Search for dissertations about: "attention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 3799 swedish dissertations containing the word attention.

2. 1. Fearful attention : Investigating event-related potentials in spider phobia

   Author : Joakim Norberg; Stefan Wiens; Jonas Persson; Harald Schupp; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; phobia; event-related potential; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Previous studies showed that emotional pictures capture attention. Further, this effect was decreased by manipulating spatial attention. In contrast, studies produced mixed findings for effects of perceptual load on attention to emotional pictures. Emotional pictures can be phobic or nonphobic. READ MORE

4. 2. Teaching as Attention Formation : A Relational Approach to Teaching and Attention

   Author : Johannes Rytzler; Carl Anders Säfström; Gert Biesta; Niclas Månsson; Christiane Thompson; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teaching; Attention; Didaktik; Rancière; Philosophy of Education; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to put forth and explore a notion of teaching as a practice of attention formation. Drawing on educational philosophy and the Didaktik/Pädagogik-traditions, teaching is explored as a relational and lived-though practice that can promote, form, and share attention. READ MORE

5. 3. Creating New Attention in Management Control

   Author : Erik Bjurström; Jan Lindvall; Cecilia Lindholm; Hanno Roberts; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Business studies; Attention; Attention-directing; Attention-based view of the firm; Framing; Sensemaking; Practice; Practice theory; Knowledge Management; Management Control; Management Accounting; Performance Measurement; Performance Management; Non-financial; Human Resources; Intangible Assets; Employee Health; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The need to focus and economize on scarce attention is increasingly being acknowledged within management accounting and control literature. The aim of this study is to investigate how practitioners go about creating new concepts and measurements to induce attention towards new issues and as-pects of strategic importance for the organization. READ MORE

6. 4. Attention to Advertising

   Author : Carl Patrik Nilsson; G.M. Naidu; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attention to advertising; attention getting techniques; Web advertising; Web environment; click-through; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Attention to AdvertisingCarl Patrik Nilsson, Umeå School of Business, Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå, SwedenAbstractIn advertising, capturing consumers’ attention is imperative. Yet, how attention to advertising works in a World Wide Web context has not been researched extensively. This area is the main focus of this research. READ MORE

7. 5. Attention capture by sudden and unexpected changes : a multisensory perspective

   Author : Erik Marsja; Jessica K. Ljungberg; Gregory Neely; Patrik Hansson; François Vachon; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attention Capture; Tactile; Auditory; Visual; Crossmodal; Bimodal; Distraction; Short-term memory; Attention; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : The main focus for this thesis was cross-modal attention capture by sudden and unexpected sounds and vibrations, known as deviants, presented in a stream the same to-be-ignored stimulus. More specifically, the thesis takes a multisensory perspective and examines the possible similarities and differences in how deviant vibrations and sounds affect visual task performance (Study I), and whether the deviant and standard stimuli have to be presented within the same modality to capture attention away from visual tasks (Study II). READ MORE