Search for dissertations about: "Children’s memory"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words Children’s memory.

  2. 21. Communicating Your Way to a Theory of Mind. The development of mentalizing skills in children with atypical language development

    Author : Kerstin Falkman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive development; Kommunikationspsykologi; Language development;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to study the development of theory of mind (ToM) in two groups of children with atypical language development, using a longitudinal design. The two groups were children with cerebral palsy and severe speech impairment (SSPI) (aged between 5 and 7 years at the first data collection) and deaf non-native, early signing, children (aged between 7 and 10 years at the first data collection), the emphasis being on the deaf children. READ MORE

  4. 22. Environmental Pesticide Exposure and Neurobehavioral Effects among Children of Nicaraguan Agricultural Workers

    Author : Teresa Rodríguez; Catharina Wesseling; Ingvar Lundberg; Berna van Wendel de Joode; Ingvar Bergdahl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : pesticides; organophosphates; pyrethroids; children; cognitive function; behavioral outcomes; neurodevelopment; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Arbets- och miljömedicin; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Background: Children exposed to pesticides are susceptible for neurodevelopmental disruption. Data from developing countries are scarce.Aim: Assessing long-term and recent pesticide exposure in Nicaraguan children in relation to parental pesticide use and examining potential associated neurobehavioral effects. READ MORE

  5. 23. Long-term follow-up of prenatally dexamethasone-treated children at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia

    Author : Tatja Hirvikoski; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a disorder of steroid genesis affecting approximately 1:10 000 children and leading to increased levels of androgens during foetal life and subsequent virilization of external genitalia in affected girls. However, prenatal virilization can be eliminated by antenatal dexamethasone (DEX) treatment. READ MORE

  6. 24. Spatial and Numerical Abilities in Infants and Toddlers

    Author : Elin Schröder; Gustaf Gredebäck; Linda Forssman; Nora Newcombe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Having a basic understanding of numbers and math is important for functioning in society. The first mathematical challenge children meet is to learn to understand the natural numbers (the positive integers 1, 2 ,3…). Children must learn what number words symbolize and how to use counting to determine the number of elements in a set. READ MORE

  7. 25. Cognitive strategies in simple addition and subtraction : Process models based on analyses of response latencies and retrospective verbal reports

    Author : Maj-Lene Hedenborg; Stellan Ohlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognition; mental arithmetic; addition; subtraction; process models; response latencies; verbal reports; errors; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore cognitive processes used by children and adults when solving simple arithmetic problems, and to develop process models for describing these processes. The studies in the thesis were based mainly on analyses of response latencies and retrospective verbal reports, separately and in combination. READ MORE