Search for dissertations about: "automaticity"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word automaticity.

  2. 1. The transience of American Swedish

    Author : Staffan Klintborg; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; transfer; pragmatic markers; nonce-borrowing; markedness; language loss; language death; language attrition; language alternation; divergence; convergence; continuum; contact linguistics; codeswitching; avoidance; American Swedish; automaticity; triggering; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns two languages in contact: English and Swedish. It is based on interviews with Swedes who came to North America with the last major wave of emigration. READ MORE

  4. 2. Imaging brain functions during neuropsychological testing

    Author : Per Hamid Ghatan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Keywords: Positron Emission Tomography; Cognition; Alcohol; Nicotine; Brain injury; Interference;

    Abstract : This thesis has dealt with the development of tools for assessing cognitive functions(attention and working memory) using functional imaging and the evaluation of the modulatory effects of performance, nicotine, alcohol, brain injury and auditory interference. Two cognitive tasks commonly used in the assessment of patients with brain injury, the externally-generated Perceptual Maze Test (PMT) and an internally-generated arithmetical task, Serial-7, were used as activation paradigms. READ MORE

  5. 3. Balance control in people with multiple sclerosis : mechanisms, experiences, design and feasibility of an exercise trial

    Author : Andreas Wallin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Everyday living entails navigating complex environments and perform-ing activities often requiring simultaneous motor and cognitive actions/tasks (dual-tasking). Disease-related impairments in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) often impact sensorimotor and cognitive functions, both of which may contribute to a vicious cycle of decreased mobility, muscular weakness, impaired balance control, walking limitation, falls, and fall-related injuries. READ MORE