Organisation profile
Presentation
The Neurocognition and Emotion in Affective Disorders Centre (NEAD) aims to improve the understanding, prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment and affective disorders.
To achieve this overarching ambition, we conduct multidisciplinary research into cognitive impairments and affective disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) that aims to:
(1) identify neurocognitive and neuroimaging biomarkers of affective disorders
(2) develop neurocognitive screening tools and methods to reduce the risk of affective disorders
(3) develop new biological and psychological treatments targeting cognitive impairment
(4) delineate the neurocognitive and neuroimaging mechanisms of established and novel treatments
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Amygdala reactivity to threat, negative facial perception, and risk of future psychiatric hospitalizations: a longitudinal study in major depressive and bipolar disorders
Miskowiak, K. W., Ozenne, B., Kjærstad, H. L., Fisher, P. M., Beaman, E. E., Dam, V. H., Ysbæk-Nielsen, A. T., Knudsen, G. M., Kessing, L. V., Macoveanu, J., Frøkjær, V. G. & Sankar, A., Feb 2026, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 51, 3, p. 604-611 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Associations Between Cognitive Functions and Subsequent Mood Disorder Prognosis in Low-Risk, High-Risk and Affected Monozygotic Twins: A Seven-Year Follow-Up Study
Miskowiak, K., Kjærstad, H. L., Lystlund, S., Sankar, A., Kessing, L. & Vinberg, M., May 2026, In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 153, 5, p. 432-448 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Characterizing high cognitive performance in persons with mood disorders and their unaffected relatives: associations with emotional cognition, functioning, and clinical outcomes
Kjaerstad, H. L., Nordseth, B. O. B., Vinberg, M., Kessing, L. V. & Miskowiak, K. W., 10 Mar 2026, In: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders. 14, 1, 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review