Search for dissertations about: "affective responses"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words affective responses.

  2. 16. Embodied cognition and emotion in multisensory media

    Author : Ana Tajadura; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; media; emotion; psychoacoustics; auditory-induced emotions; embodied emotion; presence.; self-representation; embodiment; multisensory perception;

    Abstract : Emotions underlie most events in our everyday life perception. They prepare ourselves for an optimum response to these events, either showing attraction or rejection to them. Likewise, media has the power to evoke in us similar affective processes as the ones created by real situations. READ MORE

  4. 17. Visualizing the abyss of time : Students’ interpretation of visualized deep evolutionary time

    Author : Jörgen Stenlund; Konrad Schönborn; Lena Tibell; Gunnar Höst; Camillia Matuk; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deep evolutionary time; Visualization; Evolution; Science Education; Djup evolutionär tid; Visualiseringar; Naturvetenskapernas didaktik;

    Abstract : The immense time scales involved in Deep evolutionary time (DET) is a threshold concept in biology and interpreting temporal aspects of DET is demanding. DET is communicated through various visualizations that include static two-dimensional representations, low interactivity animations, as well as high interactivity interfaces. READ MORE

  5. 18. Prior knowledge and present events in the brain

    Author : Katrina Carlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Anticipation; prediction; predictability; attention; emotion; pain; tickle; fear; conscious; unconscious; awareness; amygdala; insula; functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI ; positron emission tomography PET ;

    Abstract : Our experience the world is dependent on both the surroundings and the brain. In other words, perception is a synthesis of incoming signals, internal state, and previous knowledge rather than a mere reflection of the environment. READ MORE

  6. 19. Spotting pain in the brain. Towards a useful animal model of pain

    Author : Tanja Jensen; Neurofysiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; analgesics; freely moving rat; microelectrode; Nociception; Primary somatosensory cortex; Sedatives;

    Abstract : Current models of pain in conscious animals usually scores nocifensive responses. However, it is still unclear to what extent these responses are related to, for instance, the sensory discriminative or affective aspects of pain. READ MORE

  7. 20. Social referencing in infancy

    Author : Gunilla Stenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : In a social referencing process, the infant uses interpretative information displayed by another person, often the infant's parent, to help determine how to handle novel events, persons, and objects. The prime aim of Study I was to examine natural infant-mother interaction behaviors in terms of social referencing, when 10-month-old infants encountered a stranger. READ MORE