Sökning: "disorders of consciousness"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden disorders of consciousness.
1. Synthesis of Molecular Probes for Exploring the Human Consciousness, 5-HT7 Ligands and Salvinorins
Sammanfattning : In this study, we have addressed the serotonergic and the opioid system within the CNS. Both systems are of outmost importance in the etiology of disease states, especially mental disorders. LÄS MER
2. Brain, consciousness and disorders of consciousness at the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy
Sammanfattning : The present dissertation starts from the general claim that neuroscience is not neutral, with regard to theoretical questions like the nature of consciousness, but it needs to be complemented with dedicated conceptual analysis. Specifically, the argument for this thesis is that the combination of empirical and conceptual work is a necessary step for assessing the significant questions raised by the most recent study of the brain. LÄS MER
3. Consciousness about own and others’ affects
Sammanfattning : It is essential for individuals’ well-being and relationships that they have the ability to consciously experience, express and respond to their own and others’ affects. The validity of a new conception of affect consciousness (AC), incorporating consciousness of both own and others’ affects, was investigated in this thesis. LÄS MER
4. Choragraphies for a new age : On deconstrucion, on Heidegger, on the new psychoanalysis
Sammanfattning : The dissertation treats the three subjects named in the title in separate sections, each of which can be read independently of the others, though all three of which are also strongly interrelated. Parts one and two offer original interpretations of the works of Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger, showing the fundamental logic of both philosophers' overall production to be strikingly similar. LÄS MER
5. Short- and long-term consequences of sport-related concussion
Sammanfattning : Concussions are common in contact sports. Symptoms such as confusion and/or loss of consciousness following an impact to the head indicate that a sport-related concussion (SRC) has occurred. The symptoms normally resolve within 10-14 days following an SRC in adults although at least 10 % of athletes suffer from prolonged symptoms. LÄS MER