M; Winblad B
Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 1992;7(2):214-220

When Greta Garbo is easier to remember than Stefan Edberg: influences of prior knowledge on recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease.

Lipinska B; Bäckman L; Herlitz A
Journal article: JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION - PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA SECTION. 1992;4(1):79-95

Nerve growth factor affects 11C-nicotine binding, blood flow, EEG, and verbal episodic memory in an Alzheimer patient (case report).

Olson L; Nordberg A; von Holst H; Bäckman L; Ebendal T; Alafuzoff I; Amberla K; Hartvig P; Herlitz A; Lilja A
Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 1991;32(4):289-299

DECOMPOSING THE ENCODING OF ACTION EVENTS - A DUAL CONCEPTION

BACKMAN L; NILSSON LG; HERLITZ A; NYBERG L; STIGSDOTTER A
Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 1991;6(3):489-492

The generalizability of training gains in dementia: effects of an imagery-based mnemonic on face-name retention duration.

Bäckman L; Josephsson S; Herlitz A; Stigsdotter A; Viitanen M
Journal article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 1991;13(4):559-574

Semantic organization and verbal episodic memory in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Herlitz A; Viitanen M
Journal article: BRAIN AND COGNITION. 1991;15(1):119-130

Cue utilization following different forms of encoding in mildly, moderately, and severely demented patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Herlitz A; Adolfsson R; Bäckman L; Nilsson LG
Journal article: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. 1990;11(2):147-154

Recall of object names and colors of objects in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Herlitz A; Bäckman L
Journal article: JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: SOCIAL SCIENCES. 1990;45(3):P94-P100

The relationship between prior knowledge and face recognition memory in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Bäckman L; Herlitz A
Journal article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. 1989;27(5):737-742

Memory improvement at different stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Karlsson T; Bäckman L; Herlitz A; Nilsson LG; Winblad B; Osterlind PO
Journal article: COMPR GERONTOL B. 1987;1(2):49-53

Patterns of memory performance in young-old and old-old adults: a selective review.

Nilsson LG; Bäckman L; Herlitz A; Karlsson T; Osterlind PO; Winblad B
Journal article: EXPERIMENTAL AGING RESEARCH. 1987;13(1-2):89-91

Pre-experimental knowledge facilitates episodic recall in young, young-old, and old-old adults.

Bäckman L; Herlitz A; Karlsson T
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Review: AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS. 2020;64:101184

Biological and environmental predictors of heterogeneity in neurocognitive ageing: Evidence from Betula and other longitudinal studies.

Nyberg L; Boraxbekk C-J; Sörman DE; Hansson P; Herlitz A; Kauppi K; Ljungberg JK; Lövheim H; Lundquist A; Adolfsson AN; Oudin A; Pudas S; Rönnlund M; Stiernstedt M; Sundström A; Adolfsson R
Review: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11:613

Sex Differences in Episodic Memory Variance.

Asperholm M; van Leuven L; Herlitz A
Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(5):e0217033

Correction: The magnitude of sex differences in verbal episodic memory increases with social progress: Data from 54 countries across 40 years.

PLOS ONE Staff
Letter: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2018;98:242-243

Letter to the editor: Sex and the eye test.

Strandqvist A; Herlitz A; Nordenskjöld A; Örtqvist L; Frisén L; Hirschberg AL; Nordenström A
Conference publication: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2018;90:574

No Difference in Cognitive Performance or Gender Role Behaviour in Men with and Without Hypospadias

Strandqvist A; Ortqvist L; Frisen L; Nordenskjold A; Herlitz A; Nordenstrom A
Book chapter: 2016;p. 1-7

Gender Differences in Memory and Cognition

Herlitz A; Dekhtyar S; Asperholm M; Weber D
Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY. 2015;23(11):1204-1206

Response to Brodziak's Letter to the Editor.

Dekhtyar S; Wang H-X; Scott K; Goodman A; Koupil I; Herlitz A
Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2013;53:299-300

GENDER VARIATION IN COGNITIVE PERFORMANCES OF OLDER ADULTS ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS

Weber D; Herlitz A; Skirbekk V
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2008;43(3-4):503

Attention modifies gender differences in face recognition

Loven J; Rehnman J; Herlitz A
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2008;43(3-4):199

Sex differences in face recognition: The role of attention

Herlitz A; Rehnman J; Leven J
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS. 2005;17:107

Gender differences and similarities in cognitive functions in Bangladesh and Sweden

Herlitz A; Kabir Z
Conference publication: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;:101

Comparison of brain activity during incidental encoding of fearful and neutral faces in men and women:: An event-related FMRI study

Fischer H; Sandblom J; Nyberg L; Herlitz A; Bäckman L
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS. 2005;17:226-227

Old age neuroticism and extraversion and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. A community-based 6-year follow-up study

Wang HX; Karp A; Herlitz A; Winblad B; Fratiglioni L
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS. 2005;17:213-214

Physical and mental functioning in a population over 60 years of age.: Data from the SNAC-Kungsholmen Project

von Strauss E; Bäckman L; Herlitz A; Fastbom J; Winblad B; Fratiglioni L
Book chapter: 2004;p. 63-79

Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease: Cognitive and Memory Functioning

Small BJ; Herlitz A; Bäckman L
Review: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2004;11(2-3):212-244

Cognitive functioning in aging and dementia:: The Kungsholmen Project

Bäckman L; Wahlin Å; Small BJ; Herlitz A; Winblad B; Fratiglioni L
Book chapter: 2004;p. 253-278

Hormonal effects on cognition in adults

Herlitz A; Yonker JE
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2004;39(5-6):283

Sex differences in episodic memory: A meta-anlysis

Herlitz A; Larsson M
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2004;39(5-6):140

Common and unique brain activation during successful encoding of negative emotional and neutral faces in women and men

Håkan F; Sandblom J; Herlitz A; Nyberg L; Båckman L
Published paper: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 1999;13(4):590-597

Sex differences in episodic memory: the impact of verbal and visuospatial ability.

Herlitz A; Airaksinen E; Nordström E
Book chapter: 1998;p. 231-245

7.10 Cognitive Development in Alzheimer's Disease: Charting the Decline Process

Small BJ; Herlitz A; Bäckman L
Book chapter: ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY. 1992;p. 73-96

4 Utilization of Cognitive Support for Episodic Remembering in Alzheimer's Disease

Herlitz A; Lipinska B; Bäckman L
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 1992;27(3-4):117-118

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND FACE RECOGNITION IN A COMMUNITY-BASED SAMPLE OF HEALTHY VERY OLD ADULTS

WAHLIN A; BACKMAN L; MANTYLA T; HERLITZ A; VIITANEN M; WINBLAD B
Book chapter: 1990;p. 118-163

The optimization of episodic remembering in old age

Bäckman L; Mäntylä T; Herlitz A
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Do we need to bother about small sex differences in cognition and behavior? Is it possible to explain these recurring differences?

Swedish Research Council

1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
Revisiting the basic questions: The origins of cognitive sex differences

Swedish Research Council

1 December 2018 - 31 December 2021
Cognition and society: Daniela Weber´s research stay at Karolinska Institutet

Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare

1 December 2016 - 30 November 2017
School grades, cognitive performance, and educational choice: Interplay between gender and societal change

Swedish Research Council

1 January 2015 - 31 December 2017
Does the society affect the magnitude of the cognitive gender differences?

Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare

1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013
Functional differentiation in anterior and posterior hippocampus: a study of episodic and spatial memory, and memory for detail and gist in women, men and after temporal lobe resection.

Swedish Research Council

1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012
In search for explanations: Sex differences in episodic memory

Swedish Research Council

1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012

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