Sökning: "Sensory interplay"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sensory interplay.
6. Depression and chronic diseases in old age : understanding their interplay for better health
Sammanfattning : Late-life depression is intricately linked with somatic diseases. This thesis aimed to systematically explore this complex interplay. LÄS MER
7. An object's smell in the multisensory brain : how our senses interact during olfactory object processing
Sammanfattning : Object perception is a remarkable and fundamental cognitive ability that allows us to interpret and interact with the world we are living in. In our everyday life, we constantly perceive objects–mostly without being aware of it and through several senses at the same time. LÄS MER
8. The Art of Pleasing the Eye : Portraits by Nicolas de Largillierre and Spectatorship with Taste for Colour in the Early Eighteenth Century
Sammanfattning : This study examines the interaction between portraits by the exponent of French colourist painting Nicolas de Largillierre (1656–1745) and elite spectatorship in the early eighteenth century as enactment of the idea of painting as an art of pleasing the eye. As developed in the theory of art of Roger de Piles (1635–1709), the idea of painting as an art of pleasing the eye coexisted with the classicist view, which in turn emphasised the potential of painting to communicate discursive meanings and hence to engage the mind. LÄS MER
9. The multifaceted role of imagination in science and religion : A critical examination of its epistemic, creative and meaning-making functions
Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to examine critically and discuss the role of imagination in science and religion, with particular emphasis on its possible epistemic, creative, and meaning-making functions. In order to answer my research questions, I apply theories and concepts from contemporary philosophy of mind on scientific and religious practices. LÄS MER
10. Berättelser om tillhörighet : om barn med migrationsbakgrund på en mindre ort
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis centres on children of immigrant background, who live and go to school in a non-urban community. The emphasis is on their narrated experience of a sense of belonging in and out of school. LÄS MER