Search for dissertations about: "cognitive mapping"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words cognitive mapping.

2. 1. Human-Robot Interaction and Mapping with a Service Robot : Human Augmented Mapping

   Author : Elin Anna Topp; Henrik I. Christensen; Benjamin J. Kuipers; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Robotics; Human-Robot Interaction; Cognitive modelling; Representation of space; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : An issue widely discussed in robotics research is the ageing society with its consequences for care-giving institutions and opportunities for developments in the area of service robots and robot companions. The general idea of using robotic systems in a personal or private context to support an independent way of living not only for the elderly but also for the physically impaired is pursued in different ways, ranging from socially oriented robotic pets to mobile assistants. READ MORE

4. 2. The aging brain and changes in cognitive performance : Findings from morphometry and quantitative susceptibility mapping of iron

   Author : Ninni Persson; Håkan Fischser; Kristine B. Walhovd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; brain aging; volumes; ndividual differences; QSM; cognitive aging; iron; episodic memory; fluid-; crystalized abilities; sex differences; gender differences; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Brain aging is a heterogeneous phenomenon, and this thesis illustrates how the course of aging can vary within individuals over time and between individuals as a function of age, sex, and genetic variability. We used two contrasts from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), namely spin-lattice T1-weighted imaging, and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) from gradient-echo images, to picture the aging brain, by means of morphometric measures and brain-iron concentrations. READ MORE

5. 3. Initial steps toward human augmented mapping

   Author : Elin Anna Topp; Henrik Christensen; Kerstin Severinson Eklundh; Andreas Birk; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Robotics; Mapping; Human-Robot Interaction; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : With the progress in research and product development humans and robots get more and more close to each other and the idea of a personalised general service robot is not too far fetched. Crucial for such a service robot is the ability to navigate in its working environment. READ MORE

6. 4. Mathematical Learning Disability : Cognitive Conditions, Development and Predictions

   Author : Rickard Östergren; Ulf Träff; Joakim Samuelsson; Örjan Dahlström; Åke Olofsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematical learning disability; dyscalculia; mathematical cognition; number sense; Matematiska inlärningssvårigheter; dyskalkyli; matematisk kognition; antalsuppfattning;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis was to test and contrast hypotheses about the cognitive conditions that support the development of mathematical learning disability (MLD). Following hypotheses were tested in the thesis: a) domain general deficit, the deficit is primarily located in the domain general systems such as the working memory, b) number sense deficit, the deficit is located in the innate approximate number system (ANS), c) numerosity coding deficit, the deficit is located to a exact number representation system, d) access deficit, the deficit is in the mapping between symbols and the innate number representational system (e. READ MORE

7. 5. Use of Digital Technologies in Education : The Complexity of Teachers' Everyday Practice

   Author : Sadaf Salavati; Anita Mirijamdotter; Christina Mörtberg; Jeremy Rose; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cognitive Mapping; compulsory school education; digital technologies; focused ethnography; teachers; Soft Systems Methodology; Systems Thinking; Informatik; Information Systems;

   Abstract : In this dissertation the complex, dynamic, contextual and multi-dimensional practice of teachers’ use of digital technologies in their everyday work has been illustrated and presented. The research draws upon the experience of teachers and school leaders from two compulsory schools as well as representatives from the municipal Department of Education and IT-unit within a municipality in the south of Sweden. READ MORE