Search for dissertations about: "executive functioning"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the words executive functioning.

2. 11. Risk and resilience in children born preterm : cognitive and executive functioning at 5 1/2 years of age

   Author : Birgitta Böhm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Preterm birth; intelligence; chronic lung disease; executive functions; MRI; NIDCAP;

   Abstract : We investigated the intellectual outcome of two cohorts of preterm children, born from 1988 to 1993 and 1994 to 1997, respectively. A population-based follow-up study (the Stockholm Neonatal Project) included 182 children with a birth weight of 1500 g or less (very-low-birthweight: VLBW) and a control group of 125 children born healthy at term who were examined with the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale-Revised (WPPSI-R) and a neuropsychological test battery (Nepsy) at 5½ years of age ((paper I-IV). READ MORE

4. 12. Individual Differences in Multitasking : Support for Spatiotemporal Offloading

   Author : Ivo Todorov; Timo Mäntylä; Fredrik Jönsson; Patrik Sörqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multitasking; cognitive offloading; cognitive functions; individual differences; executive functions; spatial ability; sex differences; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : In both the private and work spheres, multitasking among three or more activities has become and is continuing to evolve as a pervasive element of everyday life, and recent technological advances only seem to be exacerbating the process. Despite attempts to understand the mental processes that let humans successfully multitask, little is known about the functional cognitive level at which these mental processes take place. READ MORE

5. 13. Autism spectrum disorders. Developmental, cognitive and neuropsychological aspects

   Author : Agneta Nydén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Autism; Asperger syndrome; AD HD; reading and writing disorder; neuropsychology; neurocognition; executive functions; attention; theory of mind; central coherence; Griffiths; WISC-R; WISC-III; Kaufman factors; Mirsky model; test-retest stability; follow up; gender differences;

   Abstract : Introduction and aims: Autism, Asperger syndrome and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) are clinically defined neuropsychiatric syndromes that affect 6 to 10 per cent of all children. These common developmental disorders can be understood at different levels. READ MORE

6. 14. Mild intellectual disability: Diagnostic and outcome aspects

   Author : Ida Lindblad; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mild Intellectual Disability ID ; ADHD; comorbidity; adaptive functioning; mothers with mild Intellectual Disability; ABAS-II; neglect and abuse;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis was to describe mild intellectual disability (ID) from various neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric perspectives in children and young adults. Paper I The objective of the first paper was to analyse coexisting neurodevelopmental disorders/problems and diagnostic concerns in a population-based group of 33 school age children with mild ID. READ MORE

7. 15. The diversity of mind wandering : The role of individual differences and cognitive factors

   Author : David Marcusson-Clavertz; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mind wandering; daydreaming; executive control; experience sampling; dissociative experiences; attachment;

   Abstract : Many individuals spend a substantial portion of their waking time thinking about topics unrelated to current activities and surroundings (mind wandering). This dissertation sought to contribute to our knowledge of why some people mind wander more than others. READ MORE