Search for dissertations about: "Prospective motor control"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words Prospective motor control.
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1. Infants in Control : Prospective Motor Control and Executive Functions in Action Development
Abstract : This thesis assesses the link between action and cognition early in development. Thus the notion of an embodied cognition is investigated by tying together two levels of action control in the context of reaching in infancy: prospective motor control and executive functions. READ MORE
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2. Manual Motor Development in Infancy : Execution and Observation of Actions
Abstract : Of all motor skills, manual reaching might be the one ability that matters most for infants’ perceptual, cognitive and social development. Reaching allows infants to learn about object properties, but also gives opportunities for socializing with others. READ MORE
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3. Investigating Phantom Motor Execution as treatment of Phantom Limb Pain
Abstract : Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) is commonly suffered by people with amputations and even though it has been studied for centuries, it remains a mysterious object of debate among researchers. For one thing, despite the vast number of proposed PLP treatments, no therapy has so far proved to be reliably effective. READ MORE
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4. From Eye to Mind : Early Visuomotor Performance and Developmental Trajectories in Children Born Preterm
Abstract : Children born very preterm, at less than 32 weeks of gestation, have an increased risk of developing problems with attention, cognition, perception and motor function. Despite this, the developmental trajectories leading from preterm birth to later impairments are not fully understood. READ MORE
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5. School-age outcomes of children born at the limit of viability : a Swedish national prospective follow-up study at 10 to 12 years
Abstract : Background/Aim: During the past two decades, major advances in maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, and the development of regionalized perinatal care have resulted in dramatic increases in survival rates, by more than 60%, of extremely immature (EI) infants born at less than 26 completed weeks of gestation, creating a new infant population. Studies of school-age outcomes in children with an extremely low birth weight of < 1000 g, born in the1980s, indicated that these children had a substantially high prevalence of low-severity neuropsychological deficits, behavioral problems, and difficulties at school. READ MORE