Search for dissertations about: "confabulation"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word confabulation.

2. 1. The malleability of political attitudes : Choice blindness, confabulation and attitude change

   Author : Thomas Strandberg; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; choice blindness; confabulation; self-perception; political psychology; attitude change;

   Abstract : This thesis is an empirical and theoretical investigation of choice blindness, in particular in the domain of political attitudes. Choice blindness is a cognitive phenomenon in which people do not notice dramatic mismatches between what they choose and what they get while still offering seemingly introspective arguments to explain their (putative) choice. READ MORE

4. 2. The neurocognitive basis of confabulatory introspection : Choice blindness and the brain

   Author : Gabriel Vogel; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Confabulation; introspection; fMRI; sense of agency; decision; self-knowledge; metacognition; cognitive neuroscience;

   Abstract : The goal of this thesis is to advance our understanding of introspection by studying when it fails, without us being aware of it. To do so, I have used the choice blindness paradigm. READ MORE

5. 3. Fragile identities, patched-up worlds : Dementia and meaning-making in social interaction

   Author : Linda Örulv; Lars-Christer Hydén; Nina Nikku; Staffan Josephsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alzheimer’s disease; communication; confabulation; context; continuity; dignity; disorientation; ethnographic methods; ethnography; identity; life history; life story; meaning; microethics; narrative; progressive dementia diseases; sense-making; social interaction; storytelling; vascular dementia; Alzheimers sjukdom; berättande; desorientering; etnografiska metoder; identitet; kommunikation; konfabulering; kontext; kontinuitet; livsberättelse; mening; mikroetik; narrativ; progressiva demenssjukdomar; samspel; social interaktion; vaskulärdemens; värdighet; Human communication; Kommunikation mellan människor;

   Abstract : Denna avhandling fokuserar på det meningsskapande och begripliggörande som fortgår vid tilltagande demenssjukdom, i det sociala samspelet, och de utmaningar för demens-omsorgen som detta innebär. Studien är aktörsorienterad och adresserar frågan om hur personer med åldersrelaterade progressiva demenssjukdomar i den vardagliga kommuni-kationen söker förstå sina situationer, omgivningen och sina liv – alltsammans inom ra-men för det dagliga samspelet på ett demensboende. READ MORE

6. 4. Semantic analysis of irrelevant speech in dementia

   Author : Ing-Mari Tallberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : confabulation; dementia; discourse construction; semantic projections; disease specific patterns; cognitive system and process; identity and interaction;

   Abstract : This thesis demanded for studies within an interface between semantics, interaction and neuropsychology. The topic for the thesis was irrelevant discourse caused by dementia and foremost so called confabulation. READ MORE

7. 5. Choice Blindness: The Incongruence of Intention, Action and Introspection

   Author : Petter Johansson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psykologi; Psychology; Filosofi; Philosophy; latent semantic analysis LSA ; intentional stance; folk psychology; change blindness; verbal report; self-knowledge; extrospection; introspection; action; Choice blindness; intention;

   Abstract : This thesis is an empirical and theoretical exploration of the surprising finding that people often may fail to notice dramatic mismatches between what they want and what they get, a phenomenon my collaborators and I have named choice blindness. The thesis consists of four co-authored papers, dealing with different aspects of the phenomenon. READ MORE