Sökning: "Mikael Heimann"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mikael Heimann.

  1. 1. Predictive action in infancy : Evidence of early prospective behavior

    Författare :Qi Feng; Louise Rönnqvist; Mikael Heimann; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : How do young infants understand and act on their constantly changing environment? An action perspective on motor development was taken into account. The present thesis investigated perception guided predictive action in 6-month-old infants, namely, head tracking and reaching for an object moving on a pre-defined trajectory, linear or nonlinear, fully visible or partially occluded. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. World of faces, words and actions : Observations and neural linkages in early life

    Författare :Andrea Handl; Gustaf Gredebäck; Claes von Hofsten; Mikael Heimann; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Infant development; Eye-tracking; EEG; third-party interactions; crossmodal integration; gaze processing; speech processing; mu desynchronization; action perception; imitation; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : From the start of their lives, infants and young children are surrounded by a tremendous amount of multimodal social information. One intriguing question in the study of early social cognition is how vital social information is detected and processed and how and when young infants begin to make sense of what they see and hear and learn to understand other people’s behavior. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Signs for Developing Reading : Sign Language and Reading Development in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children

    Författare :Emil Holmer; Mikael Heimann; Mary Rudner; Ruth Campbell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deaf and hard-of-hearing; intervention; sign language; reading development; word reading; reading comprehension; working memory; imitation; Theory of Mind; Döva och hörselskadade barn; intervention; teckenspråk; läsutveckling; ordläsning; läsförståelse; arbetsminne; imitation; Theory of Mind;

    Sammanfattning : Reading development is supported by strong language skills, not least in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The work in the present thesis investigates reading development in DHH children who use sign language, attend Regional Special Needs Schools (RSNS) in Sweden and are learning to read. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Aspergern, det är jag : En intervjustudie om att leva med Asperger syndrom

    Författare :Gunvor Larsson Abbad; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Mikael Heimann; Tomas Tjus; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asperger syndrome; everyday life; diagnosis; close relationships; selfimage; normality; empowerment; Asperger syndrom; vardagsliv; diagnos; nära relationer; självbild; normalitet; empowerment; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

    Sammanfattning : The overall purpose of this interview-study is to increase the knowledge and understanding of persons with Asperger syndrome. For each participant has common and unique aspects been described. The ambition has been to illuminate their perspective of their situation in life and develop the understanding of their quality of life. LÄS MER