Search for dissertations about: "Psychophysiology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the word Psychophysiology.
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1. Biological risk factors for crime : Adverse perinatal events and psychophysiology
Abstract : Biological risk factors for crime have been largely neglected within main-stream criminology. However, a large body of research has over the past few decades converged on the conclusion that it is important to consider biological risk factors for crime, as they may help to inform theory and etiology. READ MORE
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2. Exploring Levers for Improvement of Basic Civil Aviation Training
Abstract : Although the civil aviation industry has gone through great technological and commercial change in the last decades, basic civil aviation training has not kept pace accordingly. The changes in civil aviation have rarely resulted in research programs in the field of basic training, which has long received minimal attention from the industry. READ MORE
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3. Sound perception and design in multimodal environments
Abstract : This dissertation is about sound in context. Since sensory processing is inherently multimodal, research in sound is necessarily multidisciplinary. The present work has been guided by principles of systematicity, ecological validity, complementarity of methods, and integration of science and art. READ MORE
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4. Human Pheromones : Psychological and Neurological Modulation of a Putative Human Pheromone
Abstract : The notion that humans have specialized chemicals used for communication between conspecifics, so-called pheromones, has attracted much attention and discussion. This thesis demonstrates in four separate studies that a human endogenous steroidal compound that is abundant in male sweat, androstadienone, affects women in several ways that differ to that of common odors. READ MORE
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5. Effects of cognitive tasks on car drivers’ behaviors and physiological responses
Abstract : The effects of drivers’ engagement in cognitive tasks (i.e., non-visual, cognitively loading activities unrelated to the task of driving) are debated and unclear. Numerous experiments show impaired driver behaviors, yet naturalistic studies typically do not find an increased crash risk. READ MORE