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Andreas Højlund

Assistant Professor

Profile photoAndreas Højlund, PhD, asst prof
(formerly: AH Nielsen)

Department of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 2
DK-8000, Aarhus C
Denmark

E-mail: hojlund@cc.au.dk

Employment

Assistant Professor
School of Communication and Culture - Cognitive Science
Aarhus University
Aarhus C, Denmark
26 May 2021 → present
Assistant Professor 
Department of Clinical Medicine - Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience
Aarhus University
Aarhus C, Denmark
17 Jul 2019 → 1 Aug 2021
Postdoc
Department of Clinical Medicine - Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience
Aarhus University
Aarhus C, Denmark
1 Sep 2016 → 17 Jul 2019
Postdoc
Department of Clinical Medicine - Neurology
Aarhus University
Aarhus N, Denmark
5 Jun 2015 → 31 Aug 2016
Scientific assistent

Department of Clinical Medicine - The Department of Neurology
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus C, Denmark
1 Feb 2015 → 14 May 2015
Scientific assistent
School of Culture and Society - Interacting Minds Centre (IMC)
Aarhus University
Aarhus C, Denmark
15 Feb 2014 → 31 Dec 2014
Phd student
School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics
Aarhus University
Aarhus C, Denmark
1 Feb 2010 → 14 Feb 2014

Publications

How Does Deep Brain Stimulation Affect Magnetoencephalography Data?

Dattada, V. V. M., Sasidharan, S., Hojlund, A. & Sridharan, K. S., 2021, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2021 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 307-312 6 p. (2021 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2021 - Proceedings).

Decomposing neural responses to melodic surprise in musicians and non-musicians: evidence for a hierarchy of predictions in the auditory system

Quiroga Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. C., Højlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E. & Vuust, P., 2020, In: NeuroImage. 215, 13 p., 116816.

Applied potential of task-free event-related paradigms for assessing neurocognitive functions in disorders of consciousness

Møller, M. L. H., Højlund, A., Jensen, M., Gansonre, C. & Shtyrov, Y., 2020, In: Brain Communications. 2, 2, p. fcaa087

Objective assessment of automatic language comprehension mechanisms in the brain: Novel E/MEG paradigm

Hyder, R., Højlund, A., Jensen, M., Østergaard, K. & Shtyrov, Y., 2020, In: Psychophysiology. 57, 5, 18 p., e13543.

The CI MuMuFe: A New MMN Paradigm for Measuring Music Discrimination in Electric Hearing

Petersen, B., Andersen, A. S., Trusbak Haumann, N., Højlund, A., Dietz, M., Michel, F., Kamaric Riis, S., Brattico, E. & Vuust, P., Jan 2020, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14, 18 p., 2.

Reduced prediction error responses in high-as compared to low-uncertainty musical contexts

Quiroga Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. C., Højlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E. & Vuust, P., 2019, In: Cortex. 120, p. 181-200 20 p.

Correction to: Visually induced gains in pitch discrimination: Linking audio-visual processing with auditory abilities (Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, (2018), 80, 4, (999-1010), 10.3758/s13414-017-1481-8)

Møller, C., Højlund, A., Bærentsen, K. B., Hansen, N. C., Skewes, J. C. & Vuust, P., 1 May 2018, In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 80, 4, p. 1023-1025 3 p.

Musical prediction error responses similarly reduced by predictive uncertainty in musicians and non-musicians

Quiroga Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. C., Højlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E. & Vuust, P., Jun 2020, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 51, 11, p. 2250-2269

Functional connectivity of spoken language processing in early-stage Parkinson's disease: An MEG study

Hyder, R., Jensen, M., Højlund, A., Kimppa, L., Bailey, C. J., Schaldemose, J. L., Kinnerup, M. B., Østergaard, K. & Shtyrov, Y., Jan 2021, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 32, 14 p., 102718.

Audiovisual structural connectivity in musicians and non-musicians: a cortical thickness and diffusion tensor imaging study

Møller, C., Garza-Villarreal, E. A., Hansen, N. C., Højlund, A., Bærentsen, K. B., Chakravarty, M. M. & Vuust, P., 22 Feb 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 14 p., 4324.

STN-DBS affects language processing differentially in Parkinson's disease: Multiple-case MEG study

Hyder, R., Højlund, A., Jensen, M., Johnsen, E. L., Østergaard, K. & Shtyrov, Y., Aug 2021, In: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 144, 2, p. 132-141 10 p.

Musicianship and melodic predictability enhance neural gain in auditory cortex during pitch deviance detection

Quiroga-Martinez, D. R., Hansen, N. C., Hojlund, A., Pearce, M., Brattico, E., Holmes, E., Friston, K. & Vuust, P., Dec 2021, In: Human Brain Mapping. 42, 17, p. 5595-5608 14 p.

Activated N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor ion channels detected in focal epilepsy with [18F]GE-179 positron emission tomography

Vibholm, A. K., Dietz, M. J., Beniczky, S., Christensen, J., Højlund, A., Jacobsen, J., Bender, D., Møller, A. & Brooks, D. J., Dec 2021, In: Epilepsia. 62, 12, p. 2899-2908 10 p.

Context and perceptual asymmetry effects on the mismatch negativity (MMNm) to speech sounds: an MEG study

Højlund, A., Gebauer, L., McGregor, W. B. & Wallentin, M., 28 Jan 2019, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.

Task-free auditory EEG paradigm for probing multiple levels of speech processing in the brain

Gansonre, C., Højlund, A., Leminen, A., Bailey, C. & Shtyrov, Y., 2018, In: Psychophysiology. 55, 11, 18 p., e13216.

Visually induced gains in pitch discrimination: Linking audio-visual processing with auditory abilities

Møller, C., Højlund, A., Bærentsen, K. B., Hansen, N. C., Skewes, J. C. & Vuust, P., May 2018, In: Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. 80, 4, p. 999-1010 12 p.

Differentiated effects of deep brain stimulation and medication on somatosensory processing in Parkinson's disease

Sridharan, K. S., Højlund, A., Johnsen, E. L., Sunde, N., Johansen, L. G., Beniczky, S. & Østergaard, K., Jul 2017, In: Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 128, 7, p. 1327-1336 10 p.

Worsening of Verbal Fluency After Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: A Focused Review

Højlund, A., Petersen, M. V., Sridharan, K. S. & Østergaard, K., 27 Nov 2016, In: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 15, p. 68-74

EP 58. Corticomuscular coherence during isotonic contractions with DBS and medication in PD patients

Sridharan, K. S., Nielsen, A. H., Johnsen, E. L., Sunde, N., Beniczky, S. & Østergaard, K., 1 Sept 2016, In: Clinical Neurophysiology. 127, 9, p. e198-e199

Intensive foreign language learning reveals effects on categorical perception of sibilant voicing after only 3 weeks

Nielsen, A. H., Horn, N. T., Derdau Sørensen, S., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 9 Dec 2015, In: i-Perception. 6, 6, p. 1-26 26 p.

The influence of context on word order processing - an fMRI study

Kristensen, L. B., Engberg-Pedersen, E., Nielsen, A. H. & Wallentin, M., 2013, In: Journal of Neurolinguistics. 26, 1, p. 73-88 14 p.

Action speaks louder than words: Empathy mainly modulates emotions from theory of mind-laden parts of a story

Wallentin, M., Simonsen, A. & Nielsen, A. H., 2013, In: Scientific Study of Literature. 3, 1, p. 137-153

Amygdala and heart rate variability responses from listening to emotionally intense parts of a story

Wallentin, M., Nielsen, A. H., Vuust, P., Dohn, A., Roepstorff, A. & Lund, T. E., 2011, In: NeuroImage. 58, 3, p. 963-973 11 p.

BOLD response to motion verbs in left posterior middle temporal gyrus during story comprehension

Wallentin, M., Nielsen, A. H., Vuust, P., Roepstorff, A., Dohn, A. & Lund, T. E., 2011, In: Brain and Language. 119, p. 221-225

Eye movement suppression interferes with construction of object-centered spatial reference frames in working memory

Wallentin, M., Kristensen, L. B., Olsen, J. H. & Nielsen, A. H., 2011, In: Brain and Cognition. 77, p. 432-437

The Musical Ear Test, a new reliable test for measuring musical competence

Wallentin, M., Nielsen, A. H., Friis-Olivarius, M., Vuust, C. & Vuust, P., 2010, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 20, p. 188-196

Further information

Teaching

2022-: BA: 'Language, cognition and the brain' [Linguistics, AU].

2022-: BSc: 'Cognitive neuroscience' [Cognitive science, AU].

2021-: MSc: 'Decision making' [Cognitive science, AU].

2018: (Part of) MSc: 'Introducktion to MEG research' [Cognitive science, AU].

2016-20: (Part of) BS-course 'Introduction to EEG research' [Cognitive science, AU].

2011: BA-course 'Danish grammar' [Linguistics, AU].

2010: BA-course 'Language, cognition and the brain' (w/ Bill McGregor) [Linguistics, AU].

2010-11: Course for BA projects [Linguistics, AU].

2008-09: Instructor for the BA-course 'Morphology and syntax' (Jan Rijkhoff) [Linguistics, AU].