Carolien Konijnenberg
Associate Professor
- carolien.konijnenberg@inn.no
- Phone number
- +47 61 28 74 94
Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
Campus Lillehammer
Short description
Research Interests:
- Prenatal development and the effects of risk factors on brain development
- Nutrition and development
- Cognitive development in infants and young children
- Substance addiction and mental health
- Executive functions
- Resilience
- Eye tracking
- Stress and health
Ongoing Projects / Recently Completed Projects:
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Vitamin B12 status in infancy and the effect of providing vitamin B12 to infants with signs of mild deficiency – a register-based, Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Institution: Sykehuset I Innlandet/HINN
- Link to research project
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety and Depression: The Role of HPA-axis Function During Pregnancy on Infant Emotion Regulation (TITAN).
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Prenatal exposure to methadone or buprenorphine: a neurocognitive investigation of the effects on children’s development.
- Institutions: SERAF/UiO/HINN
- Link to project details
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Nurtured by nature (NUNA): Outdoor education’s effect on children’s mental and physical health
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Effects of differences in personality on the attentional processing of emotional faces: An eyetracking study
Teaching:
- Cognitive development in children
- Prenatal development
- Resilience
- Biological psychology
- Neuroscience and perception
Publications
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Johnsen, Svein Åge Kjøs (2026). The Effects of Personality, Anxiety and Depression on the Attentional Processing of Emotional Faces | Journal of Cognition. The Journal of Cognition. 9(1)(46), p. 1–11. doi: 10.5334/joc.519. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold; O'Keeffe, Maria; Konijnenberg, Carolien; Solvik, Beate Stokke; Sødal, Alida & Kaldenbach, Siri [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2025). Infant Vitamin B12 Status and its Predictors – Cross-Sectional Baseline Results from an Ongoing Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. ISSN 0002-9165. 122(3), p. 803–810. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.029. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Konijnenberg, Carolien (2024). Prevalence of physical health complaints and analgesic medication use in children and the role of psychological and lifestyle factors. Journal of Public Health (Berlin). ISSN 2198-1833. doi: 10.1007/s10389-024-02371-3. Full text in Research Archive
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Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold; Konijnenberg, Carolien; Kvestad, Ingrid Hafting; McCann, Adrian; Ueland, Per Magne & Næss, Synnøve [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2023). Vitamin B12 and folate status in pregnant females and their infants in Norway: Secondary analysis from the Mommy´s Food Study. Journal of Nutrition. ISSN 0022-3166. 153(12). doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.10.013. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Sævik, Kristian Westbye & Konijnenberg, Carolien (2023). The effects of sexual shame, emotion regulation and gender on sexual desire. Scientific Reports. 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31181-y. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien; Vucic, Marta & Johnsen, Svein Åge Kjøs (2023). Winter wonderland: The effects of a snowy winter nature walk on subjective stress and salivary cortisol levels. Wellbeing, Space and Society. 4. doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100143. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria Désirée (2022). Verbal and nonverbal memory in school-aged children born to opioid-dependent mothers. Early Human Development. ISSN 0378-3782. 171(105614). doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105614. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Sarfi, Annamaria Monika; Eikemo, Marie & Konijnenberg, Carolien (2022). Children born to women in opioid maintenance treatment: A longitudinal study of child behavioral problems and parenting stress. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.1087956. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Carolien, Konijnenberg & Annika, Melinder (2021). Affective decision-making in children prenatally exposed to opioids. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. ISSN 0036-5564. 62(4), p. 529–536. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12743. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2019). Salivary Cortisol Levels Relate to Cognitive Performance in Children Prenatally Exposed to Methadone or Buprenorphine. Developmental Psychobiology. ISSN 0012-1630. doi: 10.1002/dev.21921. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Fredriksen, Per Morten (2018). The effects of a school-based physical activity intervention programme on children's executive control: The Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP). Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. 46(21), p. 82–91. doi: 10.1177/1403494818767823. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien; Jondalen, Nils Martin; Husby, Michael Falkhaugen & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2018). ERP correlates of cognitive control in children prenatally exposed to methadone or buprenorphine. Developmental Neuropsychology. ISSN 8756-5641. 43(7), p. 642–655. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2018.1493592. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien; Sarfi, Annamaria Monika & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2016). Mother-child interaction and cognitive development in children prenatally exposed to methadone or buprenorphine. Early Human Development. ISSN 0378-3782. 101, p. 91–97. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.08.013. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien; Lund, Ingunn Olea & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2015). Behavioural outcomes of four-year-old children prenatally exposed to methadone or buprenorphine: a test of three risk models. Early Child Development and Care. ISSN 0300-4430. 185(10), p. 1641–1657. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2015.1016506. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2015). Executive function in preschool children prenatally exposed to methadone or buprenorphine. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal of Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence. ISSN 0929-7049. 21(5), p. 570–585. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2014.967201. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2015). Visual Selective Attention Is Impaired in Children Prenatally Exposed to Opioid Agonist Medication. European Addiction Research. ISSN 1022-6877. 21(2), p. 63–70. doi: 10.1159/000366018. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien (2015). Methodological Issues in Assessing the Impact of Prenatal Drug Exposure. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. 9, p. 39–44. doi: 10.4137/SART.S23544. Full text in Research Archive
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Melinder, Annika Maria D; Konijnenberg, Carolien & Sarfi, Annamaria Monika (2015). Utvikling av nevrokognitive vansker hos førskolebarn som ble eksponert for metadon og buprenorfin i svangerskapet. Nevropsykologi : Medlemsblad for Norsk Nevropsykologisk Forening. ISSN 1500-8347. 17(1), p. 4–13. Full text in Research Archive
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Melinder, Annika Maria D; Konijnenberg, Carolien; Hermansen, Tone Kristine; Daum, Moritz & Gredebäck, Gustaf (2014). The developmental trajectory of pointing perception in the first year of life. Experimental Brain Research. ISSN 0014-4819. 233(2), p. 641–647. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-4143-2. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2013). Neurodevelopmental investigation of the mirror neurone system in children of women receiving opioid maintenance therapy during pregnancy. Addiction. ISSN 0965-2140. 108(1), p. 154–160. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04006.x. Full text in Research Archive
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Melinder, Annika Maria D; Konijnenberg, Carolien & Sarfi, Annamaria Monika (2013). Deviant smooth pursuit in preschool children exposed prenatally to methadone or buprenorphine and tobacco affects integrative visuomotor capabilities. Addiction. ISSN 0965-2140. 108(12), p. 2175–2182. doi: 10.1111/add.12267. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2011). Prenatal exposure to methadone and buprenorphine: A review of the potential effects on cognitive development. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal of Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence. ISSN 0929-7049. 17(5), p. 495–519. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2011.553591. Full text in Research Archive
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Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Kvestad, Ingrid; Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold; Solvik, Beate Stokke; Kaldenbach, Siri & McCann, Adrian [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2023). Vitamin B12 status in infancy and the effect of a vitamin B12 injection in infants with subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency: study protocol for a register-based randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 13(4). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069102. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria Désirée (2023). Long-Term Neurocognitive and Behavioural Development of Children Born to Opioid-Maintained Mothers. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Johnsen, Svein Åge Kjøs (2022). Winter wonderland: The effects of a snowy winter nature walk on subjective stress and salivary cortisol levels. Full text in Research Archive
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Johnsen, Svein Åge Kjøs; Konijnenberg, Carolien; Andreassen, Marita; Andersen, Per Normann; Håkansson, UIrika & Flagstad, Ingeborg Olsdatter (2022). Mobilfrie soner - er det en god idé? Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien (2021). Using eye tracking to investigate visual perception in drug-exposed children. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2019). Neurocognitive Development and Cortisol Levels in Children Prenatally Exposed to Methadone or Buprenorphine. Full text in Research Archive
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Johnsen, Svein Åge Kjøs; Løhre, Erik; Hauge, Åshild Lappegard; Brechan, Inge; Watten, Reidulf G. & Rydstedt, Leif W [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2019). Psykologifagets klimaløsninger. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 56(10), p. 775–776. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2017). Cognitive development of children prenatally exposed to methadone or buprenorphine. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien (2017). OMT-exposed pregnancies and long-term outcomes. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2016). Barn av kvinner i legemiddelassistert rehabilitering (LAR): Hva vet vi om effektene av metadon og buprenorfin i svangerskapet på barns utvikling og fremtidige omsorgsbehov? Fosterhjemskontakt : tidsskrift om fosterhjemsarbeid. ISSN 0800-143X. 4, p. 10–15. Full text in Research Archive
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Lund, Ingunn Olea; Sundin, Erica; Konijnenberg, Carolien; Rognmo, Kamilla; Martinez, Priscilla & Fielder, Andrea (2016). Introductory Editorial: Harm to Others From Substance Use and Abuse. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. p. 119–124. doi: 10.4137/SART.S39722. Full text in Research Archive
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Konijnenberg, Carolien & Melinder, Annika Maria D (2012). Kunnskapsstatus: LAR-Barn. Rus & samfunn. ISSN 1500-8614. 3, p. 36–39. Full text in Research Archive
Addresses
Postal Address
University of Inland NorwayPostboks 400 Vestad
2418 Elverum
Norway