Sökning: "cognitive function"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 595 avhandlingar innehållade orden cognitive function.

1. 31. Cognitive functions in drivers with brain injury : Anticipation and adaption

   Författare :Anna Lundqvist; Jerker Rönnberg; Jarl Risberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brain injury; cognitive impairment; anticipatory attention; driving; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to improve the understanding of what cognitive functions are important for driving performance, investigate the impact of impaired cognitive functions on drivers with brain injury, and study adaptation strategies relevant for driving performance after brain injury. Finally, the predictive value of a neuropsychological test battery was evaluated for driving performance. LÄS MER

3. 32. Svenska partikelverb med in, ut, upp och ner : En semantisk studie ur kognitivt perspektiv

   Författare :Elzbieta Strzelecka; Mats Thelander; Lena Ekberg; Staffan Hellberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; Swedish; verbal particle; phrasal verbs; spatial expressons; polysemy; vertical axis; container; metaphor; metonymy; cognitive semantics; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

   Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, the meanings of the Swedish particles in ‘in’, ut ‘out’, upp ‘up’ and ner ‘down’ are analysed when these words function as verbal particles and thereby, together with the verb, build phrasal verbs. The analysis, primarily based on cognitive semantics, includes semantically regular as well as lexicalised phrasal verbs, and seeks to explain the polysemy of the particles. LÄS MER

4. 33. Human brain function evaluated with rCBF-SPECT : memory and pain related changes and new diagnostic possibilities in Alzheimer’s disease

   Författare :Torbjörn Sundström; Katrine Riklund; Rimma Danielsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; brain imaging; rCBF; SPECT; early diagnosis; brain atlas; HMPAO; Alzheimer´s disease; Whiplash; neuropsychological function; episodic memory; Diagnostic radiology; Diagnostisk radiologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral thesis was to study the influence of memory, pain, age and education on the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), i.e. brain function, in early Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in chronic neck pain patients in comparison to healthy controls and in healthy elderly per se. LÄS MER

5. 34. Neuropsychological assessment of cognitive function in posttramatic stress disorder: a study of Bosnian war veterans

   Författare :Maida Koso; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Posttraumatic stress disorder; cognitive functions; memory; attention;

   Sammanfattning : The present work assessed cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, and cognitive flexibility, in 20 Bosnian men with combat-related PTSD, acquired during the Balkan war 1992-1996. Veterans with chronic PTSD were tested – 7 years after the end of the hostilities – with a battery consisting of the Sustained Attention to Response Task, the Hayling Sentence Completion Test, the Trail Making Test, the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (verbal part); two questionnaires – Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale – were also administered. LÄS MER

7. 35. Assessment of cognitive function in elderly patients with hip fractures

   Författare :Anita Söderqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Hip fractures; Cognitive disorders; Comorbidities; Decubitus ulcer; Mortality; Documentation.;

   Sammanfattning : Impaired cognitive function is common among elderly patients. The aim of this thesis was to illuminate the documentation of cognitive function in elderly patients with hip fractures and to study the effect of cognitive function on the outcome in this patient group. LÄS MER