Sökning: "Memory development"

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  1. 1. Muntlighet och minne : Sagatraditionen, kulturhistorien och det kulturella minnets blinda fläck

    Författare :Frederik Wallenstein; Peter Jackson Rova; Birgitta Svensson; Stephen Mitchell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural memory; collective memory; Assmann; cultural forgetting; continuity; discontinuity; culture; tradition; memory; collective relevance; oral prose; oral tradition; Icelandic sagas; soul conceptions; Old Norse religion; draugar; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on two distinct areas of study that do not have a predetermined or necessary connection to each other. The first area concerns issues of more immediate relevance to the cultural history of the Icelandic sagas, whereas the second area concerns issues of more general relevance to cultural memory research (Cultural Memory Studies, Kulturelles Gedächtnis) and what the author perceives as a deficiency or “blind spot” in this theory. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Bilingual memory : A lifespan approach

    Författare :Sadegheh Moniri; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Judith Kroll; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bilingual model; children; elderly; memory; control; lexical selection; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Bilingualism and its effect on individuals have been studied within different disciplines. Although the first psychological study of bilingualism was couducted by Cattell as early as 1887, only a few studies have exclusively investigated the effect of bilingualism on memory systems’ functioning. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Executive Control Processes: Dimensions, Development and ADHD

    Författare :Karin Cecilia Brocki; Gunilla Bohlin; Edmund Sonuga-Barke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Psychology; Executive function; development; ADHD; inhibitory control; working memory; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Deficits in higher order cognitive processes such as inhibitory control and working memory (WM), grouped under the term of executive function (EF), have been shown to constitute one important component of the complex neuropsychology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim of the present thesis was to examine EF in relation to ADHD, with primary focus on structure (i. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Memory, attention and interaction in early development: Exploring individual differences among typical children and children with autism

    Författare :Karin Strid; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Memory; social communication; interaction; individual differences; autism spectrum disorder; language development;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aimed to study differences in early memory ability, social attention and interaction and how these different areas affect language and cognitive development. This was done using a longitudinal approach where a group of children were followed from infancy to childhood and also in a comparative study where a group of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder was compared to a group of typically developing children, matched on language age. LÄS MER

  7. 5. On the subjective–objective distinction for measures of memory and cognition : Theoretical and methodological issues in questionnaire development and validation

    Författare :Peter Vestergren; Widar Henriksson; Christina Wikström; Michael Rönnlund; Björn Lyxell; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive dysfunction; measurement; memory complaints; self report; subjective memory; subjective–objective; Other social sciences; Övrig samhällsvetenskap; didactics of educational measurement; beteendevetenskapliga mätningar;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to develop a questionnaire for cognitive functioning, which could possibly be used as a screening instrument for early signs of dementia in the future. The introduction discusses the often made distinction between subjective and objective measures. LÄS MER