Search for dissertations about: "Belief learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the words Belief learning.

  2. 1. Coincidences and Paranormal Belief

    Author : Gergö Hadlaczky; Joakim Westerlund; Henry Montgomery; Peter Brugger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coincidences; surprise; paranormal belief; parapsychology; telepathy; associative processing; probabilistic reasoning; Ganzfeld; associative learning; automatic processing; controlled processing; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis it is argued that coincidences play an important role in the formation of belief, including belief in the paranormal. Three papers are presented. READ MORE

  4. 2. Dementia and learning : The use of tablet computers in joint activities

    Author : Elias Ingebrand; Lars-Christer Hydén; Christina Samuelsson; Ray Wilkinson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; Situated learning; Conversation analysis; Collaboration; Scaffolding; Demens; Situerat lärande; Samtalsanalys; Samarbete; Stöttande;

    Abstract : Living with dementia is generally associated with terms such as loss, confusion, and dependency; not development, agency and collaboration. Contributing to a growing body of research that acknowledges the remaining abilities of people living with dementia, and how they cope with challenges in their everyday lives, this thesis concerns a topic habitually framed by negative presumptions, namely learning. READ MORE

  5. 3. Learning from Interactions : Forward and Inverse Decision-Making for Autonomous Dynamical Systems

    Author : Inês de Miranda de Matos Lourenço; Bo Wahlberg; Sandra Hirche; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Intelligent systems; autonomous decision-making; Reinforcement Learning; Markov models; Human-Robot Interaction; Biologically-inspired systems; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

    Abstract : Decision-making is the mechanism of using available information to generate solutions to given problems by forming preferences, beliefs, and selecting courses of action amongst several alternatives. In this thesis, we study the mechanisms that generate behavior (the forward problem) and how their characteristics can explain observed behavior (the inverse problem). READ MORE

  6. 4. Movement and experimentation in young children's learning : Deleuze and Guattari in early childhood education

    Author : Liselott Olsson; Gunilla Dahlberg; Marianne Bloch; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; preschool; subjectivity; learning; movement; experimentation; micropolitics and segmentarity; transcendental empiricism; event; assemblages of desire; Pedgogical work; Pedagogiskt arbete;

    Abstract : This study departs from experiences made in a setting where preschool children, teachers, teacher students, teacher educators and researchers in the Stockholm area in Sweden have been collectively experimenting with subjectivity and learning since the beginning of the 1990’s. However, during later years, questions were raised in the context of cooperative work about the changes that have been achieved so far, possibly becoming new and somewhat rigid ‘mappings’ of young children and learning. READ MORE

  7. 5. Learning between projects : - in product development contexts -

    Author : Marc Antoni; Sverker Alänge; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : A project is often formed with the intention to bring forth a deliverable within a certain time frame. This goal-focus however may lead to suboptimizations on the organizational level. At the same time projects more often than not underperform in a number of aspects, with an especially huge gap in the learning aspect. READ MORE