Sökning: "semantic memory"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 74 avhandlingar innehållade orden semantic memory.
1. Bilingual memory : A lifespan approach
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
2. Autobiographical Memory : Depending on sensory retrieval cue and gender
Sammanfattning : In my thesis I raised two questions: Does autobiographical memory differ i) depending on the sensory retrieval cue (Study I and II)? and ii) depending on gender (Study III)?Concerning retrieval cues, three unimodal cues (i.e., photographs, naturalistic sounds and odors) and one multimodal cue (i.e. LÄS MER
3. Musculoskeletal pain, memory, and aging : Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings
Sammanfattning : The general aim of the thesis was to investigate potential differences in memory performance between participants across the adult life span with and without self-reported musculoskeletal pain. Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a major health related problem in our society. LÄS MER
4. Autobiographical odor memory
Sammanfattning : In the present thesis, three empirical studies investigate autobiographical odor memory with regard to: (a) whole life-span age distributions, (b) phenomenological experience, (c) semantic processing, and (d) odor imagery. Study I explored potential influences of cue type (words, pictures, odors) on the retrieval of autobiographical memories. LÄS MER
5. Brain-based teaching : behavioral and neuro-cognitive evidence for the power of test-enhanced learning
Sammanfattning : A primary goal of education is the acquisition of durable knowledge which challenges the use of efficient pedagogical methods of how to best facilitate learning. Research in cognitive psychology has demonstrated that repeated testing during the learning phase improves performance on later retention tests compared to restudy of material. LÄS MER