Search for dissertations about: "Pictures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 153 swedish dissertations containing the word Pictures.

  2. 1. Pictures and Mathematics : Essays on Geometrical Representation, Pictorial Realism and Representational Abilities

    Author : Anna Stenkvist; Sven Ove Hansson; Lars-Göran Johansson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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  4. 2. On the Value of Pictures in Verbal Cognition

    Author : Susanne Wiking; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; study-time; comprehension; illustrations; text enhancement; object-names; affective information; pictures; facial expressions; Psykologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyze the value of pictures in a number of cognitive tasks that are predominantly verbal in nature. Three studies, with three experiments each, are included in the thesis. The first study found automatic interference effects from pictures (facial expressions) on the affective evaluation of words. READ MORE

  5. 3. Age differences in arousal, perception of affective pictures, and emotional memory enhancement : Appraisal, Electrodermal activity, and Imaging data

    Author : Joachim Gavazzeni; Håkan Fischer; Richard J. Davidson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aging; Affective function; subjective ratings; SCRs; FMRI; Pictures; Emotional memory enhancement; Bottom-up and Top-down processing; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    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

  6. 4. Pictorial Primates: A Search for Iconic Abilities in Great Apes

    Author : Tomas Persson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; match-to-sample; comparative cognition; categorization; Pan paniscus; Gorilla gorilla; signs; reference; iconicity; symbols; pictures; primatology; object-choice-task; enculturation;

    Abstract : Pictures and other iconic media are used extensively in psychological experiments on nonhuman primate perception, categorisation, etc. They are also used in everyday interaction with primates, and as pure entertainment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Seeing What Is Not There : Essays on Pictures and Photographs

    Author : Mikael Pettersson; Staffan Carlshamre; Göran Rossholm; Robert Hopkins; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : depiction; photography; pictorial experience; perception; phenomenology; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : Pictures—paintings, etchings, photographs, CGI—let us see what is not there. Or, rather, since what pictures depict is not really there, we do not really see the pictorial contents. But we seem to see the depicted things: we “see” them “in” the pictures. READ MORE