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Valgeir Thorvaldsson

Professor

Department of Psychology
Telephone
+46 31-786 16 75
Mail
valgeir.thorvaldsson@psy.gu.se
Visiting address
Haraldsgatan 1
41314 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 500
40530 Göteborg

About Valgeir Thorvaldsson

Biography

B.A. in Psychology, University of Iceland (2001). Ph.D. in Psychology, University 91̽»¨ (2008). Postdoctoral researcher, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (2010). Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University 91̽»¨ (2015). Professor at the same department since 2021.

Teaching

Teaches quantitative methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Research Interests

Together with collaborators, I study factors contributing to individual differences in cognitive aging, functional decline, and dementia risk in later life.

Current Research

  • The impact of cerebrovascular factors on cognitive functioning in old age
  • Birth cohort differences in cognitive aging
  • Prediction of cognitive decline, dementia, and mortality
  • Learning processes in older adults