Liucija Vaisvilaite

Independent and self-driven researcher and lecturer, who enjoys academia. Highly determined and detail-oriented person, with good time and stress management skills.

2023 January - May 

University of Bergen Subject: Brain, behavior, Health and Nutrition
Associate professor at "Brain, behavior, Health and Nutrition" course. Lectures focused on vitamins, minerals, circadian mechanisms and the brain. Bachelor level course.

2019 August - 2022 December

University of Bergen Subject: Research methods
Master level course on research methods and use of statistics. The aim of the course is to provide an overview of different research methods, types of analyses, data collection, ethical procedures, biases, advantages and disadvantages of various methodological choices. It focuses on validity and reliability of both quantitative and qualitative designs, as well as, introduces the general outline of philosophy of science.

2022 January - June

University of Bergen Subject: Bachelor Thesis in Psychology
Co-supervisor of Bachelor Thesis titled "Circadian rhythm changes in healthy aging"

2021 January - June

University of Bergen Subject: Emneoppgave
Co-supervisor of Clinical Psychology term assignment titled "Larks and owls: A scoping review of differences in functional connectivity modulated by chronotype"

2020 January - 2022 May

University of Bergen Subject: Brain, behavior, Health and Nutrition
Seminar leader for bachelor level course running every year, spring semester. The seminars were carried out both physically and online (during the pandemic) and are taught in an interactive manner. The main focus of the seminars is to implement and facilitate learning. The students share their knowledge and discuss in groups relevant topics and questions related to the lectures they have attended during previous weeks.

2020 January - June

University of Bergen Subject: Master Thesis in Cognitive Neuroscience
Co-supervisor of master thesis titled "The Effect of Ageing-Related Asymmetric Grey Matter Loss on Resting-State Effective Connectivity"

2019 September - 2020 June

University of Bergen Subject: Master Thesis in Cognitive Neuroscience
Co-supervisor of master thesis titled "Towards Optimal Scanning Conditions: A Bayesian Comparison of Resting and Evoked States"

· Vaisvilaite, L., Hushagen, V., Grønli, J., & Specht, K. (2022). Time-of-Day Effects in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Changes in Effective Connectivity and Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Signal. Brain connectivity, 12(6), 515-523.

· Vaisvilaite, L., Wang, M., Andersson, M., Specht, K. (2023). The effect of exogenous and endogenous parameters on group resting-state effective connectivity and BOLD signal. Springer Nature, Neuromethods series.

· Tuominen, J. A., Specht, K., Vaisvilaite, L., Zeidman, P. (2023). An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Resting-State versus Task fMRI. Network Neuroscience.

· Vaisvilaite, L., Andersson, M., Specht, K. (2023). Time of day longitudinal changes in resting-state fMRI. Frontiers Neorology.