Search for dissertations about: "skin psychology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words skin psychology.
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1. Tactile Perception : Role of Friction and Texture
Abstract : Tactile perception is considered an important contributor to the overall consumer experience of a product. However, what physical properties that create the specifics of tactile perception, are still not completely understood. READ MORE
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2. Facial Feedback and the Experience of Emotion
Abstract : Emotional facial expressions are not only considered by most scholars to communicate and express emotional states, but are also thought to affect the person expressing them. Facial feedback occurs when activity in emotion-relevant facial muscles feeds back into the brain and initiates the corresponding emotion or modulates the intensity of an ongoing emotional state. READ MORE
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3. Guided by Fear : Effects on attention and awareness
Abstract : Because the visual system has limited capacity, emotions such as fear may play an important role in guiding the selection of relevant input (LeDoux, 2000; Öhman & Mineka, 2001). The aim of the current thesis was to investigate how fear can guide the organism by influencing: (I) attentional processes, (II) awareness of the visual input, and (III) affective processing independent of awareness. READ MORE
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4. Perfumes between Venus and Mars : How gender categorization of perfumes is (not) related to odor perception and odor preference
Abstract : How we smell is important to a lot of people, as indicated by the high spending on perfumes. Most perfumes are categorized as feminine or masculine, and this gender categorization is an important factor when people purchase perfumes. READ MORE
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5. Age differences in arousal, perception of affective pictures, and emotional memory enhancement : Appraisal, Electrodermal activity, and Imaging data
Abstract : In contrast to effortful cognitive functions, emotional functioning may remain stable or even be enhanced in older adults. It is unclear how affective functions in aging correspond to subjective experiences and physiological changes. READ MORE