Search for dissertations about: "cognitive tools"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 146 swedish dissertations containing the words cognitive tools.
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6. The puzzle of social activity : the significance of tools in cognition and cooperation
Abstract : This dissertation addresses the role of tools in social interactions, or more precisely the significance of tools in cognition and cooperation, from a situated cognition perspective. While mainstream cognitive science focuses on the internal symbolic representations and computational thought processes inside the heads of individuals, situated cognition approaches instead emphasise the central role of the interaction between agents and their material and social environment. READ MORE
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7. Distributed cognition in home environments : The prospective memory and cognitive practices of older adults
Abstract : In this thesis I explore how older people make use of, and interact with, their physical environment in home and near-by settings to manage cognitive situations, specifically prospective memory situations. Older adults have in past research been shown to perform better on prospective memory in real-life settings than what findings in laboratory-like settings predict. READ MORE
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8. Web design for cognitive accessibility
Abstract : Information and communication are increasingly being conveyed over the Internet. The forms of service and commerce that we are familiar with today will most likely be reduced in scale in the future to be replaced by new electronic solutions. READ MORE
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9. Learning to reason in environmental education: Digital tools, access points to knowledge and science literacy
Abstract : Digital technologies and environmental education represent two rather new areas in school curricula. The background of the present research is an interest at the inter-section between how students learn about environmental issues (e.g., climate change) and the role digital technologies may play in such contexts. READ MORE
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10. Hyperacusis : Clinical Studies and Effect of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Abstract : Hyperacusis is a type of decreased sound tolerance where the individual has decreased loudness discomfort levels (LDL), normal hearing thresholds and is sensitive to ordinary environmental sounds. Persons with hyperacusis frequently seek help at audiological departments as they are often affected by other audiological problems. READ MORE