Search for dissertations about: "embodied cognition"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words embodied cognition.

2. 16. Mind Games Extended : Understanding Gameplay as Situated Activity

   Author : Jana Rambusch; Tom Ziemke; Tarja Susi; Ulf Wilhelmsson; T. L. Taylor; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; computer gameplay; situatedness; embodied cognition; Teknik; Technology; TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses computer gameplay activities in terms of the physical handling of a game, players’ meaning-making activities, and how these two processes are closely interrelated. It is examined in greater detail which role the body plays in gameplay, but also how gameplay is shaped by sociocultural factors outside the game, including different kind of tools and players’ participation in community practices. READ MORE

4. 17. Perspectives on the role of digital tools in students' open-ended physics inquiry

   Author : Elias Euler; Bor Gregorcic; Cedric Linder; Konrad Schönborn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; digital learning environments; modeling; semi-formalisms; microworlds; social semiotics; embodied cognition; disciplinary-relevant aspects; Physics with specialization in Physics Education; Fysik med inriktning mot fysikens didaktik;

   Abstract : In this licentiate thesis, I present detailed case studies of students as they make use of simulated digital learning environments to engage with physics phenomena. In doing so, I reveal the moment-to-moment minutiae of physics students’ open-ended inquiry in the presence of two digital tools, namely the sandbox software Algodoo and the PhET simulation My Solar System (both running on an interactive whiteboard). READ MORE

5. 18. Breaking and Making Bodies and Pots : Material and Ritual Practices in Sweden in the Third Millennium BC

   Author : Åsa Maria Larsson; Anders Kaliff; Jan Storå; Joanna Sofaer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Middle Neolithic; Late Neolithic; Pitted Ware culture; Battle Axe culture; Corded Ware culture; pottery; pottery technology; craft; chaîne opératoire; mortuary archaeology; mortuary house; burial; ritual; defleshing; cremation; secondary mortuary practice; osteology; ethnoarchaeology; culture; culture change; identity; ethnicity; practice; cognition; body; embodiment; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : In South Sweden the third millennium BC is characterised by coastal settlements of marine hunter-gatherers known as the Pitted Ware culture, and inland settlements of the Battle Axe culture. This thesis outlines the history of research of the Middle Neolithic B in general and that of the pottery and burial practices in particular. READ MORE

6. 19. Observing and influencing preferences in real time. Gaze, morality and dynamic decision-making

   Author : Philip Pärnamets; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eye gaze; morality; decision-making; preference formation; embodied cognition;

   Abstract : Preference formation and choice are dynamic cognitive processes arising from interactions between decision-makers and their immediate choice environment. This thesis examines how preferences and decisions are played out in visual attention, captured by eye-movements, as well as in group contexts. READ MORE

7. 20. Ups and Downs, Violin Bowing as Gesture

   Author : Peter Spissky; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; musical gestures; musical interpretation; baroque music; embodied music cognition; historical performance practice; Historically informed performance; baroque dance;

   Abstract : This thesis is an inquiry into musical interpretation and performance. It builds on my practice as a professional baroque violinist. Qualitative analysis of the video documentation of my individual practise, rehearsals, and concert performances is the core method of the project. READ MORE