Search for dissertations about: "Linnea Karlsson"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Linnea Karlsson.
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1. Additive Integration of Information in Multiple-Cue Judgment
Abstract : This thesis investigates adaptive shifts between different cognitive processes in multiple-cue judgment tasks. At least two qualitatively and quantitatively different cognitive strategies can be identified: one process in which abstraction and integration of cue-criterion relations form the basis for the judgment (Einhorn, Kleinmutz & Kleinmutz, 1979) and one which is based onsimilarity comparisons between a probe and similar exemplars stored in memory (Medin & Schaffer, 1978; Nosofsky, 1984; Nosofsky & Johanssen, 2000). READ MORE
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2. A Division-of-Labor Hypothesis : Adaptations to Task Structure in Multiple-Cue Judgment
Abstract : Judgments that demand consideration of pieces of information in the environment occur repeatedly throughout our lives. One professional example is that of a physician that considers multiple symptoms to make a judgment about a patient’s disease. READ MORE
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3. Antiepileptic drug utilization : need of sex-specific information and decision support
Abstract : Antiepileptic drugs are used for the treatment of epilepsy and for other neurological and psychiatric conditions, and therefore is prescribing of antiepileptic drugs a concern for physicians from many disciplines. The age and sex-specific prevalence, as well as the role of sex and gender aspects, vary between the conditions for which antiepileptic drugs are used. READ MORE
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4. Perinatal Complications: Associations with Postpartum depressive symptoms and Neuroticism
Abstract : Even though most pregnancies and deliveries are uncomplicated, still fifteen percent of all women in developed countries suffer pregnancy-related complications. The aim of this thesis was to explore the associations between perinatal complications and perinatal maternal health, with emphasis on postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) and neuroticism taking into account potential confounding or mediating factors such as history of depression, antenatal depressive symptoms and delivery experience. READ MORE
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5. Similarity-based processes in human multiple-cue judgment : evidence from brain imaging and cognitive modelling
Abstract : Background: We often make judgments that require the consideration of several sources of information. For example, a teacher that grades a student´s exam question often integrates multiple sources of information (cues: details provided in the answer) into a single criterion dimension (the grade). READ MORE