Search for dissertations about: "Cues"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 450 swedish dissertations containing the word Cues.

  2. 1. Cues, Conformity, and Choice Architecture : Empirical Essays on Influence

    Author : Mathias Ekström; Yves Zenou; Robert Östling; Rupert Sausgruber; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social interactions; Peer effects; Conformity; Status quo bias; Default option; Choice architecture; Altruism; Cues; Reputation; Behavioral economics; Field experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers summarized as follows. “Can Indifference Make the World Greener?” We test whether the default option can nudge people to save resources in a simple, non-dynamic, decision task with only two alternatives, and where people have been explicitly informed about the recommended course of action. READ MORE

  4. 2. Cues, Beliefs, and Memory

    Author : Benjamin Mandl; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis contains four self-contained chapters. “Not so irrelevant alternatives: How cue informativeness results in cue effects” studies when and why decoys and defaults affect choice behavior. READ MORE

  5. 3. Bird orientation: external cues and ecological factors

    Author : Johan Bäckman; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; tracking radar; Emlen funnel.; Animal ecology; Djurekologi; oscillatory orientation; roosting flight; scatter; concentration; heading; cue calibration; light dependent; magnetoreception; subcutaneous fat stores; body condition; energetics; geomagnetic field; visual cues; orientation; birds; migration;

    Abstract : Birds are generally capable of accurate orientation. In this thesis I present studies about the external cues and the ecological factors that influences bird orientation. A multitude of environmental cues are used to select and maintain a proper direction. READ MORE

  6. 4. Avian migration: the role of geomagnetic cues

    Author : Ian Henshaw; Cecilia Kullberg; Thomas Alerstam; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; geomagnetic cues; orientation; food intake; fuel deposition; corticosterone; endogenous time program; bird migration; Biology; Biologi; etologi; Ethology;

    Abstract : The regularity and scale of bird migrations has impressed mankind for generations. Birds rely on an inherited migratory program to guide them during the journey; however, recent evidence suggests that additional external cues are necessary. READ MORE

  7. 5. Predator-prey interactions in freshwater systems: The importance of chemical communication

    Author : Kajsa Åbjörnsson; Enhet akvatisk ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; marine biology; aquatic ecology; limnology; Marinbiologi; limnologi; akvatisk ekologi; Ecology; Ekologi; Hydrobiology; trophic cascades; non-lethal effects; benefits; costs; heredity; predator experience; alarmsubstances; dietary cues; amphibian larvae; invertebrates; visibility; fish; behaviour; Predator-prey; chemical cues;

    Abstract : Predator released chemical cues provide a valuable source of information to prey organisms that can be used to alter their behaviour in order to reduce predation risk. In this thesis, I have examined under what circumstances chemical cues may be used by prey, and if prey discriminate between different cues. READ MORE