Sökning: "Maturation Psychology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Maturation Psychology.

  1. 1. On the developmental significance of female pubertal timing

    Författare :Therése Skoog; Håkan Stattin; Margaret Kerr; Judith Dubas; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female; puberty; pubertal timing; development; adjustment; longitudinal; sexuality; peer relations; weight status; mechanisms; conditions; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : Puberty is the process of becoming sexually mature and it has fundamental somatic and psychosocial implications. The focus of this dissertation was the short and long term developmental significance, concerning both soma et psyche, of female pubertal timing. Four studies were designed to accomplish these aims. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Rough beginnings : Executive function in adolescents and young adults after preterm birth and repeat antenatal corticosteroid treatment

    Författare :Johanna Stålnacke; Ann-Charlotte Smedler; Hans Forssberg; Peter Anderson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive flexibility; cluster analysis; development; latent variable analysis; longitudinal studies; parental education; perinatal medical complications; person-oriented approach; structural equation modeling; working memory; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates long-term cognitive outcome in two cohorts of adolescents and young adults exposed to stressors during the perinatal period: one group born preterm (.... LÄS MER

  4. 3. Long-term cognitive outcome of childhood traumatic brain injury

    Författare :Catherine Aaro Jonsson; Ann-Charlotte Smedler; Ingrid Emanuelson; Erland Hjelmquist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; traumatic brain injury; childhood; adolescence; neurosurgical care; cognitive development; executive functions; memory; verbal functions; long-term outcome; recovery; rehabilitation; follow-up; cluster analysis; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : There is limited knowledge of cognitive outcome extending beyond 5 years after childhood traumatic brain injury, CTBI. The main objectives of this thesis were to investigate cognitive outcome at 6-14 years after CTBI, and to evaluate if advancements in the neurosurgical care, starting 1992, did influence long-term outcome and early epidemiology. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Attention and the Early Development of Cognitive Control : Infants’ and Toddlers’ Performance on the A-not-B task

    Författare :Linda Forssman; Gunilla Bohlin; Lillianne Eninger; Heimann Mikael; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive control; attention; eye tracking; children; A-not-B; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : In the first years of life there is a dramatic development of cognitive abilities supporting cognitive control of behavior. This development allows the child to make future-oriented predictions and to increasingly act in a goal-directed manner. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Neurocognitive Foundations of Child and Adult Number Processing : Neural Correlates and Functional Circuits Across Typical Development

    Författare :Mikael Skagenholt; Ulf Träff; Kenny Skagerlund; Karin Kucian; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Numerical cognition; fMRI; Triple code model; Cardinality; Ordinality; Functional connectivity; Development; Numerisk kognition; fMRI; Kardinalitet; Ordinalitet; Utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : The ability to mentally represent the exact numerosity of up to four perceived objects, as well as approximately estimating differences in numerical magnitude, appears to constitute a core-cognitive number sense. Symbolic representations of number (e.g. LÄS MER