Search for dissertations about: "cognitive components"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 132 swedish dissertations containing the words cognitive components.

2. 6. Drug Use Among the Very Old Living in Ordinary Households : Aspects on Well-being, Cognitive and Functional Ability

   Author : Margareta Westerbotn; Pernilla Hillerås; Johan Fastbom; Bengt Winblad; Kenneth Asplund; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Drug use; Medicine management; Very old; Aged 84 and older; Ordinary households; Community; Well-being; Cognitive status; Functional ability; Population-based; In-depth-interviews; Quantitative and qualitative methods; Sweden; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; drug use; handling of medicines; very old; aged 84 and older; ordinary households; community; well-being; cognitive status; functional ability; population-based; in-depth-interviews; quantitative and qualitative methods; Sweden.;

   Abstract : Background: In Sweden today a major proportion of the population survive to old ages. To a large extent, the oldest old are capable of living longer in their own households; some of them are very healthy while others have multiple diagnoses or ailments caused by a normal ageing process. READ MORE

4. 7. Cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy for insomnia disorder : efficacy, moderators and mediators

   Author : Rikard Sunnhed; Markus Jansson-Fröjmark; Per Carlbring; Hugo Hesser; Ståle Pallesen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavior Therapy; Cognitive Therapy; Insomnia; internet-delivered; efficacy; mediators; moderators; personalized medicine; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Insomnia disorder is the second most prevalent mental disorder and the most prevalent sleep disorder. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is considered the treatment of choice with well-documented effects. READ MORE

5. 8. Psychological responses to noise and vibration

   Author : Jessica Körning-Ljungberg; Greg Neely; Ronnie Lundström; Kerstin Persson Waye; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Psychology; Cognitive; Cortisol; Noise; Vibration; Occupational; Vehicle; Weinstein; Occupational; Vehicle; Weinstein; Weinstein; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Vehicle drivers are a group of workers that are exposed to noise and whole-body vibration (WBV) several hours a day. Some drivers may also be exposed to high mental loads – monitoring and manipulating physical controls while engaging problem solving activities often with strong short-term memory and spatial manipulation components. READ MORE

6. 9. Lifestyle, cognitive aging, and brain correlates

   Author : Ylva Köhncke; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Inter-individual differences in level and rate of cognitive decline typically seen in aging have been linked to inter-individual differences in lifestyle factors such as leisure activities, including physical activity. The general aim of this thesis was to further our understanding of how and why leisure activity engagement is related to aging-related changes in cognitive performance. READ MORE

7. 10. Dopamine and the affective-cognitive gradient in the human striatum studied with multimodal brain imaging

   Author : Filip Grill; Anna Rieckmann; Lars Nyberg; Alison Adcock; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dopamine; striatum; incentive; motor; associative; reinforcement learning; reward prediction error; positron emission tomography; functional magnetic resonance imaging; PET MR; cognitive modelling;

   Abstract : Both dopamine and the dopamine rich brain area, striatum, have been linked to behaviors related to incentives, motor action, and associative processing. Most of the cortex sends projections to the striatum, these connections have been described as a gradient organization representing a repertoire of functional behaviors. READ MORE