Arne Öhman
Born(1943-05-31)May 31, 1943
Ljusdal, Sweden
DiedMarch 19, 2020(2020-03-19) (aged 76)
CitizenshipSweden
Alma materUniversity of Uppsala
SpouseGunilla Bohlin
Children
  • Martin
  • Kristina
AwardsAward for Distinguished Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research (2001)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisOrienting reactions, cognitive processes, and conditioned behavior in long interstimulus interval electrodermal conditioning (1971)

Arne Öhman (31 May 1943 – 19 March 2020) was a Swedish psychologist who served as professor of psychology at the Karolinska Institutet from 1993 to 2010, where he was the head of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 2001 to 2004. He previously served as a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Uppsala from 1982 to 1993. He was noted for his research in the fields of experimental psychology and psychophysiology, and on the psychology of emotion.[1][2] He was president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research from 1984 to 1985,[3] and received its award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychophysiology in 2001.[4] He was a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences from 2005 to 2006. He was named a member of the Academia Europaea in 1992 and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1998. He was an elected member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute from 1997 to 2010, as well as a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Arne Öhman CV" (PDF). Academia Europaea. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. ↑ "In memory of Arne Öhman". Karolinska Institutet. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Past Officers". Society for Psychophysiological Research. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. ↑ Levenson, Robert W. (May 2003). "For distinguished contributions to psychophysiology: Arne Ohman". Psychophysiology. 40 (3): 317–321. doi:10.1111/1469-8986.00035. ISSN 0048-5772. PMID 12946106.

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