Sökning: "life-span"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 153 avhandlingar innehållade ordet life-span.

  1. 1. Adults with Autism and Mental Retardation. A Life-Span Perspective

    Författare :Bengt Åkerström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Autism; life-span; mental retardation; social adaptation; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi; Disability research;

    Sammanfattning : A review of the literature with a life-span perspective on autism gave rise to the formulation of a general research problem: Can demographic factors, individual factors, and social factors (i.e. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Cognitive development and educational attainment across the life span

    Författare :Rasmus Berggren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : In this thesis I explore two strands of research: in the first half I explore the effects of language learning on brain structure and cognitive function. In the second half I study to what extent educational attainment alter the rate of cognitive decline in old age. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Home-cage monitoring of mouse behaviours across life-span

    Författare :Karin Pernold; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background and aim: The academic research involving animal testing is struggling with problems of reproducibility and a few of the specific reasons pointed out are for example insufficient reporting of animal strains and protocol details. It is everyone’s responsibility to follow the 3R’s (Replace, Reduce, Refine) and to ensure that the model used is well characterized. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Cognitive training in young and old adults : Transfer, long-term effects, and predictors of gain

    Författare :Petra Sandberg; Anna Stigsdotter Neeyl; Michael Rönnlund; Boo Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive training; aging; old adults; executive function; life-span; individual differences; episodic memory; inhibition; shifting; updating; cognitive control; strategy training; mnemonics; predictors; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Aging, also in the absence of pathological conditions, is associated with cognitivedecline, especially in so called fluid abilities, such as episodic memory andexecutive functions. Due to an ongoing demographic shift, a larger part of thepopulation will reach higher ages, and more people will be affected by age-relatedcognitive decline. LÄS MER

  7. 5. On Retirement and Cognitive Aging from a Life-Span Perspective

    Författare :Linn Elena Zulka; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive aging; retirement transition; leisure activity engagement; work demands; personality; life satisfaction; initial IQ; social contacts;

    Sammanfattning : Retirement is a major life event potentially affecting domains such as cognitive functioning and well-being. The main aim of this thesis was to assess whether retirement influences cognitive functioning and how inter- and intra-individual differences in psychological and lifestyle factors moderate the association. LÄS MER