Search for dissertations about: "nonverbal behaviour"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words nonverbal behaviour.
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1. Emotional interplay and communication with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia
Abstract : Emotional interplay and communication with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia was studied in clinical interviews. Fifty-one video recorded interviews were conducted by two psychologists with nine patients. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used in three successive studies. READ MORE
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2. Psychological momentum in handball
Abstract : This doctoral dissertation deals with a phenomenon that is often referred to in sports, but still poorly understood from a scientific angle: psychological momentum (PM). No consensus has been agreed on how to label this phenomenon, and other terms such as momentum or behavioural momentum (BM) are often used interchangeably. READ MORE
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3. Bringing the avatar to life : Studies and developments in facial communication for virtual agents and robots
Abstract : The work presented in this thesis comes in pursuit of the ultimate goal of building spoken and embodied human-like interfaces that are able to interact with humans under human terms. Such interfaces need to employ the subtle, rich and multidimensional signals of communicative and social value that complement the stream of words – signals humans typically use when interacting with each other. READ MORE
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4. Introductory greeting behaviour in relation to sex, age, physical characteristics, attitudes, personality, and psychopathology : Approaches by interviews, observations, and experiments
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate, through interviews, observations and experiments, elements of the introductory greeting, such as sex, age, physical characteristics, personality, and psychopathology, in a psychotherapeutic situation. As an introductory greeting it was considered here the ftrst occasion the therapist and the patient greet each other in the waiting room. READ MORE
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5. The family triad : the interaction between the child, its mother, and father from birth to the age of 4 years old
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe how early triadic interaction between the newborn child and its mother and father begins, develops, and matures over the child's first 4 years of life. Systemic family theory and developmental theory are combined to go beyond the "mother-child" dyad to the "mother-father-child" triad. READ MORE